Musicians are being scammed – Here are some things to watch out for

"We are out $475.00 and my whole band feels like chumps" This is just one of the lines from an email that Eric out of Chicago sent to us. He was doing some research after he and his band mates figured out that they had been duped. Below are some links to the information that confirmed his suspicion. Eric closes his email by saying, "If we fell for this, I know others might too and for alot of us all we want to do is play music and build an audience. If you can share some of this with more people that would be great."

Here are 3 of the dozen sources he sent in.

Article 1-
It can be difficult for an aspiring musician to find successful ways to get their name out, especially when there is a scam waiting around every corner. They can range anywhere from the dishonest record label to a shady website, so it is paramount to keep your eyes peeled and beware of any offer that promises to make you the next John Mayer. Read more here >>>

Article 2-
Isn’t it great that in an industry that is seeing the entry of tens of thousands of new musicians every year, there are so many nice businesses out there looking to help them? Read more here >>>

Article 3-
The entertainment biz has NEVER been at a shortage in regards to talent-directed scams, and despite the wealth of literature out there detailing the typical con-artist approach(s), thousands, if not millions of would-be artists find themselves falling victim to these ploys all the time. Read more here >>>

Monday Recap – Music and Lifestyle items

A quick recap of recent items:

Punk Rock Academy Fight Song – He’s My Freind, He’s My Alibi

Music play list for the week ending November 22, 2009

Government Warning – Band Spotlight

Krum Bums – Same Old Story

People are being sued for what they post sites such as Twitter

Mission of Burma – at The Echo – Los Angeles, CA – November 15, 2009

Music play list for the week ending November 15, 2009

Cat Party – Tragic Ends – Roofie and The Nightstalkers – No Spectators – Joe’s Garage - at the Unity Church basement – Long Beach, CA

Banned For Life by D.R. Haney – book review

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Punk Rock Academy Fight Song – He’s my friend, He’s my alibi

Everybody has that one friend. The friend that could talk you into anything, get you out of anything and make you think twice about a whole lot of things. The type of friend who was both the angel and the devil on your shoulder-it just depended what kind of mood they happened to be in that day or even that hour. For me that friend was Herman we were friends since we were about four and he was my next door neighbor for a long while. Read more

Music play list for the week ending November 22, 2009

Top 25  - In no particular order -

The Supremes – Keep Me Hanging On
Blood for Blood – Bitch Called Hope
Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye
Fallujah 71 – Psycho Neighbor
7 Seconds – Not Just Boys Fun
Channel 3 – Indian Summer
RKL – Life In A Bottle
Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me
Descendents – Everything Sux
ANS – Get Back To Work
Antischism – Fist
General Public – Tenderness
The Slackers – Manuel
US Bombs – New Approach
The Faction – Let’s Go Get Cokes
Aquabats – Cat With Two Heads
Black Flag – Drinking and Driving
The Vandals – Viking Suit
The Cars – Let’s Go Read more

Pressure Point, Hammer Bros, Shoot To Kill, Downpresser, Creatures, Plead the Fifth, Madhouse Disciples – at The Washington Neighborhood Center – Sacramento, CA – November 21, 2009

Once upon a time in the suburbs of Massachusetts my friends and I were trying to carve out a name of our own in a small scene. Being sick of tough guy poses and fools trying to show off how hard they were, we made it a point to be friendly and wear smiles on our faces. Read more

The Fake Boys – This Is Where Our Songs Live

While The Fake Boys call themselves Pop Punk I choose to use dirty words out of my vocabulary while talking about them. To me Pop Punk is linked with overly sanitized, overly cute music that serves no purpose but to get the people playing it girlfriends. The Fake Boys are certainly melodic but their music and lyrics are also full Read more

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