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Music, Storytelling

Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 5 – The First Session

This blog is part 5 in an ongoing series. If you missed it, jump back to part 4. So I waited for the link that didn’t arrive. I had to reach out a couple times before I eventually heard back from the producer about scheduling the session.  Whereas our first interaction was at the end of March, I didn’t actually receive the information to schedule … Continue reading Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 5 – The First Session

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Music, Storytelling

Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 4 – The First Official Project Meeting

This blog is part 4 in an ongoing series. If you missed it, jump back to part 3 here. I was a little surprised when I hopped into the scheduling page to find that I wouldn’t be scheduling our first session. Instead it would just be a virtual meeting to discuss next steps.  That part is all well and good, I figured, but I had to laugh … Continue reading Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 4 – The First Official Project Meeting

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Music, Storytelling

Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 3 – The Contract

This blog is part 3 in an ongoing series. If you missed it, jump back to part 2 here. I already had one song in mind that I thought would be best to proceed with this producer, but I wrote another 6 or 7 that week that were strong contenders, too.  At this point, I’ll divulge that some of the other artists that this person has credited … Continue reading Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 3 – The Contract

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Music, Storytelling

Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 2 – The Audition

This blog is part 2 in an ongoing series. If you missed it, jump back to part 1 here. Fast forward to March of this year when after releasing a few albums of my own that I self-produced in either my bedroom or my previous rentals depending on the record, I was invited to an interesting audition.  My talent agency, (because I have one of … Continue reading Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 2 – The Audition

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Music, Storytelling

Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 1 – The Briefest of Histories

This blog is part 1 of 13 in a series. Jump to the next page below or use the table of contents to pick up where you left off. TOC:Part 1 – The Briefest of Histories (you are here!)Part 2 – The AuditionPart 3 – The ContractPart 4 – The First Official Project MeetingPart 5 – The First SessionPart 6 – The Second SessionPart 7 … Continue reading Series: Am I Being Scammed By… My Music Producer? Part 1 – The Briefest of Histories

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Commentary & Opinion, Storytelling

Am I Being Scammed By A Universal Music Group Representative?

From the skeptical mind that brought you “Am I Being Scammed By A Spotify Playlist?” I bring you, “Am I Being Scammed By A Universal Music Group Representative?” This will be on ongoing series until we document all major forms of scams targeting musicians online. Coming soon: the birthday song scam, the booking-recruiter scam, the not-really-a-PR company scam, and more!  That’ll Be $300 Between becoming … Continue reading Am I Being Scammed By A Universal Music Group Representative?

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Commentary & Opinion, Storytelling

Am I Being Scammed By a Spotify Playlist?

In my own inbox, I receive dozens of e-mails from music promotion curators as I know many of you do as well. Sometimes they skip the e-mail and jump right into my DM’s on Instagram or otherwise. For the most part, I tend to ignore these messages because I’m always certain that they’re just trying to lure me into their paid promotion service that may … Continue reading Am I Being Scammed By a Spotify Playlist?

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Storytelling, Travel

CF Goes to San Fransisco: Part 7 – High Crime Cashews

I was still pretty beat when I woke up on Thursday and it was hard to want to get out of bed. It’s not all the walking that has done me in on this trip, for me that’s normal, it’s the way I can’t stop thinking about the things I’ve seen while I’m here. I had no real plans or destination in mind when I … Continue reading CF Goes to San Fransisco: Part 7 – High Crime Cashews

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Storytelling, Travel

CF Goes to San Fransisco: Part 4 – Give Up Transatlanticism

Felt weird leaving my hotel wiythout my backpack. It starts to feel a little like a safety blanket on these solo trips, but it was just after 1PM and I wanted to start making the trek across the bay to Barkeley. You have a couple options when you have to do this stretch. You can either walk over to the docks and grab a ferry … Continue reading CF Goes to San Fransisco: Part 4 – Give Up Transatlanticism

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