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RobertMcDade	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 12:15 AM Earlier 2day, I recieved an email from some guy named Frank. In this email, he asked me about possibly featuring one of my tracks on a compilation CD. It seems really wierd to me for some reason, so what am I to think about this? Or what should I say? Also, what could be some of the consequences of giving my concent to one of my songs?
evansorchid	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 12:31 AM Too weird. I got the exact same email yesterday. Something about hotlivebands.com which is a webpage which is still 'under construction'. Now I don't feel quite as special. Seriously though, I emailed 'Frank' back this morning and thanked him for his interest and simply asked him for a bit more information. I'll let you know if I get a reply
RobertMcDade	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 1:53 AM Are you serious!?....well this sux. I thought I was special I sent a similar email asking for more info...jeez, thx for the info though. Holla at u ....i'm gonna go for a while for falling into such an obvious burn.
Cryxan	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 4:59 AM Yeah definitely look into all the terms and conditions before you submit a song to something like that. The fact that the site is under construcion is a big red flag, IMO. Also, that domain was registered less than a month ago.
RobertMcDade	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 5:08 AM Wow....thx for the info Cryxan, I don't think i'll be turning over any rights in that case.
Cryxan	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 5:51 AM Hey, did the email come from an @hotlivebands.com email address, or somewhere else? And what exactly did it say? Now I'm just curious.
evansorchid	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 7:25 AM Here you go Cryxan....cut and paste. Here it is in its entirety. From : Sent : Tuesday, June 7, 2005 3:16 AM To : Subject : compilation CD () \| \| \| Inbox Hi there, My name's Frank from Hot Live Bands. We're putting together a compilation CD and would like to talk to you about the possibility of having 1 of your tracks featured on it. Please get back to me at contact@hotlivebands.com All the best, Frank HLB Entertainment ---------------------------------------------------------- This email has been sent through the SoundClick 'contact artist' service. SoundClick - the #1 artist music community
evansorchid	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 7:29 AM Sorry about that last sentence. It's a complete falsehood.
evansorchid	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 7:34 AM The 'From' is from contact@hotlivebands.com
Firefly	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 8:08 AM i saw the heading to this and thought interesting... being depressingly cynical in nature I sent a cryptic email back asking for more information..as well...thanks for posting above info. re domain name etc. B ... i didn't even know soundclick had a contact artist service!
Firefly	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 8:09 AM just to clarify, i thought interesting because i got exactly the same email from Uncle Frank! i really must start thinking before i start to
evansorchid	Date: June 9, 2005 @ 11:07 PM Two days and counting. Still haven't heard back from uncle Frank
RobertMcDade	Date: June 10, 2005 @ 12:52 AM Same here Evan...by the way, that is the EXACT same email I got.
Cryxan	Date: June 10, 2005 @ 4:14 AM Thanks for posting that, evan.
BOWILLIE	Date: June 10, 2005 @ 1:04 PM hmmm...i got it too.. i guess ol frank is making his rounds..i asked what track was he intrested in..no answer yet though...does sound fishy
RobertMcDade	Date: June 13, 2005 @ 10:07 PM Info update: Still no response...
BOWILLIE	Date: June 15, 2005 @ 11:32 AM just got two more of the same emails..wonders if its a truth or dare stunt..hmmm... i answered back again this time saying i dont readily volenteer my music without proof of legitimatcy of said endeavors.. we shall see...
DjInsertCool...	Date: June 16, 2005 @ 2:45 PM Hey and here I thought I was going to be delivering the important info to DMusic. Well I guess I'll just add my name to the long list that got the email from Frank... I hope he gets a horrible rash!
DjInsertCool...	Date: June 16, 2005 @ 2:55 PM To clarify my point, there is forum actoin going on all over the web concerning this email. Everybodys got an email from frank, and everybody seems to think it's still some reall deal. It's BULLSH!T!! Plain and simple, no one would make a compilation CD with 2000 songs, and most of the people I've read say their single electronic artists, they don't play live, and they don't have a band! I hate spam! (Mostly because I've follen for it so often in the past! ) Any way, I didn't mean to shout back there , but I just hate the fact that we are all takeing time out of our lives to try to figure out that this guy is wasting our time. Have a nice day DMusic. I'm tired now, and I'm going to sleep but not before I
RobertMcDade	Date: June 16, 2005 @ 10:07 PM ^
Evil-Eusa	Date: July 8, 2005 @ 5:57 AM bummer i was already countin the dough...............NOT..does anyone know of any legit sites that really feature music?
Distilled1	Date: July 10, 2005 @ 11:52 AM most compilations are pay to be on anyway I would stick to people you know localy or mags and such that you are "real" rather than some guy tring to put one together, although his intentions may be good, the most likly senario is he will collect the fees from a bunch of artist and you'll never even see or hear of the CD. almost did one at one time said there was going to be 500,000 pressed I've yet to locat one real glad I didn't spend any to be on it.
grooover	Date: November 2, 2005 @ 7:27 AM Just got the same email myself. I would have thought that if they were interested in a specific track they would have named it in the email.
Poltergeistr...	Date: November 2, 2005 @ 9:24 AM Indepentent compilation cd's in my experience, just don't work. I wouldn't trust them if I was you.. A few years back my old band got asked something similar and in all fairness, at the time it seemed wonderful because we lived in a small college town and it seemed like the ppl running it were genuinely interested in promoting local independent music.. They got 14 bands/artists to submitt one track and asked everyone to "pull their weight" in the sales and promotions side when the album would be launched. They told us in return for our "efforts" in selling the album ( that is, getting our families, grannys aunts and uncles to buy it) they would promote the ass out of it on a national level ( this was in Ireland so therefore not a big place)... Incidentally, everyone DID pull their weight and the album sold more than was necessary to chart ( went to number 5 in album charts- granted not very difficult in a country like Ireland!) Great work eh? ...... apart from the fact that nobody in the whole country outside of the college town knew about it.... basically, the guys running the whole thing didn't pull their weight and consequently let the whole opportunity fall on it's ass.... Just be wary of compilations. The concept seems like a nice one but the practical side of releasing it can be dodgy if you're putting trust in a couple of ppl And actually, the marketing of a large promotional album is really difficult...
furiousBall	Date: November 5, 2005 @ 3:34 PM I agree. I hate compilations, I will never pay to be on one. You never know how they will sequence the songs or what quality of other tracks will be on there. I've seen some compilations get mastered horribly and even though the tracks weren't bad, the thing was basically unlistenable. Compilations suck, I wouldn't do one - just my experience.
PrincessTast...	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 8:59 PM Yep. Compilations suck, especially for bands that work with longer compositions, if it's longer than 5:00 they try to edit it and that SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS
PrincessTast...	Date: November 8, 2005 @ 9:00 PM At any rate, I'd never pay to be on one for the reasons you and I just mentioned.