So far – So good.

I’m going to read all 11 e-mails they sent me on everything I need to know !

I’ll keep everyone posted from time to time on how everything works out…

My red light goes off when I see multiple alerts like this one on the Internet: http://www.myspace.com/songplacementssam

Where there’s so much smoke, there could be fire. Proceed with caution!

I was contacted by fastbreak and my band had a speaker phone interview with them yesterday. I really enjoyed the conversation and they seemed knowledgeable about music in a variety of ways.

At the same time, I’m in a band, we make great music, but like most bands, we are super poor. $400.00 would still be worth the exposure it sounds like they would give us.

But something is still not right… gut feeling or wrongful anxiety?

I would hate to give up a great opportunity because I am afraid of losing 400.00..
but we work so hard for our money it would be really sad to lose it. Especially when there is so much we are doing to promote ourselves, we know how essential promotion is, and we need someone like fastbreak.. (if they are genuine)

In one way I see the upfront pay is a new business model for promotions. Those that suggest that things just aren’t done that way.. well maybe some of it needed to change, and the industry is changing no one can doubt that.

I really really want to believe Karen is real and has nothing to do with this HITT guy I am hearing nasty things about.. but here are the obvious red flags..

1.) ambiguity: this is why AMERICANS hate POLITICS
2.) GUT INSTINCT (maybe just because of the upfront payment and that may be misjudgement)
3.) The guy that suggests he is working with fast break…. well I just don’t believe he exists.. linguistically (and I have my PHD in English) he is talking in such an extreme dialect its as if someone were writing it to sound different on purpose, and the other fastbreak posts seem to be the work of 1 or 2 individuals… I think the guy is a fraud, and no I can’t prove it and I wish I could prove him real to be honest, because then we would know right..
4.) Emailing without listening to music (not worried about the same email, we send that to our fans, there is simply no time to constantly write new things.

We have not decided whether to take this risk or not… but you know those of you who really want to know, You should make a contract together for the $400.00 it costs, and my job will be to write weekly with my band’s music on fastbreak…

As of now, weighing the evidence, its not worth the band doing it but I will return daily to see if things have change…
and Karen of fastbreak,, if you are the real deal .. thank you
if you aren’t then recognize the very discussion is about taking a chance and just like your artists, its time to take a chance and do what is right.. because if we all knew you were honest, you would be making a lot more money right now

On the other hand, if you’re a composer with a bunch of tracks that you want to make some money from, focus on the license based libraries. Some examples – Audiosocket, Pump (if you’re ok with 35%). There are lots of other options, those are just two companies out of 100′s.
Royalties based libraries are probably more appropriate if you have a lot (100+ tracks) of music to offer.

I guess it depends on what you mean but in my interpretation of your comment there are tons of people/companies right on this site that do not collect money upfront and help you. They’re the music libraries. If you continue to spend hours trawling through this site you’ll be able to ascertain which ones you want to contact.

Cyd wrote: “Instead of constanly bashing this one company on this site (and I understand that TAXI is starting to fall off the charts a tad…), why isn’t anyone talking on what works for them ?”

They are. But you’ll find those discussions under other company headings. This particular page is about Fast Break Music and that’s what people are discussing here.