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Screen test for indies By ANNA FIORENTINO, Portland Press Herald Writer
" A few months ago, singer-songwriter Emilia Dahlin received a phone call from a stranger offering her $15,000 to promote her music - no strings attached."
Wow, can you imagine her surprise! As so many artists, bands, songwriters know, something like this is soooo rare. Usually it's "the dark side" of the music business with the scammers, so a legit-out-of-the-blue-real-chance-of-a-lifetime story is pretty cool for a change.
Of course, the old agage of "if it sounds too good to be true it probably is" line is a good measuring rod, but how does one not get taken?
How do you know if a contact is who they say they are? You can start by checking the person's credentials. In this technology driven day and age if a business or business person doesn't have a legitimate web site, with contact details that checkout should send a siren off. You can check their domain registry too. A business email, not a generic email is another phat red flag for me. Do a web search on the business and see if the results come back are positive or negative. Many times someone may post in a forum somewhere a music scam/Spam question. If they ask for money from the artist, big alarm, what else...?
Anyone have a great "out of the blue" or "war story' to tell? Share your story and litmus test ideas.
" A few months ago, singer-songwriter Emilia Dahlin received a phone call from a stranger offering her $15,000 to promote her music - no strings attached."
Wow, can you imagine her surprise! As so many artists, bands, songwriters know, something like this is soooo rare. Usually it's "the dark side" of the music business with the scammers, so a legit-out-of-the-blue-real-chance-of-a-lifetime story is pretty cool for a change. Of course, the old agage of "if it sounds too good to be true it probably is" line is a good measuring rod, but how does one not get taken?
How do you know if a contact is who they say they are? You can start by checking the person's credentials. In this technology driven day and age if a business or business person doesn't have a legitimate web site, with contact details that checkout should send a siren off. You can check their domain registry too. A business email, not a generic email is another phat red flag for me. Do a web search on the business and see if the results come back are positive or negative. Many times someone may post in a forum somewhere a music scam/Spam question. If they ask for money from the artist, big alarm, what else...?
Anyone have a great "out of the blue" or "war story' to tell? Share your story and litmus test ideas.
