| | I can't resist posting this. But first a little background:
Now that my music is getting out there online, I've started to get emails from "promoters" and other people desperately wanting to represent me or to have me hire them to promote me.
I don't think for a minute that they really care about me, so most of them just go to the email version of the circular file. Like the one that said their friend had suggested they check out my music because they might be able to promote me. The problem was, they referred to me as "you guys", thinking that I was a band. And even more telling was the subject line: "Breathe Rocked!"
Now, people may really dig my rendition of "Breathe", and it does happen to be the first track on my PureVolume site (where they said they "listened" to my music), but I'm not sure that anyone who actually listened to it would use the term "rocked" as a description. But then, what do you expect from someone who thought I was actually a band? ;)
So, anyway, one today really caught my attention, and I decided to have a little fun. Below is the entire email conversation, with only the name of the "promoter" changed to protect the dishonest:
Email from I. B. Lyon
Hey,
Just wanted to tell you I enjoyed your music. Did you write your own lyrics and music? Let me know, also if you need any help recording or promoting yourself. Let me know, I can help.
Thanks,
I. B. Lyon
[I.B.'s myspace address and phone number removed]
My response to I. B. Lyon
I. B.,
A little friendly tip. If you want to mass email musicians to see if
you can get business from them, and you use phrases like "I enjoyed
your music", it would be more honest to actually LISTEN to their music
before emailing them.
If you actually HAD listened to my music and enjoyed it, you would
know that my music is instrumental, which means there are no lyrics.
So why would you ask me if I write my own lyrics? It's a like a big
red flag that says, "This guy is trying to scam me."
Sending out emails like this that clearly show you don't know anything
about my music are a sure way for me to NOT ask you for help recording
or promoting. And if anyone were to ask about you, I would tell them
to look for someone who is honest and ethical.
Good luck with your business, Mr. Lyon. Try being personal, honest, and
ethical, and you might actually succeed.
Sincerely,
Steve Sensenig
The incredibly verbose response from I. B. Lyon
Noted.
Thank you,
I. B.
I can't stop laughing!!
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