Negart Records. Anybody know them?

[solo4652]

Via my Bandmix account, I've had a message from Negart Records promoting their "Brand New Artist 2016" competition.

Something doesn't ring true to me. Or is it just me?


[url="http://www.bandmix.co.uk/negart-records/"][/url]
[color=#555555][b]FROM:[/b] Negart Records[/color]
[color=#555555][b]SUBJECT:[/b] Brand New Artist 2016 | Album Deal | Huge Platform[/color]
[color=#555555]Hello

We are looking for Artists to Join Brand New Artist 2016.
Join up and you will get a minimum 7 weeks of PR, and Radio Coverage just for taking part. If you have an Album, or E.P already recorded, then we will Schedule this to be played from start-to-finish on our Radio Station at no cost to you. If not, then we will still promote you over the airwaves to encourage people in your area to support you.

The Winner will walk away with a Good Album Deal that will include a Cash Advance of �25,000, plus expenses, plus Gig Money. There will also be a huge consolation prize for 60 contestants who do not end up winning.

Stage 1 - Public Voting
Stage 2 - Judging Panel

All of the Voting will be Free-of-charge because this is about the Music.
The Joining Fee costs �20.00 per Contestant to help us to cover costs of running the show. This is being run at non-profit. If you are in a Band, then this will only work out at a few quid each respectively.
One way of looking at it is that if you wanted 7 weeks of PR, and Radio coverage, and ended up paying PR Companies, and Pluggers, then it would cost a lot more than �20.00.

All ages, and styles of Music are welcome. We are looking for something different.

We will be in a lot of Newspapers, Magazines, and mentioned over the airwaves a lot soon, but we are doing the online campaign now to encourage artists to Join up sooner rather than later as a lot of people are expected to Join Brand New Artist 2016 due to this being a Good Platform.

For further information, and to view the Current Winner visit www.brand-new-artist.com and this is also where you can pay your Joining fee, and to submit your profile that should include; 1 Artist photo, biography, social media links, and any music that you are happy to share to the Public.

Our E-Mail address for this campaign is [email protected]

Closing date is 31st October 2015, but the sooner you join up, then the sooner you will be on our Website that received over 60,000 visitors last week, and rapidly increasing.

Brand New Artist 2016 is all about the Music, and having the Music done your way. If you Win, then this will be about you after-all.

All the Best!

B.N.A TEAM

Follow Negart Records on Facebook
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A quick poke round the web throws up these links;

[url="http://www.bandmix.co.uk/negart-records/"]http://www.bandmix.c...negart-records/[/url]

[url="http://www.brand-new-artist.com/#about-1"]http://www.brand-new...st.com/#about-1[/url] This is a hoot - definitely worth ploughing through.

[url="http://negart-records.com/about"]http://negart-records.com/about[/url]

[url="https://www.facebook.com/NegartRecords"]https://www.facebook.com/NegartRecords[/url]

Edited August 12, 2015 by solo4652

[Guest Jecklin]

I was bored so Just for starters - From their bandmix page:
One of our team members has a brother who is in Boyband The Wanted, and they are currently on there Word Of Mouth Tour.

I'll let others pick out some other gems ( there are many) from their badly spelt blurb.

Solo4652 you'll be getting on just fine without them.
.....or maybe it's a once in a life time opportunity?

Edited August 12, 2015 by Jecklin

[discreet]

Two clicks: One on the Brand New Artist website, the second on 'PayPal' whereupon you get the opportunity to send them your £20 joining fee. I didn't bother finding out how they more usually get you from one to the other...

Edited August 12, 2015 by discreet

[solo4652]

Bless you all! - I've even had a PM from a genuinely concerned B/C'er advising me to stay clear of Negart Records. When I first got the message via Bandmix, I was convinced it was a scam, and I thought other people should be warned about it. Then, I found out that Negart really does exist so, to be on the safe side, I removed the phrase "possible scam?" from my original posting.

Rest assured that I will not be sending Negart Records £20, expecting the most awesome PR job in return!

Edit; Winking Smiley retro-added to my initial post to signal that "something doesn't ring true to me" was me being subtle and careful, or something like that.

Edited August 12, 2015 by solo4652

[4-string-thing]

They're on a Facebook group blacklist....

[url="https://www.facebook.com/groups/785366954866907/search/?query=Negart"]https://www.facebook.com/groups/785366954866907/search/?query=Negart[/url]

[taunton-hobbit]

If you click onto the media coverage link, there is an interesting page from a June 2015 Somerset paper, where a teenage hopeful is 'already in the top 25, and trying for the £100,000 prize' ....something about diminishing returns?

[JamesBass]

They were advertising for A&R agents lately and I enquired about the role. Took them 2 months to get back to me, the spelling was atrocious and the task I had to do, like share the page, get them 20 likes etc. sufficed to say, I ended all communication with them.

[JapanAxe]

I don't think I could bring Myself to deal with an Organisation that uses so many Capital Letters at the start of Nouns.

EDIT: and Adjectives. In Fact Any Random Words.

Edited August 13, 2015 by JapanAxe

[discreet]

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1439475922' post='2843197']
I don't think I could bring Myself to deal with an Organisation that uses so many Capital Letters at the start of Nouns ...and Adjectives. In Fact Any Random Words.
[/quote]

But It Gives Emphasis To Important, Er... Things.