{"id":9684,"date":"2014-03-12T10:40:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T17:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/?p=9684"},"modified":"2015-09-30T18:50:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:50:25","slug":"real-record-labels-or-fake-music-labels-due-diligence-fact-checking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/real-record-labels-or-fake-music-labels-due-diligence-fact-checking\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Record Labels or Fake Music Labels? Due Diligence &amp; Fact Checking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/warstories.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"War Stories from the Music Front\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelbrandvold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/warstories-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>Real Record Labels or Fake Music Labels? Due Diligence &amp; Fact Checking. Episode 4 of War Stories from the Music Front with Michael Brandvold and Loren Weisman.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 4 of war stories asks the questions and shares the war stories of those that thought they were signing with real record labels only to find themselves in worlds of trouble with a fake situation and under contract to pay people for doing next to anything.<\/p>\n<p>Fake music labels are everywhere and in abundance. To find the real record labels if that is the route you are even considering, you have to do your fact checking and due diligence to find out exactly who you are dealing with, what kind of deal they are going to give you and how money will be dealt in to the deal.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to music industry financing, whether you are looking for managers, agents, real record labels or just the financial support, it is key to avoid becoming a war story by watching out for the music business scams that are out there.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0wTLBOtLF30?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; War Stories &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>War Stories from the Music Front with Michael Brandvold and Loren Weisman is a video music business and marketing series that goes to war with the worst case scenarios and front line disasters in a humorous and informative way to help artists, managers and labels from making the same mistakes down the road.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Brandvold<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nMichael is a freelance music marketing consultant, author &amp; speaker who has also managed the online efforts for KISS, Accept, Narada Michael Walden, Jordan Rudess, SOiL, Tantric, Killer Dwarfs, Ron &#8220;Bumblefoot&#8221; Thal, Dream Theater, Andy Gibson, Alexa Carter, Greg Kihn, Little Caeser, Motley Cr\u00fce, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Madonna and Britney Spears to name only a few. For more on Michael Brandvold&#8217;s music business speaking or other services, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/michaelbrandvold.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Loren Weisman<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nMusic Business Consultant, Speaker &amp; Author Loren Weisman works to help, assist &amp; consult independent artists, musicians, businesses, labels &amp; managers to achieve sustainable success. 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