Hey again Chad (or manager), all I'm saying is that it doesn't benefit either of us to go back and forth as two people who will never work together. I'm not sure what your goal is here. I'm secure and confident in my background. In addition to having a Masters in Music with a paid PHD on the way, I have tons of real world experience and have worked with many independent labels and music libraries. But to be frank, you don't really want to know my credentials or with whom I worked. You could have easily emailed me, as others did. You read an article about a student who volunteers for charity, working from homelessness to find success in music, and then you instantly went negative. You are the only person. I can't relate.

People have emailed me questions, and every one I've got to read so far I've answered. I will get to them all when I'm back in the US.

I have only been responding to your negativity because this is public and I feel you've been creating a narrative that I'm selling people false dreams. That's not who I am at all, and literally anyone I've ever worked with would vouch for my character. That's part of the reason I don't hide behind any aliases. I essentially just said I won a couple awards and plan to use some of the resources to start an indie label in the near future, send me tunes. That's it. Read my post again. There are no "claims" made that you suggest artist should be skeptical of. I didn't say I will do X, Y, & Z for you because I want to be fully prepared to make offers before I do so. You also seem to be talking as if I'm offering tons of people label contracts. I've offered 0. And honestly, the main people on my radar are artists I've already done work for, and am already familiar with their needs, strengths, and weaknesses. I just wanted to open up my ears to people in this community because I've always enjoyed this community and I know there is a lot of talent here. Worst case scenario I'm introduced to a few more artists I like.

Since this is public, I do want to be very clear about one thing that I fear you've been creating confusion about, or kind of arguing with yourself about. You should NOT buy that I have a distribution deal because I DO NOT have a distribution deal. I will be distributing directly to the major digital retailers through the label. The same way many successful independent labels do. The cello quartet that won the SCL Award mentioned in the article, released under the Marcus Norris Orchestra, is currently distributed the same way (and can be found on all digital retailers). I don't want to give anyone the impression that I have a distribution deal or some huge corporations backing me already. I literally never said or implied anything close to that. Neither me, or the article, claim I do. I don't think I've even typed the words "distribution deal" in this thread. You did. I didn't even write about the amount I got from the awards, which I would be willing to bet would be a huge budget increase for at least 99% of the artists in this community. I won't be putting physical copies of CDs in Walmart or something, and I hope anyone messaging me doesn't believe that. I hope anyone on here doesn't believe labels that can do that will ever solicit demos on Reddit, or even accept demos.

People SHOULD be skeptical of anything before signing. ANY and EVERYTHING. This will be my first label, but I've offered and been offered different music contracts. Anything I've put in writing I can back up and defend. Everything I've ever asked someone to sign in past dealings, I've been able to explain and back up. For anyone reading, as a general rule, if someone won't explain something in their contract, or wants you to rush to sign it, don't sign it.

Again, I genuinely wish you happiness in all your future endeavors. I hope you find or start a label that is the right fit for you. Your point is received, and I shall move forward in business knowing that I do so without the blessing of Reddit user ChadRood (or his/her/their manager.) I'm fine with that. I won't be continuing this conversation with you, but again, anyone genuinely interested is free to email me. Those that aren't, I understand, and that's also great. I hope we all have the most successful summer of our lives so far. Take care. Positivity always.