Anyone here ever been contacted by A&R Select? I worked for them for a few days in '08. I've avoided saying anything publicly but I feel comfortable saying what I have to say here. I don't like to sling mud but these guys made quite the impression - and last I knew they were pretty aggressive about lead generation, so I'd guess a few people here have been or will be contacted by them.

The owner encourages employees to literally make things up in order to take their money. I've seen people say they got artists record deals that they didn't and I've seen them tell artists who submitted music for licensing that music supervisors wanted to use their music when they didn't - just to get them to switch to a paid account. It was so bad that I quit and refused the paycheck.

They'd have interns plow through myspace pages and contact anyone they could find and blow sunshine up their asses, trying to make them believe they had real opportunities that, in reality, either didn't exist or that they knew the artist wasn't qualified for.

Truth be told, when I was there the services they were offering were often worth the money. After my experience though I could never recommend anyone do business with them. The culture there is disgusting. They absolutely do not care.