Band Won't Pay Music Producer, Band Gets Rightful Comeuppance

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mattstaff
Sep 23, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

There are far too many instances of shameless cheapskates who were their own worst enemies. In this case, we have a band that had the collective audacity to take the stance of not paying their dues to a hard-working music producer. Fortunately, the music producer in question was more than ready to enact a calculated, brutal pro revenge. If you want to keep the revenge drama going, check out this petty revenge story about a neighbor who started selling the same pumpkins as a mom, and then how a petty pumpkin war ensued.

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    Font - r/ProRevenge u/i_hate_people_too · 4h + Join 2 this one is hilarious- to all musicians: READ YOUR CONTRACTS, AND PAY UP OR ELSE! XD i work in music production. i charge $125/hr to edit/mix/ master recordings from bands (which is about 1/2 the average rate). i had a band come to me, i mixed their album, it took me 10 hours. 10x125=$1,250. well, at the end, they said (and im not even joking, but this is So0000 ridiculous) "well, an hour only has 60 minutes in it, not 100, so your math is wr
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    Font - i said "it doesnt matter how many minutes are in an hour, i charge BY THE HOUR, and you agreed to it" (they had signed a contract.) well, they left, and refused to pay. this was their 'debut' album/EP, and little did they know, because they didnt read the contract, that i saved backups of alllII the work i did, and there was a clause that says my studio retains ownership of 100% of the music that i work on until i am paid and sign the rights back off to the band (again, this is very boile
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    Font - i released their music free online, every site i could find, and i also knew the venues they were playing at, so i made 1,500 CDs (it cost me like $200, but worth it for spitelol), and every gig they had, i would set up a booth with their CDs juuuust outside of the property line of the venue, and give their CDs away for free, acting like an agent of the band. one thing they also never planned on- i made the vocals on the CDs off-pitch with autotune.
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    Font - the band broke up about 6 months later, after people stopped going to see them. i love absolutely-legal revenge :) me and my 2 friends who helped me had a hell of a laugh. like, we were gitty all the time while this was going on. it was great. pay up or get f*cked. 1.7k 3 117 ↑, Share
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    Font - TheJonnieP · 3h My daughter is in school for graphic design and she ran in to a similar issue. She did some work for a small local business and they did not want to pay. She had a simple contract which stated that she did not return the work until payment had cleared. Said business was quite upset that she would not return the designs until she was paid. Even more so when the check they wrote did not clear and had to pay bounced check fees as well. Took about a month but she was eventuall
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    Font - mikemojc · 3h Yeeeears ago when photoshop was new I was working as a photographer, had a regional band come in for a photoshoot for gig promos, show bills, and possibly a CD cover they were in the process of recording. Took all afternoon, shot 6-7 rolls of film (remember film?!). I processed the film, made contact sheets, picked a couple dozen of the best images for proofs and printed them up in house. They came in, looked them over made a good size order and I started printing it up, inc
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    Font - anything about a check, so he goes away empty handed. Their manager calls me that night, says something like "Hey, we need the prints and promo material for the CD release party this weekend?" I tell him everything is ready, but remind him that I need paid in full before the material goes out. He says OK, he'll send someone by tomorrow to pick up up. Tomorrow comes, different guys shows up, HE doesn't know anything about a check either, so he goes away empty handed. These guys - manager,
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    Font - What I DID do was use photoshop to...improve the band pictures *I* created. These images went up all over town every time these yutz's had a gig; The bass player riding the drummer like a pony , the acne covered singer yawning while the keyboard play is on his knees in front of him..just stupid, unflattering stuff. Within a month they paid up and got the material they ordered. I reminded them that if they tried to sling any BS to hurt my reputation, I still had the negatives. I never ende
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