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Winnings? What are those?

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[color=#ffff55]Mickey J.[/color]
Alas for those who never sing, but die with all their music in them.
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Exactly, but in the unlikely event I win, it is credited to the client's bill.

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You can be strange but not a stranger

Look i can smell a fake a mile away and all... but this PI was about as bad as a flamboyant Gay guy wearing a bright pink mini tanktop, trying to act straight...
He should have been sportin' the magnum p.i. stash. (was wearing hawaian shirts...but that's common with older people in FL)

If this is the level of people hired to do this work, i might as well start pirating the (@$%&#!) myself for a lil cash on the side!

Ghar be ye needin' a Sound choice, matey? Maby i'll even change facebook to the pirate language.

Florida is in my area of responsibility, but we have not had an investigative team active there this week. Maybe one of the other manus was doing some field work.

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I wear Hawaiian shirts, my daughter lives in Hawaii. My nephew is gay, I've never seen him wear a bright pink mini tanktop. You are generalizing people and I don't see where this adds to the discussion personally.

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KingBing Entertainment C'mon Up! I have a song for you!!! [font=MS Sans Serif][/font]

ok guys .....I have had no less than 5 KJ's call me and state an investigator had shown up at their shows in the last 2 weeks....I can assure you that no SC investigators were in this area (they take vacations ect too) I have not received info about possible CB investigations but they seem to be hitting other areas. I personally ran into someone "playing investigator" at one of our shows...He stuck out like a sore thumb. It appears that there are some out there getting jollys out of playing spy......just cover your behinds by remaining legal and whatever you do dont give them a cent (I seem to recall a fake PI asking for cash to avoid a suit somewhere in CA....cant locate the thread but it was here on KS)

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"Integrity is choosing your thoughts, words and actions based on your principles and values rather than for your personal gain."
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"if a man has integrity, nothing else matters, If a man has no integrity, nothing else matters."
Lee McGuffey

Helpful hint: Try talking someone who already goes to the show ( if you can) into helping you out.. If the place is a local watering hole, everyone already knows everyone, a complete stranger being the only one to ask for an SC track would be a bit of a sore thumb too. Unbelievable....

I also note that while you have replied since my last post, you neither commented on the two hosts that Paradigm brough up that you were going to check on and explain awhile back, nor have you explained why you think I am wrong in claiming that the owners/publishers of music have the ultimate say in said music's/lyrics's use.

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"No Contests, No Divas, Just A Good Time!"

" Disc based and loving it..."

Joe, that's not necessarily true. If that were the case, I could be mistaken for a PI. I like to go out to new shows every so often (and I even travel to my neighboring states (NJ and PA) to do so). Think back to when I came to your show. From what I remember, the crowd looked like a small intimate group of Regulars, and I was the only stranger there. I'm sure I stuck out. And, then (when you were walking around and handing out your song books), I asked you if you accepted personal discs (which you said "Yes" to). Until you saw my name on my disc, you didn't know who I was (and your reaction was classic when realization set in as to my identity). Now, had you told me that you were PC based only, I would have started to look through your books for songs that I would have sung from my discs, and then I would have started to ask you which Manus they were on. The chances are pretty good that I would've ask for a SC version of a song (since 1/3 of the songs on my personal discs are SC renditions). I wouldn't have handed up a song-slip yet, so you wouldn't have known my name.

Now here's a perfect question to ask you, because this IS based on your experiences... Would that make/have made me suspect?

Cuey, you're always suspect. . You know people never go to new bars. It never happens.

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You can be strange but not a stranger

So, Tim..

They ever ask you to investigate massage parlors?

And how would you credit the customers account?

It all depends on how cute she is. .

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You can be strange but not a stranger

is there some reason all your paperwork is sticky?

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Paradigm Karaoke, The New Standard.......Shift Happens

sorry, just lightening the mood a bit... generalization is something the majority understands, (sadly)...

but the comment is about as rediculous as the attempts at KJ's so i figured it somewhat relevant.

as far as the investigator thing... why would you say there has been no investigators? that makes no sense... whatever they were i must not have been much of an issue for them... i think i played all different mfg's that night to see a reaction... but his conversation was about SC... no other brands.

Cue, you make me smile.

Cue is being kind. The show in question had "intimate Regulars" because it was one of 3 that I actually failed at ( inthe decades that I've been doing this. Yup, ain't no such thing as "perfect"). In this case, the venue was just about to fail itself ( and closed it's doors a month later) and also- being a bit snobby- wanted the money from karaoke, but didn't want anyone to know it was there. Iwasn't allowed to promote, and they certainly didn't .. A mistake to take on in the first place, but the credit for the rror has to go to me. I thank Cue for his kind description..

Cue, remember that you came before all the SC junk started. On top of that you WERE carrying your own discs- many of which were NOT SC.

You stayed the night- which I have yet to hear or see an SC type person doing.

Also, I read people. I never would have suspected you of anything. You were there for fun, and maybe for a little Joe Chartreuse shock value...

BTW- Cue is probably one of the coolest, most eclectic ( I mean he has some truly.....um,...unique... songs) singers around. Also a LOT of fun to listen to!

To your original question: It's not JUST a complete stranger requesting SC, but their ensuing actions that give them away. On the other hand, in the current climate, it IS a strong indicator. However,in the case in question, this same person was confirmed at a later date.

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"No Contests, No Divas, Just A Good Time!"

" Disc based and loving it..."

Cueball,

You will always stick out.... you are a walking tree.... the rest of us look like Munchkins next to you....

It appears that Harrington did look into it & discovered that these defendants were not ones named in the Arizona suit filed by his office but by another attorney, Sean Kealii Enos of Schmeiser Olsen & Watts LLP.

http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuits/trad ... h/summary/

Harrington would have no business commenting on this case & I would suggest that you contact Schmeiser Olsen & Watts LLP for your answers.

Here is their website:

http://www.iplawusa.com/

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