From: KAHADJA@xxx.xxx
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 15:18:23 EST
Subject: Re: talent 2000
To: songshark@yahoo.com

Dear Songshark,

I have worked with TALENT 2000 the owner of the company is named Carlo k. oddo and he is certainly a pure scam artist in my opinion....... I paid them 200 dollars with the promise of them getting me major label attention needless to say after a paid them I have not heard a word from them since then....carlo promises the world and the funny thing is he is very convincing he even told me about your sight so I could be on the lookout for ripoff artists....but to make a long story short i recently posted some very negative things about talent 2000 on your guestbook and a dat after i posted them I finnally heard from him saying that he was going to sue me for slander well I then went back and put up a retraction statement but as you know I didnt mean it I wish that I could send to you the various paperwork from him that is full of promises and then you could put it on your web site for all to see....I recently spoke with a lawyer and I he tell's me that I cannot be sued for slander so I am going to go back on the guestbook and hopfully enlighten people about talent 2000.....some other things about carlo k. oddo before you pay him the money he is constantly calling you and speaking with you and you can alway's get a hold of him.....but after you sign up for one of his various packages that range from 200 to 1500 he never call's you again......and then he becomes very hard to get a hold of......the onlyu time I heard from him since I paid him is after I went on songshark and posted my dealings if you would like more information please email me back and please feel free to post my dealings with him and or my email address if anyone out there would like to get info on them........thanks

TERRI LYNN

DEAR SONGSHARK,

I RECENTLY REPLIED BACK TO A EMAIL THAT YOU SENT TO ME ASKING ME IF I HAD ANY ONFORMATION CONCERNING TALENT 2000 WELL I SENT YOU A REPLY AND NOW I AM SENDING YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT I FORGOT TO INCLUDE...... WHEN I FIRST SIGNED UP WITH TALENT 2000 HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO SEN A DEMO PACKAGE OF MINE TO J-BIRD RECORDS AND HE SAID THAT HE KNEW SEVERAL OF THEIR A@R GUY'S THEIR AND AT DREAMWORKS RECORDS DIVISION....WELL I SPOKE TO PEOPLE AT J-BIRD RECORDS AND THEY NEVER HEARD OF CARLO K. ODDO...AND I SPOKE TO EVERYONE EXCEPT PROBABLY STEVEN SPEILBERG AT DREAMWORKS AND THEY DON'T KNOW CARLO FROM ADAM.........I AM DOING EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO SHOW EVERY STRUGGLING MUSICIAN WHAT TALENT 2000 IS A SCAM.............THANKS..............

TERRI LYNN

Dear Songshark:

Hello My name is Carlo K. Oddo from TALENT 2000. I have been a fan of you sight for about a year now. I thought I should write you since we have been the hot topic of your website lately. I have sent hundreds of people to your sight over the year to inform them selves on the labels posted on your website.

TALENT 2000 is a demo submission company. We receive hundreds of demos a month, and a few select demos will be shopped to record labels. I can understand how people may become skeptical. But I will explain our service to make it more clear. If we pick a potential band to shop, we will offer a program. We have 5 programs, ranging from shopping labels to management. In 1999 we have had over 200 clients, and our success rate is very well.

One of our clients toured this summer with Alanis & Tori Amos, another has been working with Famous Music in LA, Sony 550, Word Sony, Dreamworks and Mca. With over 200 clients in 1999 we have had 2 BBB reports that were resolved immediately. We are here to help artist to the next level, and we will be a very big force in 2000. We are a pro musician company. We have been in business over 5 years now and have a very successful record that we are very proud of.

In 1999 TALENT 2000 was chosen to judge along with Mr. Pete Ganbarg (VP A&R of Arista) the MUSICIAN MAGAZINES Best unsigned band contest. We were also sponsors to the Internet Music Expo In New York, and the New Manhattan Music Showcase.

If possible I would like to have TALENT 2000 clients contact you from all over the world with their experiences, so you can post them. I have clients ranging from Attorneys of all styles, Doctors and even GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. In the business of demo shopping it is always viewed as a dirty business because of all the sharks on your site. But there is good companies with morals doing the right thing. I would also like to send you some of my clients that were refunded their fee, because we could not place their music.

I would also like to provide you with letters from top A&R at some record labels to confirm my contacts with these people. I would also like to provide letters from attorneys spanning the globe to confirm that they are reading record contracts from TALENT 2000.

I would like to thank you for you concern about TALENT 2000 and for not bashing our company. I have the proof in the pudding, so please email me your mailing address and I will get all the information and mail it to you ASAP.

If you would post this email I would really appreciate it I think it is fair to give our side of the story. I am also forwarding an email sent to us recently by one of our clients. Please feel free to post that as well, and also feel free to contact them as well.

I would also like to send you 2 recent write ups about TALENT 2000.

Again thank you very much and I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

Carlo K. Oddo-President
TALENT 2000

Hello,

Its Carlo from T2K again. This is the email I wanted to forward to you please post it.

Thanks again,

Carlo K. Oddo

Attachment: Forwarded Message

From: "morrie shansky"
To:
Subject: Its Hick from SHATTERED SOUL!!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 01:31:41 -0500

Dear Carlo, Κ

Remember us, Shattered Soul from New castle, pa? You had helped us out and on behalf of shattered soul we would like to thank you! We just got back from New Jersey and we played in front of Black Rose Inc, and we blew them away with our live performance! If it wasnt for you we wouldnt of have that oppurtunity, but you did it! We are waiting for the contract before the new year, so i will let you know about all our progress!Κ Let me know of your info about Black Rose?Κ This is the begining and we hope we climb to the top!ΚΚ ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ

Κ your bud Hick ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ from ΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚΚ Shattered Soul email me at hick_100@xxxxxxx.xxx Let me know updates about us?

Hi i forgot to ad this, the IP addresses for all those people are from AOL.

AOL has 19 million people.

Thanks,

carlo

Hello,

It me one more time I promise, all of the complaints about us from Terri Lynn on your site are bogus. He put a retraction statement up there the other day but you took it down. Please be fair to my company and put it back up.

He is a client of ours under a 6 month contract but only 2 months into it. So he went back to you site and retracted those statements, he has been taken before so he is very leery about us. But the situation was taken care of by us.

He paid us $200.00 for our service, for a 6 month contract, if he is not happy after 6 months we will refund the money. Please post his retraction on your site. If im honest I would really appreciate you honesty as well. I have also attached a TALENT 2000 contract for you guys to review.

Thanks Again and have a happy new year.

Carlo K. Oddo

Hello,

Hi its Carlo from TALENT 2000 again. I have an attachment that I would like you to see (It is a letter from Arista records). I can send you tons of these just to show you some of the major connections we have. I can also send you a lot from my clients as well.

One more thing you guys should note, There is a company in New York called TALENT 2000, they are a modeling agency . You should make that clear on your site so they don't get upset with you or me.

Sorry for so much email today, but I want to make sure you understand where TALENT 2000 is coming from.

Sincerely and happy new year.

Carlo

BACK TO THE TALENT 2000 SECTON