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Gaetano Lattanzi- Caelum Entertainment 4Sight Productions, Occupy Records Con Artist, Internet Thug, Swindler, Liar Forest Hills, New York
I contacted Gaetano in February 2011 after googling recording studios in my neighborhood. He drew me in saying he produced for Bad Boy Records as noted in his bio on page.We met, started recording music and all was good in the beginning. Immediately he saw potential in the work and began to tell me all about his connections. First 3 big record execs were interested in me, then he told me he had Jay Z's ear and was submitting a track to him that I was on. Next he said he had an artist debuting on MTV and VH-1 next week. He played me the track of the artist mentioned and I later found out it was his high school friend who had a single on I-Tunes. He told me he had music on the HBO True Blood Soundtrack. NOT TRUE.
Then all kinds of labels were interested in him. I heard him tell his artist he was getting $2 million from a label. I caught him lying about percentages managers get, royalties, etc. He quoted me 9 hours per song @75$ per hr to master my songs. I got 8 songs done at Discmakers for $475, not over 6k he quoted. I caught him tyring to change the password on my email thru my iphone. I left my ipod at the studio and when I got it back all kinds of SICK (((REDACTED FOUL LANGUAGE))) appeared in my computer. He attaches links of comanies he makes up to provide services to swindle more money thru false advertising, radio promo, Cd Press up, PR Campaigns etc. Whatever you need will appear.
I told him i needed to finish elsewhere and broke down my reasons which his wife overheard so I kind of blew up his spot. How Embarrassing. So he gave me a dvd of sabotaged music. Off beat keys, missing instrumentation, off beat and cut off vocals. He also lost some of my best music. Intentional or unorganized. My bet is the first after I told him I was going to do this on my own. I noticed he would alson put his company name on things attached to my Facebook, but never a mention of me on any of his sites
Then all kinds of things happened on the Internet. An artist with my name and picture is on Soundcloud with someone elses music. My name would come up in all kinds of links with all kinds of bullshit attached to it that wasn't there before. Last night all of my great reviews and links to where I sell my music which I worked very hard to build were erased in a single day off of Google. He's very technically savvy and sits at home all day in front of his computer. I had 7 pages+ and now just a few links on 1 page. Just a newly added artist with a name very close to mine with different music that wasnt there yesterday appeared.
No one esle would do this. I just got a message a virus attack was just stopped as I write this. Never happened before til now. He fronts like an honest deep spiritual dude that can be trusted but don't waste your time, money or dreams with this CON ARTIST. LIES, LIES and SABOTAGE to an obsessive degree is what I got when all I wanted to do was record an album not be sold a bunch of (((REDACTED FOUL LANGUAGE)))
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BEWARE artists or anybody currently or considering working with him. If you cant help him he will only hurt you. Dont be fooled. He's driven me crazy and will deny it all as he has in the past. My wife is psychic and told me right when she met him his eyes weren't right and she got a very bad feeling from him. I should've known. His current add for studio time boasts with kinds of the biggest company logos attached (Universal Records, NBC, HBO, etc) to make you think you're working with a Big dog, but really just a cowardly house cat on a conniving come up.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
gaetano
Forest Hills,New York,
United States of America
In response to the false statements above
#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Tue, March 06, 2012
Hi everyone, I would like to clarify the false statements that are being made by Jon Boling AKA Skatch MC on this site about me and my company stated above.
While we strongly believe in the power of the web and sites like Ripoffreport.com to help people better understand who they are dealing with, they can also be misused for those that wish to unfairly besmirch and damage the reputations of those that have done nothing wrong.
I can assure all who read his rant, that we are most certainly not in the business of scamming or ripping people off. In fact, we enjoy an unblemished record of helping forge careers for many artists and as a result enjoy a stellar reputation. This is simply because we love music and thus take great pride in every single creative venture we put our hearts into. We have worked with hundreds of clients and companies, many of which have been so pleased with the results that we enjoy large amounts of repeat business. This creative connection is so strong, that I have made many great friends with our clients as a result.
Unfortunately that is not the case with Mr. Boling (Skatch MC) as his erratic behavior and unscrupulous manner has created a situation that is untenable. In all of my years in business, this is the first time I have ever dealt with someone such as this. It quickly became clear to me once I began working with Mr. Boling, that what I had originally attributed to creative passion was actually, poor impulse control, anger issues and what can only be explained as extreme paranoia. As mentioned, I originally gave him the benefit of the doubt, because he would literally be incredibly ecstatic one moment but then suddenly and without provocation the next day, turn around and attempt to accuse me of things that were completely fabricated in his mind. It soon became frightening to me. Mr. Boling would at once express how thankful and happy he was with the creative direction of the project and then call me back and begin to tell me that something was happening and that there were those that wish to stifle his genius. As a result of these imaginary threats, he would explain that he needed to lay low. Honestly, I had no idea what to think as I am a musician not a psychotherapist so I kept my opinions to myself and honored my commitments and against my better judgment continued to work with him because of his determination and potential.
As the situation got worse, he began to expand his wild and false allegations to include a computer virus that he claimed that I created, to people on the web commenting on his material negatively as if I put them up to this (why would I sabotage my own projects?). His behavior and accusations became increasingly bizarre as he began to provide me with his interpretations of philosophical quotes I would post on my Facebook page as if it were being directed to him. Instead of taking any responsibility for his own successes and/or failures, in his troubled mind it was far easier to find someone to blame and thus he began to tell himself that it must be me sabotaging his career. It got to the point where he became so fixated, that he even began to blame me for mundane, everyday things like finding weird stuff on his iPod/iPhone.
Look, as mentioned, the web is a powerful way to communicate how people handle themselves so that others can be praised or admonished for the choices, I am grateful for the opportunity to tell my side of the story. I love what I do as this is my lifelong passion and dream. I literally give all that I have to each and every talent that we work with. That is why I tried to overlook his idiosyncrasies until I could no longer work with him due to his behavioral issues. Never did I expect anyone to falsely accuse me of such things or impugn my professionalism or integrity in such a mean-spirited manner. Though this is absolutely ridiculous and incredibly confusing, I wish Mr. Broling the best and hope that he can work through the issues that vex him.