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Complaint Review: RJ Bucharia President Of Edge 1 Records - New York New York
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RJ Bucharia President Of Edge 1 Records
123 W 18th Street 7th Floor New York, 10011 New York, U.S.A.
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RJ Bucharia, President Of Edge 1 Records preys on recent College Graduates to steal ideas for his company New York
I am a recent college graduate who is looking for a job in the music industry after completing two interships with record companies during my last two semesters of school. After a number unsuccesful attempts to even score an interview with a record company I found a music discussion board where I posted a question about landing a job in the music industry. A few hours later I got a reply from RJ Bucharia, President of Edge 1 Records who asked me to send him a copy of his resume. Later in the day, after sending him my resume, he asked if I would be availible to come in for an interview the following week. I was beyond excited but during the interview that excitement turned into complete frustration. Mr. Bucharia was an obnoxious jerk to me and he made fun of my previous work experience.
When we got to talking about the position he asked if I would do a project for him. He wanted me to come up with a marketing and a public relations plan for an artist and if I did it correctly we would discuss things further. Having nothing else to do or lose I decided to do it. After showing to some friends, who thought it was pretty good, I e-mailed it to Mr. Bucharia but instead of getting a second interview or the position, he changed everything he wanted me to do. He asked if I could do something that was more unique than what was already being done along with names of Program Directors, Editors of magazines that might know (I only interned at record companies and never was I allowed to speak to those kind of people. All I did was mailings and retail calls). I re-did the project in the way he wanted it but after I sent it to him I never heard back from him again.
Then it dawned on me: I never had a chance, he was just using me to steal ideas, MY IDEAS, for his company and pass them along. I also went back to the discussion board and saw posts from other people who asked similar questions that I did and replies from Mr. Bucharia who got them to send them his resume. I can only wonder how many others out there have been duped by this poor excuse of person. I'm glad I found out about this site so I can tell my story so I can help prevent the same thing from happening again.
Anon
Miles Avenue, New York
U.S.A.
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When we got to talking about the position he asked if I would do a project for him. He wanted me to come up with a marketing and a public relations plan for an artist and if I did it correctly we would discuss things further. Having nothing else to do or lose I decided to do it. After showing to some friends, who thought it was pretty good, I e-mailed it to Mr. Bucharia but instead of getting a second interview or the position, he changed everything he wanted me to do. He asked if I could do something that was more unique than what was already being done along with names of Program Directors, Editors of magazines that might know (I only interned at record companies and never was I allowed to speak to those kind of people. All I did was mailings and retail calls). I re-did the project in the way he wanted it but after I sent it to him I never heard back from him again.
Then it dawned on me: I never had a chance, he was just using me to steal ideas, MY IDEAS, for his company and pass them along. I also went back to the discussion board and saw posts from other people who asked similar questions that I did and replies from Mr. Bucharia who got them to send them his resume. I can only wonder how many others out there have been duped by this poor excuse of person. I'm glad I found out about this site so I can tell my story so I can help prevent the same thing from happening again.
Anon
Miles Avenue, New York
U.S.A.
sorry, allowing you to give a competitors name would instigate others to just file against their competition, to only come back later to suggest their company your comments on this policy are welcome! CLICK here to see why Rip-off Report, as a matter of policy, deleted either a phone number, link or e-mail address from this Report.
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Rj
New York,New York,
U.S.A.
Skills what Skills?
#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wed, April 04, 2007
I'm very sorry to hear that you feel you were treated poorly during your interview process. As I recall however, you were asked to develope a marketing plan for an artist and you delivered a 2 paragraph summary that essentially said the following "I would get him played on urban radio, and interviewed by industry magazines" there was no breakout of purchase trends in the given market segment you were addressing, which would be a justification of the marketing dollars you were spending except there were no marketing dollar allocations given for anything! You didn't even suggest that we should spend any money on posters! Let alone organize a street team, email lists, promotional in store appearences, NOTHING!!! The simple fact of the matter is that even after you handed in your first "markteting plan", I gave you the opportunity to prove yourself again and mentioned that you may want to do something more detailed that would show us that you had the first clue of what the word marketing ment, let alone demonstrate a competency level that would justify asking for a paid position! If you could have demonstrated even the slightest ability I would have considered you for an internship, because you came off very good in your interview as far as personality and drive. Unfortunately, your second attempt was as comical as your first and no you did not hear back from us as you were simply not worth waisting the 15 cents on a phone call. What I would like to know is how do I file a report against your college and previous internships as they RIPED YOU OFF far more than I did my friend. And just so you can feel safe, your "marketing plan" was tossed onto a grill, dowsed with lighter fluid, burned to a crisp and then taken by pigions to line their nests. Best of luck to you in all you do;)
