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READ SOME COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT HE DOES OR VICTIMS

Trish Thu Mar 30, 2000 4:03pm
send emailwebsite: http://www.trishbentley.com/Toronto, Canada I noticed that attack records was listed in the cl####ified section and I just wanted to let all of you know that attack records is bull#### and they scam artists. It was on the nightly news and Mr. Mark Berry is busted! DO NOT send him your material, he signs artists to his bogus record label and manipulates the artist into giving him money for so called investment into themselves.....when really the artist is just handing money over to this cheesy so called producer for nothing. There are a few bands that have already been scammed by this guy so whenever you see attack records or mark berry, just remember.....record companies are supposed to pay you not the other way around.

please check these links
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/175/ripoff0175850.htm
http://www.riddimja.com/Dec07/News_dec_8.htm
http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/19/10/News/feature.html
Report: Mark S Berry, attack Records, attack Group Of Records
Category:
Recording Studio, Record Producers
Music, mark S Berry, attack Recor, deeval Records, attack Group Of Records ripoff singer songwriter with awards wass ripped of by local music producer and his record company, mark s berry promised 5 star cd, state of the art recordings but delivered nothing, i paid him lots of money but he hardy showd up for recording sessions and after 10 months he said that he dosen't have the time to make my record, i trusted him before the contract was signed, he promised internatio Toronto canada
Rebuttal BoxRespond to this report!


WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PASSION SHOW CD PROJECT?BY OFIRAPRIL 2004 I RECEIVED AN E MAIL FROM MUSIC PRODUCER AD THE CEO MARK S BERRY AT ATTACK RECORDS 401 richmond st west suite 395 ,from ontario canada IN THE LETTER HE EXPRESSED INTREST TO SPEAK TO MEON THE PHONE I CALLED MARK'S OFFICE AND HE PICKED UP THE PHONETHE FIRST THING I HEARD WAS OFIR? IS THAT YOU? OFIRYOU'RE AMAZING!I TOLD HIM THAT I HAVE A DREAM AND I LIVE WITH A DREAM, WHICH I HAVE COMPLETE VISION FOR.

HE TOLD ME THAT HE IS EMPRESSED WITH MY PACKAGEMY VOICE, LOOK AND THE BEAUTIFUL SONGS I WRITE, AND ASK HOW I WANT TO PERSUE MY TALENT, I TOLD HIM, I'D LIKE TO GET RECOGNITION FOR MY TALENT AND TAKE IT TO THE TOP,HE TOLD ME ABOUT HIS RECORDS IN THE PAST AND HIS COMPANY ATTACK RECORDS AND HIS PASSION FOR MUSIC AND CREATION AND HIS FAMILY, HE TOLD ME AFTER REVIEW EVERYTHING AND MY REZUME THAT I HAVE IT ALL AND NEED TO MAKE GREAT MUSIC PRODUCTION FOR MY SONGS AND WITH MY TALENT AND HE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR ME, PRODUCE MY ALBOM 5 STAR *****CD, STATE OF THE ART recordings

AND THAT HAS GREAT PLAN FOR ME HE SAID HE WILL E MAIL ME HIS PLAN AND I WILL RECEIVE INFORMAION ON THE E MAIL SHORTLYATTACHED DOCUMENT 1AFTER I READ IT WE WERE IN TOUCH ON E MAILS AND PHONE CALLS AND I TOLD HIM THAT I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO PAY HIM FOR CD PRODUCTION HE ASKED FOR $50,000, I TOLD HIM THAT IT'S BEYOND MY POSSIBILITIES AND DON'T HAVE RICH PARENTS OR INVESTORS, ANYONE I ASKED POTENTIAL PROSPECTSBUT THEY ALL SAID THAT IF ATTACK RECORDS BELIEVE IN ME THEY SHOULD INVEST IT, AT ONE POINT THOUGHT I HAD A POTENTIAL INVESTOR LOOKING IN TO IT BUT HE THOUGHT THAT THE ATTACK RECORDS ASKING FOR TOO MUCH,

SO IT DIDN'T WORK OUT AND WHEN I CAME HERE I CAME HERE TO MEET WITH OTHER INVESTOR BUT HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND DIDN'T SHOW UP, MARK SHOWED ME HIS CLEINTS CDS THAT HE SAID HE DID AND OTHERS THAT I SAW IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON ALBUM BUT, IF I COME UP WITH THE MONEY HE WILL DO IT FOR ME.MARK S BERRY SAID THAT HE BELIEVE IN MY TALENT AND HE AGREED TO DO IT FOR

$35,000 INCLUDE EVERYTHING BUT HE SAID THAT HE IF I PUT A CAP ON THE COMPLETE PROJECT IT ‘S WORTH ABOUT$39.000 BUT HE TALKED TO PHIL TO GIVE US A BRAKE, SO ITS ONLY $35.000 .THE FIRST$17.500 HE WILL GET BE PARTLY BARTER WITH JIMI $10,000 WORTH OF WORK OF RENOVATIONS SO WE COVER THE STUDIO COAST WITHIN THE TOTAL FIRST 17,500 (JIMI'S HOUSE WHO OWN THE ZOLIS AUDIO STUDIO), BUT WE TRUSTED MARK ON IT AND HE DIDN'T WRITE IN THE CONTRACT BUT I HAVE

PROOF OF THE JOB DONE AND THR LIST OF THE WORK,MARK TOLD US WHEN HE WILL FIND A RECORD DEAL FOR ME (AFTER SHOPING THE RECORD ONLY WHEN HE SHOPE IT ABOVE $ 100,000) HE WILL GET HIS 2ND $17,500. WHICH HE CALLS A BONUS? AND HIS BONUS WILL GET WHEN HE WILL GET ME A RECORD DEAL AND IT'S NOT GONNA TAKE LONG, HE SAID, HE SAID OK PAY WHAT YOU HAVE AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING, WE TOLD HIM THAT ALL WE HAVE FROM HIS HOUSE THAT DUDU SOLD WITH HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND HIS PART HE IS GIVING FOR MY CD, MARK KNEW IT, WE HAD $9,000, HE WILL SPLIT IT, AND THE REMAINING $9.500 WILL BARTER WITH JIMIS the STUDIO WORK,WE PAID


HIM $8,696 IN CASH, CHECKS AND CASH SPLITS AMONG MARK S BERRY HIMSELF $3000 CHECK CANEDIAN MONEY,$, 2,500 AMERICAN DOLLARS (IT'S $3160 CANEDIAN MONEY) TO PHIL MANN IN THE USA (MARK SAID THAT HE IS DOING THE MUSIC FOR HIM) $2,500 CANADIAN MONEY FOR JIMI WHO OWNS THE STUDIO ZOLIS AUDIO 25 POLSON ST, 2ND FLOOR.SUB TOTAL WAS PAID TO MARK S BERRY IS $8,696 CA IN MONIES AND DUDU DID A TOTAL RENOVATION IN JIMIS HOUSE MORE THEN WAS EXPECTED VALUE $10.000 ,HE GOT FOR HIS HOUSE $1,500 WORTH OF WORK FROM DUDU .THAT WAS THE MONEY PART, ALL THIS TIME IN BETWEEN WE DELT WITH MARK CHASING HIM FROM THE STUDIO AND HIS OFFICE FOR SCHEDUAL TIME AND OTHER THINGS FOR THE RECORD, HE NEVER CONDACTED THIS MATTER AS A PROFESSIONAL IN ALL MY DEALINGS WITH HIM AND MAKING ARRANGEMENTS THIS ALBOM, HE HARDLY RETURN CALLS 1 OUT OF 9 HE CALLS BACK, HE IS NEVER ON, EVEN WHEN WE STARTED SESSIONS


IN THE STUDIO. ON E- MAILS HE ONLY GIVES A LIST OF EXCUSES; WHY HE CAN'T *COME TO SASSIONS OR CANCEL THEM.*NEVER GOT A CALL ABOUT IT OR· NEVER LOOK AT HIS LAST E MAIL AND HE DOSEN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON SO HE WILL CALL ME BACK, AND ONE TIME· I HAVE TO WAITE OTHERWISE IT'S NOT GONA BE GOOD AND IF HE WILL RUSH PHIL IT'S GONA BE BAD RECORD HE IS SICK,HE IS AWAY,·HIS


EX WIFE SICK,HE IS BUSY HE IS IN A MEETING AND CAN'T LEAVE HE HAS THINGS TO DO IN HIS OFFICE AND HE DIDN'T SPEAK TO PHIL JUST YET, IT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT SINCE DAY ONE EVEN HAS A LIST WHY THE MUSIC IS NOT READY ITS ABOUT THE SAME STUFF + THAT WE CAN'T PUSH PHIL BEACOUS HE IS DOING US A FAVOR AND HE USUALY GETS THOUSENDS OF DOLLARS PER SONG AFTER WE SIGN THE CONTRACT HE DISAPEARED FOR A WHILE WE DIDN'T HEARE FROM HIM OR JIMI FROM THE STUDIO I TRIED TO E MAIL MARK CALL HIM, LEAVE MESSAGES AT THE OFFICE, CALL HIS WORKERS IN HIS OFFICE ALWAYS DEFEREND PEOPLE .THE PRODUCER IS GONE WITH NO CONSIDERATION, OR E MAILTHEN HE SAID CALL ME TOMORROW WILL TALK TO JIMI,PHIL AND WILL PUT TOGETHER THE GAME PLAN, WILL DO THIS AND THAT AND 2 DAYS TURN TO 2 MONTHS ANF 2 TO 4 AND NOTHING, AFTER 4 MONTHS HE SAID


THAT PHIL IS WORKING ON IT BUT JUST THEN HE ASKED ME FOR COPY OF MY DEMO FOR PHIL WHICH HE ALREADY HAS ONE HE GOT WHEN I GAVE HIM WHEN WE SIGN THE DEAL, THE PROJECT NEVER TOOK OFF IT STARTED LIKE ONE DAY IN THE STUDIO EVERY 2-3 WEEKS AND THEN I HAD TO CHASE MARK FOR THE NEXT BOOKING THEN IT WAS CANCELED, THEN MARK SAID I HAVE TO WAIT FOR PHIL TO WORK ON THE MUSIC AND HE IS BOOKED THE STUDIO FOR OTHER PEOPLE FOR LIKE A MONTH SO THE NEXT BOOKING IS IN A MONTH NO DATE YET, THEN HE WROTE ME THAT I ONLY PAID HIM $3000 AND SO HE GOT ANGRY I TOLD HIM THAT HE DOESN'T TAKE MY CD SERIOUSLY MAY 31 AS WELL I WROTE HIM MAY 30 REGARDING FOLLOW UP ON SESSIONS NOT BEEN PRORERLYENGAGED PRIRE TO DISCUSSION MAY 25 I WROTE HIMHE DIDN'T FOLLOW UP AGAIN HE NEVER RETURN A CALL.BUT HE CANCELED THE SESSION LAST MINUT. THAT WAS ONE DAY PER WEEK THAT CANCELED,SAMMER ALREADY, JUN; SEE E MAIL ATTACHED DOCUMENT 2. NOTHING GOING ON THIS MONTH NO RECORDINGS ANY WORK ON MY SONGS.JULY COMES I REALIZE I'M JUST A SIDE PROJECT FOR MARK, HE GOT A CLIENT WITH BIG CASH AND THROUGH ME ASIDE AGAINSEE DOCUMENT E MAIL 3 HE CLAIMS I GAVE HIM $3000, WHICH IS NOT TRUE. AND SEE THE STUFF HE WRITE ABOUT HIS OTHER GIGS THAT HE HAS TO DO IN ORDER TO KEEP MY PROJECT ALIVE.AUG 1 SEE DOCUMENT 4 I CONTACT MY FRIEND ELANA, SHE IS A DISPUTE RESOLUTION SETTLER SHE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY DEVELOPMENT SINCE THR SAMMER TO EXAMING WHRE I'M STANDING WITH



ATTACK RECORDSI HAD ELANA CALLED MARK SO FAR I HAVE 7 SONG RECORDED NO NEW MUSIC FROM PHIL AND JUST PROMISES FROM MARK.WE MORE THEN HALF AWAY WITH JIMI'S HOUSE, JIMI TAKES THE TIME TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO, DUDU ALREADY PAINTED MARK'S HOUSE ON THE OUTSIDE TRIM AND WINDOWS AND BACK HOUSE ALL TWICE, FIRST TIME HE DIDN'T LIKE THE COLOR SO DUDU PAINT ALL AROUND AGAIN, THEN MARK'S WIFE WANTED DUDU TO DO THE GARDEN AND THEN FIX HER BACKYARD AND LIFT FOR HER VERY HEAVY STONS REMOVE THEM AND STREIGT, LEVEL THE GROUND AND INSTALL THEM AGAIN SEPTEMBER ARRIVED DOC5MARK WAS AWAY FOR A WHILEI SHOT THE OUTRAGEOUS VIDEO BUT I DON'T HAVE THE SONG READYNO SIGN FROM MARKOCT 19 DOC 6MARK COMPLAIN AND LIE TO ELANA OUR LAWYER.MARK PROMISED DEADLINE FOR CD PRODUCTION IS

OCTOBER 31OCT 23 I REMIND MARK ABOUT HIS DEADLINE OF OCT 31OCT 26 I E MAILED BILL SKOLNIK THE PRESIDENT OF TORONTO MUSICIAN ASSOCIATION AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THIS RECORD LABEL ATTACK RECORDS, OCTOBER 30TH AGREED WITH ELANA ON NEW DEADLINE DECEMBER 18 WHICH HAPPENED TO BE MY BIRTHDAY.SEE FULL AGREEMENT BET ELANA AND MARK OCT 30 DOCMARK SAID HE IS MAKING A LIST BUT HE NEVER GAVE DUDU THE NEW LIST THAT HE WANTS MORE WORKELANA HAD ENOUGH OF MARK'S BULL…NOVEMBER DOC 7 ONE MORE SONG RECORDES AND 8 SONG TOTAL ARE READY FOR MIX, STILL THRE IS NO MUSIC AND OTHER STUFFMARK Didn'T RESPOND TO my lawyer(she already gave up and left the case )

AND DON'T COME TO SESSIONS,so FAR WE PAID CASH$ 8,696MARK'S HOUSE repairs and garden $1,500JIMI'S HOUSE renovations $10,300SUB TOTAL OVER $18,000 AND MORE THEY ALL PAID FOR THE FIRST $17,000 now mark is sending threars emails to me ,

that he will distroy my career and deport me and my fionce, contact everybody..not to give me record deal and that beacose i told someone about my expeirience with mark and he was just about to come to toronto to record with mark and give him $25,000,the expiration on this contract is febuary 24 /2006 about a week and a half from now,mark has my money and all the hard work was given to him before he has done anything ,there is no career yet ,one year wasted on this fraud false production now and i dont have money to pay another producer to do my record right now i building my band and searching for whats nexyt for me,i'm gonna fight to get my record somehow on my own Ronitthornhill, OntarioCanada
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Hi. My name is Troy Fenton. I'm based in Melbourne, Australia. I know Mark Berry well and he knows me. I'm a music industry professional, primarily in artist management, and have been on Berry's trail since 1999. I'm sure you're aware of the Now magazine article about Berry in 1999. That led to a CBC-TV doco called "Selling The Dream" which screened nationally in Canada in 2000. I was involved in that program, helping to expose Berry. I've also pressured the Toronto Police to take action, but for some reason they won't act. Something wrong there.I'm still on the case, have been in touch with artists all over the world who have been ripped off by Berry (e.g. there was a band from Brazil who claim that Berry ripped them off for a hundred grand). There are artists in Scotland, New Zealand, all over Europe, the U.S.,everywhere.I saw a mention on your blog that you were aware of programs about him in other countries. Would appreciate any info about that.Do you know any other Canadian artists who have recently been involved with Berry?I'm working on something at the moment that should shut him down.Sorry to hear about your experiences. And it's typical of Berry to try to play the legal system, and not pay up.Don't worry. It's not over.Cheers,Troy Fenton

http://chat.lawinfo.com/rippedoff_music_producer-t16623/index.html?p=31508



6 comments:

Unknown said...

Mark Berry is still doing his dirty tricks pinching peoples money. He delivers fake contracts and we have caught him out by the people that are suppose to have signed the contracts that were sent and they spoke to us saying they know nothing about it and that he has cut and paste their signatures and they havent dealt with him for quite a few years. He also uses the name for contracts of Universal distributions for a contract that had colapsed and closed down 2 yrs ago. He is a dirty scoundrel and very rotten. BE VERY CAREFUL OF ANY DEALINGS OR COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIM. You will not get your money back.:(

sharma said...

Mark S. Berry Attack Media Group. Mark is an industry recognized record producer/engineer/mixer with over 36 gold and platinum records .
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Unknown said...


The Velvet Underground, The New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith and Alice Cooper honed their talents performing “Upstairs at Max’s,” the first restaurant/bar/club in NYC to feature unsigned bands. Mark berry AMG producer Aerosmith got signed to a record deal upstairs at Max’s, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Marley and the Wailers performed for a memorable two week double billing
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Unknown said...

Mark S Berry is presently at the helm of the Attack Group of companies, an independent media company. His Canadian productions have included I Mother Earth, two platinum albums for The Headstones, The Killjoys, Nothing In Particular, Fence, Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) platinum solo effort, and Up Close & Alone.
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aluminum said...

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Unknown said...

Mark S Berry is presently at the helm of the Attack Group of companies, an independent media company. His Canadian productions have included I Mother Earth, two platinum albums for The Headstones, The Killjoys, Nothing In Particular, Fence, Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) platinum solo effort, and Up Close & Alone.