Hightek Productions.. SCUM!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 12:33AM 
I received a text message from Rico yesterday regarding this Scum Production, he mentioned to me of the deal this production had with a new band. As of many new bands, they got used to the remittance deal with productions. Details are as follows.
From Rico:
kanina sa 6UG, merong sabik na banda, Irish Violence or Irish Violation ata yung name. sobrang bata pa ata, say 15, 16, or 17 of ages ata. then, maaga sila sa venue, then, Ivor the keys/vox of the band asked me, "kuya, magkano po remit?". Sir Monch, production manager, was stunned and looked at me. (dahil madalas ako magkwento sa kanya about them scums. 
) with an imaginary question mark floating above his head, and smiled. i replied, "sa prod ng 6UG walang remittance, baka sa prod na humahawak sa event na to, meron" then i added, "yan, nakakasanayan na ng mga batang tulad ninyo ang pagre-remit ng pera sa mga prods, kawawa naman kayo." i kept rambling about the modus of them prods, until i got tired and looked away.
indeed, they are kawawa. before the gig starts, Ivor, stepped up to me, and opened up about them experience with the prod, he said, "kuya, wala kaming gamit, lumapit kami sa prod para humiram ng gamit (electric guitar) dahil na stuck sa airport yung gamit namin, siningil parin kami ng 500php, eh 500php na nga yung ni-remit namin sa kanila."
napa-iling nalang ako amputa. then it hit my head to give Zsa a head's up on this issue. texted her on the current wahoo. i advised Ivor to visit Notoscum.org for the list of scum prods to avoid, he had a spark in his eyes of somewhat relief. me thinking what i guess he would be thinking at the moment, sa wakas tapos na ang remittance namin! .
ganyan na ngayon, yung mga bands na ang nagtatanong kung magkano yung remit. nakakalungkot isipin.
and, oh yes, i did my research!
Hightek Productions
Now thats SCUM written all over them. Good thing Rico was able to get pics so everyone could see for themselves on how the exploit new bands. REMEMBER THE FACES OF SCUM!
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We Do not have remittance. ang nangyari sa Irish Violation is a deal between me and them. It's not on the prod. The deal was they will rent the instruments from our band and they will pay for 500pesos. They offer the 500pesos rent not us. We just recieved the 500pesos just for assurance so if ever MASIRA ANG INSTRUMENTS they will not pay anymore because they already rented the instrument.
And the evidence you've seen, comment by JM. We ADMIT IT. But it was the first ever gig that we have, and we dont have any knowledge that we can have an event wherein we will not impose remittance. WE DO NOT HAVE REMITTANCE. You can even ask Irish Violation. Nagtaka nga sila nung binalik namin yung another 500pesos na binibigay nila. 1000pesos ang bnibigay nila samin but we recieve 500pesos. Sabi pa nga ng band leader nila "Wala po palang Remittance?" And ask also the other bands played on ourt event.
We ask for proper investigations before any release. We do not discourage this endeavor. WE ARE ALSO FOR FREE PLAY. Can we ask for JUSTICE? You do not even got our side before you relese this one. The Profile written on our firendster was the OLD POLICIES.
Thanks and God Bless.
Hightek production
I received this text message earlier from a lady named SUSAN:
"Zsazsa, vox of a deathmetal band called wicca, is a member of notoscum.com. She, together with other members of the site enlisted hightek prod as scum production because of remittance. Hightek did that once in exchange for 5 guests. The remittance was with full consent of each participation band. 2 succeeding productions of hightek did not require remit at all. Its a real scenario in production events. My bands pay remittance with no reklamo. I hope no toscum can be professional enough to investigate. Hightek Pros are group of professional people who promoted and protects bands and other productions as well. Its belief is to spread OPM music specially bands with antagonistic attack, notoscum kills promotion of music abd their backstabbing to production would mean less band chances in the future.--SUSAN
OK i guess I will have to start picking on your SMS here. one by one..
1. Zsazsa, vox of a deathmetal band called wicca, is a member of notoscum.com. She, together with other members of the site enlisted hightek prod as scum production because of remittance -- you were reported by a band. What more can i say?
2. Hightek did that once in exchange for 5 guests. The remittance was with full consent of each participation band. 2 succeeding productions of hightek did not require remit at all. Its a real scenario in production events. My bands pay remittance with no reklamo-- But you still had the bad pay remittance. Whether it was an old story or not, your production still did the process. Kaya nga may nag sumbong diba? PAG MAY USOK... MAY APOY. And btw.. What do you mean na its a real scenario? you mean remittance?
3. I hope no to scum can be professional enough to investigate -- One of our members works in 6UG, where you held your gig last 23rd i think. That is where we found out about your production and scheme. It was investigated. He talked to the people who wanted to talk before doing the report. I remember talking to one of your people and was being professional when he started texting me things that shouldnt even be discussed? I think you should start having professionalism onto your team first before pointing it at us.
4. Hightek Pros are group of professional people who promoted and protects bands and other productions as well. -- say what? I suggest you go back to number 3 and read what I had to say. Talk about being professional.
5. Its belief is to spread OPM music specially bands with antagonistic attack, notoscum kills promotion of music and their backstabbing to production would mean less band chances in the future. -- hahaha strong words for a misinformed lady like you susan. I believe this site can change your beliefs on this as well as the bands who come in here to support you. Check the "about the movement" tab so you know what we are aiming for. We never kill promotion, what we kill are the promotion PRODUCTIONS like you have. Remittance and ticket selling. Yes, these are new bands who want to get into the scene. BUT HAVING THEM PAY FOR AN AMOUNT IS NOT HELPING. YOU ARE JUST SIPPING MONEY OFF THEIR POCKETS, in tagalog e inuuto nyo lang sila til nasasanay na ang mga baguhang banda na ganun pala ang eksena sa pilipinas. babayaran ang pag tugtog para makilala.
Now, to the others who plan to support Susan, Haven't I proven a point? think.. think..
Ang ginawa po ninyo ay improper investigation. Yung mga evidence na pinost nyo dito ay sa unang event namin. na WALA NAMANG KAUGNAYAN SA EVENT SA 6UG nung june 23. Hope you understand this one. Yung tao nyo po sa 6ug which is Rico is like a chismoso. Nangyari yung pagkausap nila sa Irish Violation Band Before magstart ang event. Dumating ng maaga yung band at nakipagusap na inaakala ng band na naniningil kami ng 500pesos. Wala pa kami sa venue kaya hindi pa nila alam na no remit and no ticket selling kami. Nangassume agad yung rico na naniningil nga kami without getting our part first. Ang kinuha nya lang ebidensya ay yung nakalagay sa Friendster namin which was the OLD POLICIES and ADMITTED KAMI SA UNANG GIG NAMIN. As we stated na rin sa mga unang post namin. Pero Rico and Zsazsa already assumed that we ask for remittance on our event at 6ug. NAKALAGAY SA CODE OF ETHICS "You have the duty to air the other side" but getting "scoops" of information does not mean that you already aired the other side. Which is very unfair for us.
Yung issue about the RENT ON INSTRUMENTS is offered by the Irish Violation. At hindi po DEAL WITH PRODUCTION. Hindi ang prod ang kausap nila . Yung isang banda po na tutugtog din nung gabing yun ang kausap nila. We admit na yung band na yun ay member ng production pero hindi sila staff nung gabing yun dahil ang in-charge nung gabing yun ay Si Mam Susan at ang kenosics band. Yung TEAF band ang kausap nila regarding the RENT ISSUE na inassume na naman ni rico na charge by the production.
Now, Starting our May 28 2009 gig hindi na kami naninignil ng REMITTANCE OR EVEN TICKET SELLING. Which means that yung accusations nyo sa 6ug event namin ay WALANG KATOTOHANAN. Wag nyong palayuin ang issue at binabalik balik nyo lang yung mga ebidensya nung first event pa namin na walang kaugnayan sa June23 Event namin. Ang pinost nyo ay tungkol sa 6ug event nung June 23 wag kayong maghugas kamay. Linawin nyo sa mga nasa site na to ang totoong nangyari. Rico we will talk to you and Mr. Bell.
Thanks again for posting this one. Hope you all review what happened.
God Bless you all
Hightek Production
If you say that you are now championing the "No to Pay-to-play" cause, with migraine-inducing grammar and all, why then didn't you change the Friendster profile? If you had the forethought to switch gears from being a pay-to-play prod to one that doesn't do it anymore, wouldn't you have foreseen the potential mess that an unedited social networking profile will cause? Tsk.
Countless other productions think they should not be in the list, because they're "mended their ways." Proof is in the pudding, so to speak. Tough it out, chum. And good luck doing so.
Kawawa naman itong production na ito. Puro palusot at pagmamalinis nanaman. Walk the Talk bitches.
An excerpt off a PM for Rico:
On Rico's behalf, here is what he has to say to you guys when one member of the HIghtek crew Pmed him:
HIGHTEK PRODUCTION:
"Maling info yung binigay mo. The policies on our friendster was the old policies. We do not impose remittances. yung rent nila sa gamit ay deal between The band of TEAF and Irish Violation. Ndi po Remittance. Hindi kami naningil sa 6ug event. The deal is not on the porduction and Irish Violation but between TEAF and Irish Violation na parehong part lang ng event. Nagulat nga yung irish violation nung ndi namin kinuha yung 500pesos. Sabi nila remittance po namin. sbi ko walang remittance tol. yung sa gamit lang yung binayaran nyo.
God Bless and Good Day!"
Here is what RICO has to say:
"everything you said doesn't justify your prod's Policies and Conditions.
all i've read was blah blah im not to blame blah.
plus, bands lang ang makakapag patunay nyan. ibalik ninyo man yung pera ng mga bands na in-exploit ninyo, any which way you see it, mali parin yung ginawa ninyo.
so what, kung mali ako nun sa 6UG, hindi ibig sabihin nun na ligtas kayo sa kasalanan ng pang-gagancho sa mga baguhang banda na ang gusto lang ay tumugtog. walang nagbigay sa inyo ng karapatang linlangin yung mga bata na "quality gig" chorva ninyo. dahil we all know that bands played in an empty hole that night. tsk.
this incident doesn't make you clean my man.
you're on the SCUM list!
visit notoscum.org
good day. "
Eh anu pa nga bang panalo sa inyo nung prod. Eh site nyo to. See, Ayaw nyo lang aminin na nagkamili kayo eh, pinapaikot ikot nyo pa yung issue. why not magstick kayo sa issue at umpisahan nyong pag-isipan mga ginawa nyo. bakit patuloy nyong binabalik balik lang dun sa April 30 gig ng Hightek? Eh diba ang scope nyo lang RICO ay sa 6UG event happened JUNE23? " An honest person admits his mistakes" AMININ MONG NAGKAMAILI KA RIN. ANG SCOPE NG STORYANG GINAWA NYO AY SA 6UG EVENT LANG. NA SINASABI NG HIGHTEK PROD NA HINDI NGA TOTOO YUNG SINASABI NI RICO KASI HINDI NAMAN SILA NANINGIL. ENGLISH KAYO NG ENGLISH DI NYO PALA NEGEGETS ISA't ISA!
Walang makuhang scoop gumawa nalang ng fictional story. and wag nyo sanang sbihing "NANG-UTO sila ng Bands kasi "THE BANDS HAVE THEIR FREE WILL TO CHOOSE TO JOIN THE PROD NA NAGPAREMIT" BOBO. Di nyo alam karapatan nyo bilang tao. Kung ayaw nyo edi wag kayong sumali. hahaha ;-p di naman kayo pinipilit eh.
Sa Hightek prod naman. Next time kapag binago nyo na yung policies nyo edi baguhin nyo na rin yung nasa Friendster nyo. Nakakaawa kasi kayo. NaSET UP kayo.Ayan tuloy nascum kayo.
Anyway I'm also Band member. Thanks for hearing my side.
ok, mali ako. nag assume ako nung event sa 6UG.
PERO PANO YUNG MGA NAUNANG EVENT NINYO?
hindi ba, naningil kayo dun dahil sa "Policies and Shit" ninyo, na "required" ang mga bands na magbayad ng 500php as for the "contribution" ng bands sa inyo?
kung hindi ka banaman ungas para magEXPLOIT ng bands para lang kumita. go ahead, talk to sir Bel, we have an understanding in this matter. ibukod natin yung 6UG as a company, i acted on my own account dahil sa irregularities ninyo as a prod. i trusted my ass on this one, and whatever you say wont mean a thing lalo na sa mga bandang PINAGBAYAD ninyo, at alam na ngayon na MALI yang pinaggagagawa ninyo.
ganto nalang, gagawa ako ng "quality gig" tulad ng "quality gigs" ninyo, pagbabayarin kita ng 500php. maging banda ka muna para malaman mo kung gano kahirap ang gignagawa ng banda, bago ka magdecide kung gagaguhin mo sila o hinde.
idisregand na natin yung sa 6UG, aamin ako na mali yung "investigation" ko, pero it doesn't change a thing dahil nang EXPLOIT parin kayo ng mga bands, sa naunang event ninyo, dahil sa pinagbayad ninyo sila sa mga expenses na dapat sa sarili ninyong bulsa nanggagaling.
ikaw ang naglilinis ng kamay dahil, hindi lang naman yung June 23 event ang sakop nito e. kundi yung lahat ng events ninyo na nagEXPLOIT ninyo yung mga bands.
malinaw? good.
PS
leave sir Bel out of this. kung gusto mo parin syang makausap, ok lang. para malaman mong wala syang kinalaman sa issue na to.
Rico is on you ass.
Justice ba kamo? your downfall is JUSTICE! :))
Hmm... Interesting case. I can see each other's POV. Please keep your cool everyone. :)
Question: Which other bands, aside from Irish Violation, confided to http://notoscum.org/ that Hightek asks for remittance? And, in what event did they play, the first one or the ones after that?
"You can even ask Irish Violation. Nagtaka nga sila nung binalik namin yung another 500pesos na binibigay nila. 1000pesos ang bnibigay nila samin but we recieve 500pesos. Sabi pa nga ng band leader nila "Wala po palang Remittance?" And ask also the other bands played on ourt event." -hightek's post
um.. excuse me po.. ang tinanong ko po ay "bakit po wala nang remittance" hindi "wala po palang remittance" and you didn't answer,
kami po(irish violation) ang nagpropose na magbayad for the instruments.
Asking the other bands that played on the gig won't do any good
cause all we know, that they're all hightek bands, (you said so on the gig!!, we felt left out, really)
anyway, we enjoyed the gig, it's a very good experience for our new band,
salamat po sa hightek for the gig, sa 6ug for the place
and notoscum.org(especially SIR RICO) for this eye opening site about "them scums"
cheers ^_^
irish violation
to the respectable crew of Hightek prod:
PUTANG-INA NYO.
welcome back Vigilante.
Naririnig narin namin itong HIghtek prods, at isa sa mga banda namin tumugtog na sa kanila. Mga bata din tamang 2nd year college lang. Nagpaoaremit itong mga ito talaga. Kahit sabihin pa nilang may free will ang banda, panggagantso pa rin yang ginagawa nila. kaya ka nga producer para ikaw ang MAG PRODUCE hindi yung banda sinisingil niyo. MGA GAGO!
Salamat sa notoscum mga ser. Mas marami na naliliwanagan sa issue na ito.,
PA INVESTIGATE NAMAN PO NUNG PAPICHIPACOLA PROD. Grabe din magparemit ito. Sasabihin nila sa yo may "free" live recording sila. Mapapakamot ka na lang ng ulo pag siningil ka sa text.
y0..
May remittance... = False
We payed for renting the instruments = True
Special thanks:
Hightek Prod for the gig
6UG for the place
notoscum.org
.. Salamat God Bless!
:D
tangna nakakagulat rental niu sa gamit ahh.
kung pinangrent niu nlng sa studio yun 3 hours din yun.
edi mas gumaling pa kayo.
baka meron pa kayong bagong compo nun.
tsaka kelangan ba talagang me bayad yung gamit?
sabi niyo bagong band lang kayo.
ang alam ko pag nagka damage lang saka nagkakaroon ng bayaran
blah blah blah
daming sinasabi pero in the end scum parin kayo... buset.
dapat sa inyo nilalagay sa gitna ng mosh pit para makaranas ng sarap
baka kaya hindi na kayo siningil ng remit @ irish violation, kasi nagbayad na kayo dun sa hiram ng instruments. ANG TINDI HA!! nagasgasan nyo ba ung gamit? kahit hindi nagpaparemit ung mga lintik na prod na yan, kung nagpapabayad naman sila pag nanghiram ng gamit, kakupalan pa rin yun. E money-making scheme din yun e, iniba nyo lang yung method. Kung isa kang PROD na may paki talaga sa mga banda at nagppromote ng music, papabayad ka pa ba pag may humiram ng gitara mo?
Can I say, WTF?
E kung nagasgas nga naman yung gamit nila, e kelangan nyo talaga pagbayaran @ irish violation.
Watah! Ano tong nadiskubre ko! Tang ina tong Irish Violation! sumasagot pa dito eh sumusuporta din pala sa mga prod na nagpaparemit! Don't be POSER IRISH VIOLATION! hay nako. pinagtatanggol ka pa namin dito eh sumusuporta pa kayo sa mga prod na nagpaparemit. Bwiset na yan. Kitang kita ko sa poster na nakaline-up kayo! blah blah Irish Poser
nakatugtog na pala kami dito twice sa Hightek prod. Di na sila naniningil. nalulugi na nga sila but still continuing. nakwento rin nila samin yung nangyari dito. they admit naman. yung nangyari sa april gig nila ay trial gig lang. parang try muna. tapos mga kakilala nila yung bands na ininvite nila. kaya sinasabi nilang alam ng mga bands at aware yung mga bands. I hope this prod will be off the list soon. nakakaawa. Nalulugi na sila dahil sa pagsunod sa no to pay to play policy tapos naka list pa rin sila. At take note. sumunod na sila dito even though they haven't know notoscum. so hindi pa man natin nasisita ay sumunod na sila. w/c means narealize na nila ng sila lang na hindi dapat sila naniningil. Mababait na tao to at napakaprofessional magtrabaho in terms sa mga gigs nila. Sa Irish Violation naman. Kaya kayo pinagbayad unang-una, Kayo ang nagalok na babayaran nyo yung rent. Kayo din nagalok ng amount. so liable din kayo sa katangahan nyo. tinanggap lang nila yun kasi ayaw nga nila magpahiram kasi twice nang nababagsak yung gitara nla. its just for assurance. I understand naman. may banda din ako, Pare pinaghihirapang pagipunan bago makabili ng gitara. peavy limited edition at beringer din yun. "most guitarists treat their guitar as their wife". siguro ang mali lang talaga nila ay masyadong malaki yung pinabayad nilang rent. Although katangahan parin kasi nung Irish Violation na nagalok ng 500 as rent. Pwede namang 300 or 200. kung baga ang inisip nalang siguro nung nagparent sa inyo na mayaman kayo kaya nagalok pa kayo ng rent na 500. Hays. Tapos malaman laman ko nalang natugtuog pala kayo sa muddslide prod na nagpaparemit. Sira na kayo sakin Irish Violation. Wala kayong isang salita. sumasagot pa kayo dito. ewan ko ba kung bakit parang ang sama ng loob nyo sa hightek prod. I know kahit wala ako nung gig na tumugtog kayo sa prod na to na they treat you nice. anyway nanjan na yan. concience nalang mga kapatid! KALAYAAN SA MUSIKA!
y0..
May remittance... = False
We payed for renting the instruments = True
Special thanks:
Hightek Prod for the gig
6UG for the place
notoscum.org
.. Salamat God Bless!
:D
YO CALVIN!
kilala na kita, alam ko kung saan next gig nyo! hahaha
sun ba yun sa may REMIT? hahaha!
YO
May Remittance - Wala
May rent - OO meron, PERO KAYO NAG-ALOK BOBO! Namigay ka ng pera! Bobo!
haaaaaay naku mga kababayan..... wala naman nasikat na hindi gumagastos ng pera. balang araw mawawala na yang mga productions na yan kasi wala na clang pera(at pag nawala na cla naku baka bumalik mga rappers sa kanto..gusto nyo ba un?). ok lang naman ang magbayad pero ung hindi naman mataas masyado. ok lang 100pesos. basta wag sosobra 100 ha!. oh kaya kahit malaki basta may makukuha ung banda after the gig, hindi ung "haaayy aus ang gig!" tapos wala na.
Ang isang bagay ay maituturing na scam pag binayaran mo tapos ginamit mo tapos wala ng mangyayari after mong gamitin. so ganun din sa productions.. be sure na makakapag promote kau ng mga banda.. ung mag iinvite kayo ng may kakayahan mag manage ng banda tapos mamimili sya ng popondohan na banda... hindi un pagkatugtog eh wala na.....
sa say no to pal to play naman ayos ang rules d2!!!! but this time around lahat ng bagay may bayad.. kahit nga mga politiko eh nagbabayad ng boto tayo pa kaya...
pero sa mga bandang wlang pera tulad ng banda ko eh malimi kami sa walang remittance... pero kung may pera why not pay db?