Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Casting360 is a joke and a fraud, and remember this isn't Hollywood, or Nashville

So yesterday 10:00 get off air, go to check inbox, notice from Casting360, and that Nicky Duke. Saying she's in with bells on. Will call at 19:00 , but at 19:15 no call. After putting myself and my lady through the ringer for a day wondering what this gal was all about and her game was. So to finalize the postings, put up a post for Miss HazzardAyre, at least gain someone to photograph to put some zing to our website of our online half of HazzardAyre and HazzardAyre Coast2CoastFM. To which Casting360 replies rejected. So I logged out, took down our postings, and logged out of Casting360 for good. So did some investigative research, and you'll hear all about that on our show this afternoon, on this Casting360.com outfit. The firm moved from Texas to San Francisco has no BBB rating, and more complaints than revenuers at a Hazzard County RidgeRunners reunion. You just can't believe all you get or receive online. My rule of thumb, is not whether they have a Google search stop, its can you get them by phone? Are they really at the address listed, can you contact the talent by phone? If not, stay the hell away from it. The thing that makes me just as upset is that I spent all day awake, and at the studio, when I could have been at the shop, or at least catching sleep, so I could be on air now, which I can't since my eyelids are so heavy I'm looking for power poles to keep them open, toothpicks are not working. 
When it comes to any kind of employment, be it stocking shelves at Wal-Mart or being a feature media talent, if what we have to offer is not of your liking, why not at least pick up a phone, give me or one of our media or crew a call, and say , I'm no longer interested. That way nobody is wasting productive time. 
With that said, I remember the ultimate words of a casting/talent agency no out of business out of Provo Utah, director who told me, always remember this is metro Utah, not Hollywood or Nashville, Atlanta, or even Denver. You flat will not find the kinds and degree of talent here in Utah or surrounding area, that you will find in Hollywood, or Nashville. They are just not here.
Do I think we will do our film? Yes, but the thought is; with 250k membership, I think we can and will find the cast for the film with knowledge of the organization within our organization. Who needs outsiders?
My advice though to casting and talent directors, don't look to Casting360.com to recruit talent from, as you will spend a lot of time, and get very low results.
TTYLY

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