South America magazines

[Hole_of_Sin]

Hello guys! I just wanted to ask, our band Hole of Sin gets messages from random magazines from South America, for example SADOGOAT PERVERSION ZINE & DISTRO and something like Putrefaccion Zine Distro. They want to have interview with us and "promote" us in SA. 

Do you have any experience with this? Could it be a scam?

 

Thank you!

[FatherAlabaster]

Are they asking for any money or financial info? Have you checked out their online presence to see what the rest of their business is like? I don't know those outfits myself. It might be totally legit. Lots of little review websites do interviews like that.

On the other hand I've gotten messages for my bands before from "labels" who wanted to "distribute" our albums, and when I asked about details it turned out they wanted us to put up the money to make CDs, and then they'd sell them and give us a cut. Which seemed scammy. But it's easy enough to just say no.

[AlSymerz]

Have you checked them out? They have several results on google, use those pages to see what they produce and if you think it's worth being associated with them. Find the contact details on those sites and ask them if the emails you've received are legit. At the end of the day you've not provided enough information to prove if it's a scam but a simple search doesn't immediately suggest it.

What sort of scam do you think it will be if they are just asking for an interview?

Don't accept any file from them, do the interview via email, or phone if they are paying for the call, don't give them any information you don't feel safe having out there.

 

 

Edit: What he said ^

1 minute ago, FatherAlabaster said:

On the other hand I've gotten messages for my bands before from "labels" who wanted to "distribute" our albums, and when I asked about details it turned out they wanted us to put up the money to make CDs, and then they'd sell them and give us a cut. Which seemed scammy. But it's easy enough to just say no.

That happens a lot in the publishing world, so much so that 'vanity publishing' as it's become known is a hugely successful business for some authors. It doesn't work for all, but it can work for those willing to put in a shitload of effort. Arguably a lot of that effort is the effort most expect the publisher to do in the first place, but it's the reason it's called vanity publishing.