@robinrimbaud This confirms many suspicions I've had about them, to be honest. I visited their offices a couple of years ago and they were obsessed with trying to look like every Shoreditch cliche going. Which is a shame as their gear is pretty innovative.

@MattBowdler It's really sad and dispiriting. I want to believe in and supporters all innovators but if you exploit the trust and good will of others that's completely unacceptable

@robinrimbaud terrible. perhaps naming names is appropriate here! total b.s. -> let’s make sure others don’t fall for this kind of crap!

@blackknoll I left it VERY easy to find out who this company is with one Google search. And the story is so much bigger than this one company of course!

@robinrimbaud @JoBrodie Asked to do something by someone with a Disney (!) email address. When I asked about fees, they never even got back to me. Sadly I’m pretty sure there’ll be some desperate sci-commer who will no doubt do the gig for “exposure”

@alomshaha @JoBrodie They probably wanted you to dress up as a character too :-D

@robinrimbaud I immediately delete emails like that. They always leave it to the last few lines to mention there’s no money.

@petefowlerart Difficult as you know when you are freelance and actually NEED the money. Sometimes offers of money come through in the next negotiations, but here it was beer and food! Oh dear, oh dear

@robinrimbaud . @forexposure_txt is a great repository of this kind of nonsense.

@viennesewaltzer @forexposure_txt Fantastic, thanks for that!!

@robinrimbaud Many years ago my boss said to me ‘however much you enjoy your job you’d soon stop turning up if we stopped paying you’, but this kind of thing seems to be becoming standard behaviour in the creative arts. Well done for calling it out!

@MarkPowell1976 Thanks Mark, much appreciated!

@robinrimbaud I often get this the other way around. Artists who really should know better and can easily afford to buy the kit i produce, asking for freebies in exchange for them having whatever it is sitting in their studio next time Future Music or whoever comes round to worship their gear.

@circuitbenderuk Terrible! I bought a lot of software from a one man software operation in Europe last week, who then sent me things for free after I'd paid for everything else. So kind and generous. I love to support others!

@robinrimbaud Did they pay you in 2014?

@Peter_Dieter What for? I've never been paid a penny by them for anything.

@robinrimbaud Wouldn’t we would all love to be able to live on air? The assumption that we can is outrageous - and this kind of thing is far too common.... we’ve all experienced the “you should be grateful” nonsense. Fair play to you Robin for speaking out.....

@FoveaHex Many thanks for supporting and by the way I've always loved your music productions too. Keep up the fine work!

@robinrimbaud Still not sure I see the problem. I regularly make mortgage payments with exposure. And Aldi take Instagram likes

@leeleebythesea True, I'd forgotten about that. I filled my car up with Facebook Likes actually