Friday, February 19, 2010

Who is Zachary Jaydon really?

So we know Zachary Jaydon is Jaydon D. Paull, J Paull, Skyler Morgan, and Jonathon Trager. But who else is he? And is he using those names to con MORE PEOPLE?

Its common practice for smaller bands and record labels to have 'faux names' for their staff. That way it makes the band/label look more important than if one or two people were running everything. Now this isn't necessarily a BAD practice. Many people do it to get a leg up and do everything legit (or as legit as the biz gets) until they have a real staff.

In Jaydon's case though this is dangerous. If he has absolute power over a fan base and a band (like he did with Ben) then his conning chances improve. He can gain peoples trust, manipulate them, steal from them, use them, and lie to them.

So Jaydon is already the manager and 'legal team' (HA!) of Close to Home as proven. But looking at the rest of that lineup I'm pretty sure hes everyone else too. And if this is really the case then its very concerning. If Close to Home keeps him on then they are really in danger of having to pick up the pieces once hes done with his scheme.

There are 2 other names on that list. Booking and Street Team. For the booking there's Joshua Christiansen of 'The Diamond Agency'. Now...this looks fine right? Except for the odd 'gmail' address. Why would some big booking agency have a 'gmail' address? I googled it and found there is a 'The Diamond Agency' based out of Orlando, FL. It seems legit according to most sites and it does booking and casting for most forms of entertainment.

But...if 'Mr. Christiansen' was part of this agency why doesn't he have a nice fancy email? Because likely Jaydon changed one word 'The Diamond BOOKING Agency' (though this wording does not appear on the CTH page) and is the whole agency.

I'm not familiar with the laws of Ohio but I am sure of this much: its illegal to play lawyer when you are not a lawyer, and in NY and CA (where Jaydon claims to reside though that's most likely fictitious too) its ILLEGAL for a manger to be an agent (someone who books shows) as well. In fact to be an agent in CA and NY you need to have a license with the state proving your not some scummy con artist. I doubt Jaydon has any of these credentials.

Come to think about it with the trail of him we have so far hes probably getting a 25% manager fee, 25% booking fee, royalties off any tracks he produced, and lord knows on the 'legal' or what that really entails.

The other name Patricia Krownwell 'designer and street team' is (considering everything above surprisingly) one of the most dangerous. If she was real Id like to know why she doesn't have a profile on the CTH street team page or the main profile. I mean if shes such a fan wheres her profile? Of course Skyler Morgan was Ben's street team head for much of the duration; in 'cahoots' with 'Zachary Jaydon'. I'm betting shes not real; judging by the writing style its all Jaydon again.

Why is this so dangerous? Well amongst his many *other* hats Jaydon would have access to people's personal information from the mailing list and street team sign up. He's already proven he'll use that info in illegal ways. Then to top it off is this is the creme de la creme of his sticky finger ways.

When in charge of Ben's street team he went on trips with fans and stole Ipods and cell phones. He played nice to gain their trust. Then he was in charge of contests (as it appears he is with CTH) where big items were promised but never delivered. There was a major contest for Bledsoe in which people who sold the most CDs via Awarestore would get various prizes. I believe the top prize was a signed guitar, a private show, followed by I think 3 ipod give aways, and that was that. You wont believe what happened.

Ben had a German stalker named Anja. She was quite literally as crazy as Zachary (she tried following Ben into the bathroom on more then one occasion, she wore sunglasses at 11pm at night, etc). She spent $2,000 and bought a bunch of CDs herself. I asked Zachary why he didn't just get her kicked out of shows, he said because 'He liked to keep the crazy ones close that way he can keep an eye on them'. So he decided this girl deserved a special ONE ON ONE DINNER with Ben as a SPECIAL prize!!! His guitarist and the guitarist's gf went along to make sure she didnt go crazy on him and I guess all went well but still.

Then one fan in Jersey won the signed guitar. She was presented it on stage at his Wildwood concert. The rest of the prizes show Jaydon's thievery and lies at their best.

The 3 ipod winners were close friends of Zachary's. 2 of them eventually received the ipod 6 months after winning, the third didn't receive it for almost a YEAR! According to her (and I did see it) she was given the ipod with songs on it, no serial number, no box, and no headphones. Why would that be an award? And how does that not sound STOLEN? The other 2 girls had similar issues. When the 3rd ones ipod broke a month after the fact she asked Zachary repeatedly for the box and the headphones but he claimed to not have them.

The 3rd girl also won the private show. She tried I believe twice to get it set up (via Zachary) but she never got it. To this day she never got it. I've also been told there were a few other girls who were supposed to get Ipods that to this day 2 years on have not received them.

I wonder if hes pulled the same crap on CTH fans yet. Or is he biding his time?

Despite how it sounds I'm not after anyone let alone CTH. I'm a little passionate when it comes to 'the music biz' and I hate seeing people ripped off. However I guess if that's what they choose then that's what they choose (pending they've really been informed). If your thinking of signing up for their mailing list or street team don't use real names or emails you don't want spammed. This is a Jaydon trademark.

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