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We are a group of dedicated individuals who believe you can make a solid living in music. Collectively, we have encountered great successes as well as catastrophic failures in the entertainment industry. We have seen all sides of the industry which allows us to give you the best advice for every situation. Our crew includes professional and aspiring musicians, session and touring players, Web heads, graphic designers, accountants, a nonprofit advisor and a marketing and business guru.

PME was founded and created by Loren Weisman, a drummer and producer with well over two hundred album credits to date. Loren created the vision of Protectomatic in the summer of 2001 and has developed the concept and layout to become what it is today.

Below is a note from Loren and the manifesto of Protectomatic.

I am a music producer. I am a musician. I have worked on all sides of the industry.

I have played for thousands of people, I have played for two people. I have played for screaming fans and I have played for the bartender that wanted to go home since no one showed up but we were still told to perform anyway.
I have lived in this world of music for a number of years, but not in a linear one. I have played in many different styles, I have produced many different styles.

I have worked for many bands and many labels.

I am not a master. I am not a genius. But I do have eyes and ears. I watch and I listen. A few years back, after listening to the gripes and the whining, after watching the problems of the industry morph and mushroom, I found myself believing something:

Change can happen.

Things can be different.

I believe the following....

	An artist can have a self sustaining career in music.
	An artist can be in control or have a great deal of control of their art, their name, their likeness and their rights.
	Artists can be role models and teachers for others as they obtain their dreams.
	Artists can record industry standard albums.
	Artists can control their marketing, promotion and branding.
	Artists can achieve full budgets by fundraising.
	Artists can learn the system so if they choose a label, a manager, an agent or a representative, they know that they are getting in to.

Most of all…

Music can change and it is up to the artists of today to change it. It is up to us to take the steps to achieve our goals as we become the new benchmarks and role models for the artists of tomorrow.

It’s happening now.

Artists are raising the budgets, recording amazing albums, making movies and creating new paths that will blaze for others to follow.

There is hope. There is a way.

I have been told I am crazy, I have been told I am a moron. I have been told I can’t do what I am doing. I have been told what I’m doing cannot be done.  Still, artists are creating these recordings. Their music is out there being played. They are touring. Their careers are moving forward and they are finding themselves equipped to understand and stay in control of what is happening to them as they find success.

That is my dream.

I am a music producer, a dreamer and someone that believes that the entertainment industry can be more than it is. And this is my manifesto.