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Review of TallCat Studios

A friend and I had met Tom after asking for a tour...

A friend and I had met Tom after asking for a tour of the studio. He was kind and answered all of our questions on that first visit and offered a reasonable price to record as well as to produce a track. After a few months we decided to start recording and a rough copy of the song was sent to Tom for him to produce for us.
He agreed to do so for a great price and so we paid him upfront and after a couple of reschedulings (from both parties) I was finally able to make it in to record a rough copy of the vocals.
In the studio everything seemed to go well aside from a couple of technical difficulties that Tom was able to fix after several attempts.
I informed him that the song had to be produced and recorded by the end of the month (due to a deposit being put down on a music video for the song) and he agreed to expedite the service. He did tell me he'd be out of town the following week but he'd start working on it as soon as possible and assured me we'd meet the deadline.
After a week and a half I contacted him asking for a progress report, but no response. My friend tried calling him, texting him, emailing him, everything he could to try and get a hold of him to no avail.
The deadline was drawing near for the deposit to be forfeited and the beat wasn't even made yet let alone the final vocals even being recorded. Tom didn't even give us the courtesy of responding to our many messages.
If he even just told us he was unable to do it by the deadline and refunded us, we could've found another studio to record the song.
Thankfully I was able to work with the music video studio who didn't forfeit the deposit and they even referred us to a different studio who was able to complete the song in less than a week.
I had such high hopes for Tall Cat Studios because of the great reviews and good first impression of Tom, but unfortunately not was all as it seemed.
I'm hoping Tom behaves more professionally with future clients and doesn't end up scamming anyone else, whether it's intentional or not.