Obviously I love music. I've spent a lifetime doing it and being a part of it. I play many instruments including; violin, viola, cello, bass, drums, piano/keyboards, guitar and just about anything with strings. I build all my own computers and act as a consultant in the development of recording and other technologies.
I have patented the following technologies:
COMMERCIALIZED COPYRIGHT MEDIA DISTRIBUTION TASK FORCE
Dismantling Peer To Peer Trading Through Commercialized Infiltration
Technology invented and conceived by Todd Mark Rubenstein
Trying to police the instantly updatable Internet through the slow hands of the judicial and legislative process will NEVER work. The only way to win the game is to play … and here’s the new method of doing so.
Since Napster lost its infamous battle, there have been 100s of new peer to peer software programs made readily available world wide and every week new arrivals appear.
There are many problems facing the music industry concerning consumers pirating songs through peer to peer networks:
* Those who trade through these devices do not believe or perceive what they are doing is wrong; so they will fight to change any current legal grounds our industry has to stand on.
* Furthermore, because MP3s are as good as they are in sound quality, consumers in most cases can’t tell a difference between their downloaded MP3 and the original CD version (except that the downloaded MP3 is FREE).
Our new and patented web based technology provides the music industry user an opportunity to become a part of the peer to peer networks and make ALL new releases available through ALL of the peer to peer networks in MP3 format. It provides a commercialized version of the “soon-to-be-released” song by making commercial embedded versions of the new release (& only the commercial embedded version) available to all of the peer to peer networks prior to any other unembedded version of the song being available. When a peer to peer user listens to their newly downloaded MP3, 30 seconds into the song the music fades into a commercial advertisement promoting a new product, store or service that is paying the music industry user of our service a fee for their advertisement to appear in their MP3 download. Additionally, electronic coupons for these advertised services or products can be mentioned to the consumer in the advertisement providing them the opportunity to burn the embedded mp3 they just downloaded onto a CD-R and bring it to the participating retailer/advertiser for a substantial discount off the regular retail price. This provides an excellent promotional opportunity for the advertiser by exemplifying demographically specific promotion directly to the user of their product. This provides advertisers a 200 Million, demographically specific audience. THE NUMBERS ARE BETTER THAN PRIME TIME NETWORK TELEVISION!
The infiltration occurs through a massive network system which culminates a continuos repetitive implementation of the embedded MP3s at a centralized location and occurs prior to any radio release so NO OTHER DOWNLOAD OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. Participating Record Labels and advertisers have the ability to provide the embedded MP3 through a simple Internet based upload facility where we will retrieve the MP3 and make it immediately available. Or, as an option to the record labels, we can embed our advertisers spots into their selected release. When the new song hits the radio and starts to gain popularity, peer to peer users will run their search and will unknowingly find the embedded commercial MP3 versions of the song because these versions are available from us before they are available anywhere else. The embedded commercial MP3 of the song will spread throughout the peer to peer community like a virus and users will not be able to find uncommercialized or unembedded versions of the songs that they are looking for.
This will do several things to end the use of peer to peer networks for illegally trading songs as we currently know it by:
* Devaluing the use of peer to peers for this purpose because it is virtually impossible to find new songs without commercial advertisements
* Increasing the perception of value for a legal purchased version of the song(s)
* Giving the users an incentive to buy the music legally and to purchase the advertised product/service
The Future Of Media Marketing, Distributive and Administrative Concepts
MARKETING:
The TMR2020 & Commercialized Cellular Service
WHAT IS IT?
A Cellphone w/FREE UNLIMITED services including National Calls/Text/Broadband Internet
A PDA w/180 Gig harddrive
A GPS
A 1.5 MegaPixel Camera
A Personal Hi Res Video Camera & Sound Recorder
An MP3 Player
A Movie Player
A Gaming Device
& Much More...
The TMR2020 is the most amazing PDA/Cellphone ever invented! It has UNLIMITED Cellphone Service with Long Distance, Texting and Unlimited Broadband Internet (depending on your service location).
A fully Functional Personal Computer with Windows Mobile OS, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook 2002 and several other bundled softwares. Online Backup Service backs up changes to your phone online instantly so you will never lose any information.
It is a GPS and will guide you to any location in the world. Services available include local traffic reports based on current GPS traffic situations to alert you of traffic tie ups, road construction or other temporary traffic delays. Directions based on your current location with turn by turn reporting and other great GPS features that can define your exact location precisely within a 10 ft. radius.
A full function Camera and Video Camera. Amazing SUPER-Sharp 1.5 MegaPixel pictures. With TMR Online Services you can use the TMR2020 for realtime, exceptional quality Video Conference Calls. Dock the TMR2020 at home to get all your pictures on your home computer or email them directly to your friends from the TMR2020! Also, Dock the TMR2020 at home to watch your homemade movies, download them to your home computer and burn Home Movie DVDs! With the TMR Broadband DIVX VOD services, you can download the latest Movie Releases on demand and dock your TMR2020 at home for full DVD Quality playback on your Home Entertainment System.
This device is the best sounding, best orginized and most innovative MP3 Player ever invented! Syncs perfectly with all your current Online Music Retailers and gives access to the TMR Online Music Broadcast Service which allows you to preview all of your favorite Latest Releases instantly and provides Purchase Incentives with Instant Downloads and seamless download transactions at the push of a single button right through your TMR Cellular Telephone Service.
Play many fun and exciting games ... and with the TMR2020 Game Controller, get the feel of XBox and PlayStation Gaming! Login in to TMR Online Gaming Services and get competitive with your friends anywhere in the world!
How much is this phone and service?
The phone is expected to run about $1200. YOUR SERVICES ARE FREE!!!
FREE? How Is That Possible?
Whenever you are not using the phone, it plays a rotation of advertisements (like a screen saver) geared specifically towards your interests, location and needs. The advertisers pay for the right to broadcast these adverisements and that is what pays for your TMR Cellular Phone Service.
Like MySpace, your user information is part of your Cellphone Account. It will specify your age, marital status or if you are single and looking, your height, weight, religion, income and any other bits of information you want to include into your profile. Since the device is also a GPS, it will also use your current location as pointer for advertisers to gear their advertising exclusively to you as a consumer.
Because of these amazing individualized criteria attached to you as a user, you will not see advertisements that you wouldn't be interested in. They will be geared demographically and geographically to you as an individual. You will also be given coupons and purchase incentives from these advertisers which can be used directly from your TMR2020.
So, lets say your from Nashville, but you've traveled to New York; The TMR2020 knows your location and will send you information on Restaurants, Entertainment, etc. in the New York City area and for example you may get coupons for $10 off your next meal at "So & So's" Restaurant which is literally 25 ft. away from where you are standing at that moment!!!
Keep an eye out for the TMR2020, it will be available for purchase by Summer of 2008!!!
DISTRIBUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONCEPTS
TMR Records does not sign Artist Deals. Instead, TMR Records signs Artists to non-exclusive Song Deals. The Artists can maintain a non-exclusive relationship with TMR and still work on other Artist Ventures and opportunities.
All Artists get the same deal. TMR Records pays for the production of the song. The Artist gets 10% of net sales without recoup. There are no advances, there are no addtional funds for the artist. This keeps costs down and lowers risk to a minimum. The Artist allows TMR all rights to use their likeness and images for the sale of the song and associated merchandise. TMR Records exclusively holds all worldwide recording rights to that song, forever. TMR Records only sells Digitally Distributed Media. All other physical products are merchandise only (I.E. T-Shirts, Hats, Etc.) and only available online at the TMR Records' Artist Website.
The TMR Records website will launch in Fall of 2007 and will include a far bigger picture regarding the Administration and Distribution of Royalties.
We have been researching and developing Digital Distribution Royalty Administration Technology for the last 10 years. The following technologies will be available to all Record Labels & Online Digital Distribution Outlets:
We have created a method to attach all payee information to the header of any media file that is sold through digital distribution. This allows the administator of the song, during the mastering process, to attach all payee percentages and accounting information to the file.
Each time the song gets downloaded, it pings these payee percentages to our servers which collects the payment information, dynamically updates the royalties of that payee and dynamically pays each payee from the point of sale in realtime.
This technology eliminates the need for accounting, administration and distribution of royalties as each payee has the ability to withdraw their earnings at anytime by direct deposit to their bank account.
By 2009, Dynamic Royalty Distibution direct to payee bank accounts will occur in realtime from the point of sale for a small monthly fee without the need of withdrawing funds from the administrative servers.
TMR Records is leading the way to the future & success of our Music Industry.
TMR Records is The New Medium for The New Millenium!
Music
Everything from Bach & Mozart to Deep Purple & The Doobie Brothers to Usher & Nelly to Keith Urban & Martina McBride ... I love it all!
Movies
I like action adventures & comedies and romantic comedies.
Television
Rock Of Love w/Bret Michaels, Jackass, Gray's Anatomy, Boston Legal, David Letterman, Talk Sex, The Girls Next Door
Books
The Only Book, anything informative including daily news.
Heroes
My parents. My Mom was the main translator at the Nuremberg Trials and my Dad was in the army at that time. My Dad grew up during the depression and they both dealt directly with the horrors of WW2. They came through and I'm blessed to still have my Mother in my life and relatively healthy. My Father passed away on May 27th, 2008. You can watch a video from 1985 of he and I talking about his life in "my videos".
TMR's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
El Paso
Body type:
6' 0" / Athletic
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn
Smoke / Drink:
No / No
Children:
Someday
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
Record Producer
TMR's Schools
Burges High School
El Paso,TX
Graduated: 1982
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Professional
Major: Business
Minor: Music
Clubs: RIAA, BMI, ASCAP, SAE
About me: My name is Todd Rubenstein. I own TMR Enterprises and I am the Executive Vice President of Naked Cowboy Enterprises (check out my first top friend). I'm a "down to earth" person who is a 25 year veteran of the music industry. As an artist, I have 37 of my own CDs currently available worldwide in International Distribution. I love to hike, snow-ski, romantic adventures, like good wine next to a fireplace with my someone special (rest assured she's EXTREMELY special and I love her completely) and anything associated with nature and health.
TMR Enterprises is an Entertainment Conglomerate. It is TMR Productions; a full blown HD Video 5.1 Production and Music Recording facility, TMR Records; an Independent Record Label, & TMR Agency; Management, Event Coordination & Celebrity Representation, all of which is designed upon unconventional means. We represent conventional and unconventional celebrities, produce typical and non-typical music of all genres and have designed our business model to be cohesive with the way that media consumers are participating in the TV, Movie and Music Business now... Reality based TV Shows, Major Motion Pictures and their coincidental Events and the sale/promotion of 1 song at a time through digital distribution.
TMR Productions lends 25 years of credentials and expertise to producing the best quality recording and editing opportunity available. For more on TMR Productions, visit the TMR Productions MySpace at:
TMR Agency represents high profile celebrities including The Naked Cowboy, Peyton Turner from Rock Of Love and several others. I negotiate and book contracts, endorsements, castings, events, and many other opportunities for my entertainers. I have negotiated and am in negotiation with major corporate deals for my artists with Levis, MTV, VH1, NBC, MARS Inc (M&Ms), Clear Channel, Ellman Co., Exofficio, Gibson, Sony Media Software, Atlantic Records, Curb Records, Cakewalk, Tascam, Voxengo, ACID Planet, Westgate and many, many more.
TMR Records allows artists to work under the label from a non-exclusive standpoint, giving its artists the opportunity to explore other options while working within a per-song agreement with TMR. We believe that we will be helping many Ex-Major Label artists as the Major Record Companies begin reducing their rosters and decreasing their staffs to try and survive in the already changed Music Business atmosphere.
Who I'd like to meet: For me personally, I love people and love making friends. I'm always interested in what people have to say and I'm a big believer in listening, as it is the most important part of communication. Additionally, I am in a romantic relationship with the most beautiful woman in the world and I am happily planning on spending the rest of my life exclusively with her. Please do NOT try to "Hook-Up" with me... I am totally committed and uninterested in anyone other than the woman I love.
For TMR Enterprises, I'm interested in anyone with talent. TMR Records is not a Genre specific label, so don't be confused by our location. TMR Agency is associated with major NYC and Hollywood connections and we are regularly working deals all over the world, so we have no geographic limitations regarding our abilities for placements. We are so outside the box that we will consider working under any circumstances as long as it has the potential to be successful. If you've got talent, show it to me and maybe we can show it to the world.
TMR Enterprises provides celebrity management through
The TMR Celebrity Management Firm which specializes in the management of celebrities ranging from movie stars and sports icons to high ranking political officers and other public figures.
Before signing a client, The TMR Celebrity Management Firm must do extensive research on both the industrial competitors and the potential clients. Additionally, some basic evaluations must be drawn to define the possibility of management needs. To begin with, it is important to identify whether the celebrity is in need of a manager. The TMR Celebrity Management Firm manages all aspects of the client's professional lives and also provides sufficient room to ensure that the celebrity also enjoys his/her personal time to the fullest., but if there isn't enough business going on to justify management for the celebrity, we must identify the reasons this is happening and if those circumstances can be improved upon from our resources to generate an asset to the client's opportunities and the need for management.
The TMR Celebrity Management Firm is the force behind the overall public image of the clients we represent, so it is important that The TMR Celebrity Management Firm fulfills the needs of the celebrity by managing time schedules on behalf of our clients, providing public relation services, marketing and advertising campaigns, celebrity endorsements, promotional launches, parties, personal appearances and anything else that allows our clientele the necessary focus on their job of being a public figure. Most of these services are customized to suit the individual needs of the client. The TMR Celebrity Management Firm always ensures that we can provide the service the client needs. If we do not have the right means and resources to do so, we do not want to accept the responsibility.
There certainly are many complicated tasks when considering the hectic life style of celebrities. Hence The TMR Celebrity Management Firm has a highly capable team of professionals who can efficiently manage the time and resources available to maintain and promote the reputation of our clientele. The TMR Celebrity Management Firm is very good at providing quick and problem solving decisions. The TMR Celebrity Management Firm is fully oriented to satisfy the needs of the clientele while maintaining a long lasting and personal relationship with each of them. The TMR Celebrity Management Firm interacts well with our celebrities and we have excellent networking skills to ensure they receive the best representation and as much publicity as possible.
No, but I definitely remembered it exactly at the moment we crossed the little snake's path Sarah...oooo that was scary at the River that day...I'll never forget!!! xo
love the pics of you n dina at the falls but i really wanna see the one of her w/her hands up in the air! it says its private :( ~cute lil' snake you saw ~ did Dina tell you about the huge scary snake that crossed our path one time!!? good times ;) infinite love ~ ~ ~ sarah
Thank you for taking me to the Waterfall! I love you! Those blackberries were outta this world...and we don't have to rush, cause we HAVE the peanuts!! Lol...xxxxoooo