Your videos are a daily reminder to embrace open-mindedness, sincerity, and all the joys and wonders that music and art -- yours & others' -- provide in our increasingly cruel & twisted world. The scammers will come and go and leave some chaos in their wake, and that just sucks.
Hey, man - it sucks when people suck. Shame on them. You continue to do what you do with dignity and class, Dereck. And I look forward to this new release!
Sorry to hear about the scam, but at the end of the day, you've still got what you had 48hrs ago, and that's a huge catalogue of work and fans who love you.
Lots of love to you. There are gonna be people out there who are jealous of your talent and love of music. These people are joyless hate nerds. I am looking forward to hearing the next release.
One thing that has come to light from all of this is the fact that your music is or would be perfect for use in video games. That part is true. And I sincerely hope that a legitimate opportunity comes your way. I’m still shaking my head because I cannot understand what could possibly motivate somebody to do such a hurtful thing to someone. ☮️❤️
Some people are just straight up assholes. Sorry to hear the BS Dereck! Keep up your music as it sheds lite to us all who listen. Have a blessed day brother! ❤❤😊
For someone to work that hard to hurt someone is straight up evil! Shaking my head in disgust. What can you do? We all know your music is great and deserving of legit offers. Art is Hard, and you make it look easy. Shame on the clown that orchestrated this. Take care Dereck.
Sorry, Dereck, that you got pranked. Just keep your head up high. Don't let them drag you down. Time for you to celebrate; you have a new album out. Also remember you have people that love your music; that's awesome.
Lots of deplorable people out there, who take great joy in harming others. What they don’t realize, and won’t until it’s too late, is that karma will only come back to collect the debt from them, when they least expect it. And karma collects interest, too.
Same thing happened to me, I was duped by a troll disguised as a famous musician interested in my music, it was a phishing scam but they didn't get my tracks. Lousy feeling
Long time viewer but never comment. So sorry to hear about that prank Dereck. I've played a lot of Gran Turismo throughout the years, and Clear Space would be a perfect relaxing song for menu music in the game. A beautiful piece of music. A lot of time is spent in menus in the game, modifying your car and stuff, so it would be a perfect relaxing song. That makes it even more sad since they actually picked a song perfect for Gran Turismo. Again sorry to hear about this and thanks for all the great videos over the years.
So sorry to hear that you were scammed, i know that can hurt a very artistic soul as yourself . Love your music and your show. I understand because I to was scammed . I'm a painter and a individual said they were interested in purchasing one of my paintings, to make a long story short. They later said they were joking. On the positive side thanks to many of the albums you've shown . I've purchased and haven't been sorry for my purchases, because of you. Thank you for your show and thoughts.
Maybe someone from the audio department really wanted your music, but then a higher up stepped in and put the kibosh to the whole thing? Again I'm sorry about this. People can be so misaligned.
Well, I just bought my copy of Aspects Of The Imagined. And I suggest those who are interested pick one up soon - I have a feeling this will sell out quickly! Thanks, Dereck!
Sick thing to do but I’m not surprised at anything anymore . Also as people get more desperate and AI becomes more sophisticated you will see more scammers. Unfortunately you can’t judge by just spelling errors anymore as they’re just plugging it into a chat gbt and getting language that looks like contractual language. I saw it with a musician friend that got scammed in a somewhat similar way.
It caught traction on GT Planet and a few other publications, so someone at Sony of America is surely aware of this. But the issue is Polypony is based out of Japan and seldomly interacts the GT community. I doubt this reached Kaz
Too bad it might have been a prank. I can see your fab music though working perfectly into that kind of production. When you have a popular UA-cam channel, unfortunately you become open to these kind of pranks 😥
Weirldy I believe this was one of your fans rather than someone with malicious intent. I only discovered your music from this news, and it immediately struck me how Polyphony's composers either have the same musical influences as you, or are actually fans of you already, as GT's music sounds quite similar to what you do. I don't quite "get" the psychology behind it (maybe they thought PD would hear about your music by this event)...but anyway. I genuinely don't think they were trying to hurt or mock you, if it's any consolation.
It's no consolation. I'm the one who went through the trauma. I've been stalked before needing police protection so to hell with weird fan behavior. Thanks though.
Good Morning Dereck! and cheers☕As always i wish you a blessed and music filled day , im so sorry to hear about what happened , it just breaks my heart, i was so excited for you , dont let it get you down tho Maestro, your amazing person and have a wonderful community of us here who really love you and you just make alot our mornings so much better
So sad to hear about this scam and to imagine what lengths some people are willing to go to be cruel. And how low some folks can go is just beyond comprehension. And why? Is this how their parents raised them to behave...if so, they sure succeded.😥 Take care Mr Higgins and all the love to you.❤
Your videos are a daily reminder to embrace open-mindedness, sincerity, and all the joys and wonders that music and art -- yours & others' -- provide in our increasingly cruel & twisted world. The scammers will come and go and leave some chaos in their wake, and that just sucks.
Hey, man - it sucks when people suck. Shame on them. You continue to do what you do with dignity and class, Dereck. And I look forward to this new release!
So sorry to hear Dereck. Keep your head up!
Wow people really are awful sometimes huh? Glad youre not embarrassed about it cuz theres nothing to be embarrassed about. Youre the man Dereck!
Sorry to hear about the scam, but at the end of the day, you've still got what you had 48hrs ago, and that's a huge catalogue of work and fans who love you.
Sorry to hear about the scam, the whole friggin planet is going crazy
Lots of love to you. There are gonna be people out there who are jealous of your talent and love of music. These people are joyless hate nerds. I am looking forward to hearing the next release.
The best here is your Zen attitude Dereck , power to you Bro
Love you to Dereck , so sorry it turn out to be a scam. Karma will catch them in the end. 👍
Sorry to hear that Dereck. I love your music and your videos. Keep movin.
You create fantastic music & we're all lucky to hear it. I'm going to get your music because it's exactly what the world needs. Thank you
One thing that has come to light from all of this is the fact that your music is or would be perfect for use in video games. That part is true. And I sincerely hope that a legitimate opportunity comes your way. I’m still shaking my head because I cannot understand what could possibly motivate somebody to do such a hurtful thing to someone. ☮️❤️
I don't understand either.
Some people are just straight up assholes. Sorry to hear the BS Dereck! Keep up your music as it sheds lite to us all who listen. Have a blessed day brother! ❤❤😊
Definitely sucks. You are such a creative person. You will always have opportunities to create and express yourself.
Sorry about the prank, Dereck. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love your videos.
Very sad to see how this all unfolded. Shame that there are so many people out there who do this sort of stuff.
I'm disgusted by what happened to you Dereck, good people deserve better in this world.
For someone to work that hard to hurt someone is straight up evil! Shaking my head in disgust. What can you do? We all know your music is great and deserving of legit offers. Art is Hard, and you make it look easy. Shame on the clown that orchestrated this. Take care Dereck.
Sorry, Dereck, that you got pranked. Just keep your head up high. Don't let them drag you down. Time for you to celebrate; you have a new album out. Also remember you have people that love your music; that's awesome.
Been listening to Soft Machine's Third quite a bit lately, just terrific
Lots of deplorable people out there, who take great joy in harming others. What they don’t realize, and won’t until it’s too late, is that karma will only come back to collect the debt from them, when they least expect it. And karma collects interest, too.
Same thing happened to me, I was duped by a troll disguised as a famous musician interested in my music, it was a phishing scam but they didn't get my tracks. Lousy feeling
Well damn, sorry to hear this news. Hopefully they will still reach out to you and add you to the game. Shake it off.
Hey Dereck, just bought my digital copy of your new release. Really looking forward to hearing it later. All the best!
Sucks. Testimony to the sad state of the world we live in.
Im sorry they did you like that Dereck. Its fucked up.
So true, GONG and Soft Machine are better than any imitators. Essential artists each and everyone.
Terrible to hear, and good to know how you dealt with this to prevent release of financial info or signing something that could be fraudulent/bogus.
Long time viewer but never comment. So sorry to hear about that prank Dereck. I've played a lot of Gran Turismo throughout the years, and Clear Space would be a perfect relaxing song for menu music in the game. A beautiful piece of music. A lot of time is spent in menus in the game, modifying your car and stuff, so it would be a perfect relaxing song. That makes it even more sad since they actually picked a song perfect for Gran Turismo. Again sorry to hear about this and thanks for all the great videos over the years.
Thank you.
That’s terrible what happened to you Luckily you didn’t give them any financial information! There are some idiots out there!
So sorry to hear that you were scammed, i know that can hurt a very artistic soul as yourself . Love your music and your show. I understand because I to was scammed . I'm a painter and a individual said they were interested in purchasing one of my paintings, to make a long story short. They later said they were joking. On the positive side thanks to many of the albums you've shown . I've purchased and haven't been sorry for my purchases, because of you. Thank you for your show and thoughts.
It sucks that this is happening.
Sad news finding out it was a scam. I hope you feel better soon!
Doing better, thanks.
Sending love to you Dereck. Some stupid nasty people out there. Wishing you well.
Maybe someone from the audio department really wanted your music, but then a higher up stepped in and put the kibosh to the whole thing? Again I'm sorry about this. People can be so misaligned.
Well, I just bought my copy of Aspects Of The Imagined. And I suggest those who are interested pick one up soon - I have a feeling this will sell out quickly! Thanks, Dereck!
Just can’t trust anyone. They can’t take away the music!
Wow! This is hard to believe.
Aw man, I'm sorry that happened to you. What a shitty thing to do.
Sick thing to do but I’m not surprised at anything anymore . Also as people get more desperate and AI becomes more sophisticated you will see more scammers. Unfortunately you can’t judge by just spelling errors anymore as they’re just plugging it into a chat gbt and getting language that looks like contractual language. I saw it with a musician friend that got scammed in a somewhat similar way.
Shame on that person
We will push you out there so polyphony finds you
we have to buy the sonicity album and make some reviews, maby it gets some traction
It caught traction on GT Planet and a few other publications, so someone at Sony of America is surely aware of this. But the issue is Polypony is based out of Japan and seldomly interacts the GT community. I doubt this reached Kaz
Too bad it might have been a prank. I can see your fab music though working perfectly into that kind of production. When you have a popular UA-cam channel, unfortunately you become open to these kind of pranks 😥
Weirldy I believe this was one of your fans rather than someone with malicious intent.
I only discovered your music from this news, and it immediately struck me how Polyphony's composers either have the same musical influences as you, or are actually fans of you already, as GT's music sounds quite similar to what you do.
I don't quite "get" the psychology behind it (maybe they thought PD would hear about your music by this event)...but anyway. I genuinely don't think they were trying to hurt or mock you, if it's any consolation.
It's no consolation. I'm the one who went through the trauma. I've been stalked before needing police protection so to hell with weird fan behavior. Thanks though.
Try to copyright all your songs here on UA-cam so no one uses it
I'm ahead of that. I own all of the copyrights and publishing to my music.
Good Morning Dereck! and cheers☕As always i wish you a blessed and music filled day , im so sorry to hear about what happened , it just breaks my heart, i was so excited for you , dont let it get you down tho Maestro, your amazing person and have a wonderful community of us here who really love you and you just make alot our mornings so much better
So sad to hear about this scam and to imagine what lengths some people are willing to go to be cruel. And how low some folks can go is just beyond comprehension. And why? Is this how their parents raised them to behave...if so, they sure succeded.😥 Take care Mr Higgins and all the love to you.❤