Star Sounds Productions is ripping off musicians

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THOMas Schoenberger
Country: United States
Case CSC10-0182 - Complaints/Parties

Complaint Number:     1
Complaint Type:     CLAIM OF PLAINTIFF
Filing Date:     03/05/2010
Complaint Status:     ACTIVE
Party Number     Party Type     Party Name     Attorney     Party Status
1      SC PLAINTIFF      MICHAEL YOUNG       Pro Per      First Paper Fee Paid
2      SC DEFENDANT      STEVEN LEFLAR       Pro Per      Serve Required (WaitS)
3      SC DEFENDANT      ERIC SYMONS       Pro Per      Serve Required (WaitS)


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     04/30/2010 9:30 AM DEPT. 54      SMALL CLAIMS COURT TRIAL            
     03/05/2010      A SMALL CLAIMS COURT TRIAL HAS BEEN SET FOR 4/30/10 AT 9:30 IN DEPT. 54             
     03/05/2010      CASE ENTRY COMPLETED      Not Applicable      
     03/05/2010      COLOR OF FILE IS YELLOW       Not Applicable      
     03/05/2010      CLAIM AND ORDER TO PLAINTIFF FOR PERSONAL SERVICE      Not Applicable      
     03/05/2010      AMOUNT OF CLAIM - $4,100.00       Not Applicable      
     03/05/2010      PLAINTIFF'S CLAIM AND ORDER TO DEFENDANT FILED (CLAIM GREATER THAN $1,500.00, UP TO $5,000.00)      Not Applicable      




Case CSC10-0182 - Pending Hearings

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04/30/2010 9:30 AM DEPT. 54      SMALL CLAIMS COURT TRIAL

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  • 0
    Steven Leflar
    Thomas Schoenberger Owes North Bay Entertainment $160,530.86 & Star Sounds Productions $20,250.00 Totaling $180,780.86.  http://northbaye.net/Invoices.pdf
    The money is owed for the $100,000.00 worth of contracts he collected and didn’t pay the artists, loans from Star Sounds Productions To Cover Paying The Artists, Payroll, His North Bay Entertainment Cell Phone and misc ranging from Attorney Fees From When He Was Sued By Randy Harris For Over $28,000.00 And Lost.  http://northbaye.net/Randy%20Harris%20%20Contract.pdf

    He tried to slander Randy Harris by having other people send emails that he wrote under their email addresses.  http://northbaye.net/Randy%20Emails.pdf
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    Thomas Schoenthief
    The Post Above is Thomas Schoenberger

    Thomas Schoenberger Owes North Bay Entertainment $160,530.86 & Star Sounds Productions $20,250.00 Totaling $180,780.86.  http://northbaye.net/Invoices.pdf
    The money is owed for the $100,000.00 worth of contracts he collected and didn’t pay the artists, loans from Star Sounds Productions To Cover Paying The Artists, Payroll, His North Bay Entertainment Cell Phone and misc ranging from Attorney Fees From When He Was Sued By Randy Harris For Over $28,000.00 And Lost.  http://northbaye.net/Randy%20Harris%20%20Contract.pdf

    He tried to slander Randy Harris by having other people send emails that he wrote under their email addresses.  http://northbaye.net/Randy%20Emails.pdf

    See Him At www.northbaye.net
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    Thomas Schoenthief
    The Post Above is Thomas Schoenberger

    Thomas Schoenberger Owes North Bay Entertainment $160,530.86 & Star Sounds Productions $20,250.00 Totaling $180,780.86.  http://northbaye.net/Invoices.pdf
    The money is owed for the $100,000.00 worth of contracts he collected and didn’t pay the artists, loans from Star Sounds Productions To Cover Paying The Artists, Payroll, His North Bay Entertainment Cell Phone and misc ranging from Attorney Fees From When He Was Sued By Randy Harris For Over $28,000.00 And Lost.  http://northbaye.net/Randy%20Harris%20%20Contract.pdf

    He tried to slander Randy Harris by having other people send emails that he wrote under their email addresses.  http://northbaye.net/Randy%20Emails.pdf

    See Him At www.northbaye.net
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    Thomas Schoenthief
    The Post Above is Thomas Schoenberger

    Thomas Schoenberger Owes North Bay Entertainment $160,530.86 & Star Sounds Productions $20,250.00 Totaling $180,780.86.  http://northbaye.net/Invoices.pdf
    The money is owed for the $100,000.00 worth of contracts he collected and didn’t pay the artists, loans from Star Sounds Productions To Cover Paying The Artists, Payroll, His North Bay Entertainment Cell Phone and misc ranging from Attorney Fees From When He Was Sued By Randy Harris For Over $28,000.00 And Lost.  http://northbaye.net/Randy%20Harris%20%20Contract.pdf

    He tried to slander Randy Harris by having other people send emails that he wrote under their email addresses.  http://northbaye.net/Randy%20Emails.pdf

    See Him At www.northbaye.net
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    Thomas Schoenthief
    The Post Above is Thomas Schoenberger

    Thomas Schoenberger Owes North Bay Entertainment $160,530.86 & Star Sounds Productions $20,250.00 Totaling $180,780.86.  http://northbaye.net/Invoices.pdf
    The money is owed for the $100,000.00 worth of contracts he collected and didn’t pay the artists, loans from Star Sounds Productions To Cover Paying The Artists, Payroll, His North Bay Entertainment Cell Phone and misc ranging from Attorney Fees From When He Was Sued By Randy Harris For Over $28,000.00 And Lost.  http://northbaye.net/Randy%20Harris%20%20Contract.pdf

    He tried to slander Randy Harris by having other people send emails that he wrote under their email addresses.  http://northbaye.net/Randy%20Emails.pdf

    See Him At www.northbaye.net
  • 0
    JFB
    It looks like Star Sounds is in big trouble. This is an e mail that is circulating all over the musicians cyberspace.
    My bass player was ripped off by Star Sounds. Its a good thing this house of crooks is being busted.



    Hello everyone,

        I've decided to take the initiative and do something about Steve Leflar and Star Sounds Productions. He has quite simply taken advantage of the bands and entertainers that he claims to represent as well as his fellow agents.
        He thinks he can play loose with all of us, asking us to accept jobs and then 1) not paying for our efforts and 2) disregarding the lawful commission allowed for services and finally, feeling that he is excempt for the requirement of securing a license as required by the California State Labor Commission.  
        I'm again asking for your help ... not for me ... I already have judgements against him. I am asking for all of us to act in concert and take the initiative and file grievances with the California State Labor Commissions.  

          I have called the Labor Commission and received complaint forms and have filled them out. Here's what I'm asking you to do...

    1)    Send me your address and I'll forward blank copies to you

    Your job is to:
    1)    Fill out the papers (I'll send copies of my complaint so that you can see how they are to be made out)
    2)    Print one copy
    3)    Send them to me. Iwillprint the 4 copies requested and take them to the labor board asking for a hearing

    I will ask for one hearing date so that we can jointly appear
    I will have all our complaints served on him at the same time.

    That;s it ... let the chips fall ...

    I look forward to your feedback both pro and against.

    Thanks so much in advance,

    Gig

    Gig Xifaras
    Director of Operations
    Associated Entertainment
    2 Dwight Road
    Burlingame, CA 94010
    650 348-7972 ext 11 Office
    650 348-5629 Fax
    650 222-8565 Cell
    gig@aecsf.com
    gig@associatedentertainment.com
    www.aecsf.com
    www.associatedentertainment.com
    Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. Ask yourself whether you really need a hard copy!
  • 0
    Jeremy
    Looks like Leflar lost again to Notable Talent. You can go to the Santa Rosa Superior Court page and see.
    I am now urging my band to sue Leflar.
    Leflar keeps trying to smear Thomas, but has a hard time explaining why he owes Kieth Jackson, Mood Swing Orchestra, AEC, David Martin's House Party and Pride and Joy all within the last 3 months. Why is Steve Leflar listed as DBA North Bay Entertainment since March 2008?
    Looks like Leflar is using cyber tactics to hide the fact that he is a thief.
  • 0
    www.starsoundsproductions.com
    Steve, I don;t find any lawsuits against Thomas. I see Ron Israel aka Star Sounds. And Eric Symons aka Star Sounds.www.starsoundsproductions.
    It looks like only you and Eric are the ones being sued. I hope City Lights joins in and we get our long overdue money!
    ou mention Randy Harris. I looked him up and this guy has a felony record.
    Nice choice of people you associate with.
  • 0
    Kieth J
    Rating: 0 Thomas Schoenberger - 15 Mar 2010
    Case CSC10-0176 - Complaints/Parties

    Complaint Number:                1
    Complaint Type:    CLAIM OF PLAINTIFF          
    Filing Date:    03/04/2010
    Complaint Status:    ACTIVE
    Party Number       Party Type    Party Name    Attorney    Party Status
    1     SC PLAINTIFF     KEITH A JOHNSON      Pro Per     First Paper Fee Paid
    2     SC DEFENDANT     STEVE LEFLAR      Pro Per     Serve Required (WaitS)
    3     SC DEFENDANT     ERIC SYMONS      Pro Per     Serve Required (WaitS)


    Case CSC10-0176 - Actions

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       04/08/2010 DEPT. 54         SMALL CLAIMS COURT TRIAL        
       03/04/2010     CASE ENTRY COMPLETED     Not Applicable              
       03/04/2010     COLOR OF FILE IS YELLOW      Not Applicable              
       03/04/2010     CLAIM AND ORDER TO PLAINTIFF FOR PERSONAL SERVICE     Not Applicable              
       03/04/2010     SMALL CLAIMS COURT TRIAL WAS SET FOR 4/08/10 AT 13:00 IN DEPT. 54          
       03/04/2010     PLAINTIFF'S CLAIM AND ORDER TO DEFENDANT FILED (CLAIM GREATER THAN $1,500.00, UP TO $5,000.00)         Not Applicable              
       03/04/2010     AMOUNT OF CLAIM - $3,200.00      Not Applicable              
    Steven R.Leflar is lying. That Northbay website is full of lies. Get the truth here.



    Case CSC10-0176 - Pending Hearings

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    04/08/2010 DEPT. 54         SMALL CLAIMS COURT TRIAL
  • 0
    kieth J
    Steve Leflar just lost 4 cases in the last month. Star Sounds Productions is in deep trouble now. It looks like Steve Leflar stole all sorts of money and now refuses to pay the musicians
    May 10th is his order of examination in Concord. It will be revealed what he did with the money.
  • 0
    kieth J
    Steve, it's spelled challenge. None of your so called documents prove a thing. Furthermore, its Star Sounds who owes the money. We all speak to each other. All the victims of Star Sounds productions. And there are many musicians posting here. I never even met Thomas so what are you talking about?
    Did Mike Young serve you and Eric yet? Thats coming. All the musicians are uniting under Gig.

    Rating: 0 Thomas Schoenberger - 15 Mar 2010
    Case CSC10-0176 - Complaints/Parties

    Complaint Number:                1
    Complaint Type:    CLAIM OF PLAINTIFF          
    Filing Date:    03/04/2010
    Complaint Status:    ACTIVE
    Party Number       Party Type    Party Name    Attorney    Party Status
    1     SC PLAINTIFF     KEITH A JOHNSON      Pro Per     First Paper Fee Paid
    2     SC DEFENDANT     STEVE LEFLAR      Pro Per     Serve Required (WaitS)
    3     SC DEFENDANT     ERIC SYMONS      Pro Per     Serve Required (WaitS)


    Case CSC10-0176 - Actions

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       04/08/2010 DEPT. 54         SMALL CLAIMS COURT TRIAL        
       03/04/2010     CASE ENTRY COMPLETED     Not Applicable              
       03/04/2010     COLOR OF FILE IS YELLOW      Not Applicable              
       03/04/2010     CLAIM AND ORDER TO PLAINTIFF FOR PERSONAL SERVICE     Not Applicable              
       03/04/2010     SMALL CLAIMS COURT TRIAL WAS SET FOR 4/08/10 AT 13:00 IN DEPT. 54          
       03/04/2010     PLAINTIFF'S CLAIM AND ORDER TO DEFENDANT FILED (CLAIM GREATER THAN $1,500.00, UP TO $5,000.00)         Not Applicable              
       03/04/2010     AMOUNT OF CLAIM - $3,200.00      Not Applicable              




    Case CSC10-0176 - Pending Hearings

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    04/08/2010 DEPT. 54         SMALL CLAIMS COURT TRIAL
  • 0
    THOMAS SCHOENBERGER
    Everyone read the truth, straight from Steve Leflar: Dated Feb 10th 2008. 44 days later, he secretly put NBE into a sole proprietorship behind my back. He set up a Wells Fargo bank account in the name of North Bay Entertainment DBA Steve Leflar and proceeded to steal my clients while trashing me behind my back. He then started taking in all sorts of money, slandered my name and lied to everyone about the real facts.READ BELOW: Straight from Steve Leflar
        From:     sleflar@starsoundsproductions.com
        Subject:     Transition
        Date:     February 10, 2008 11:13:24 AM PST
        To:     thomassch@mac.com
        Reply-To:     sleflar@starsoundsproductions.com

    Hello Thomas,

    So far everything seems to going pretty smooth with the transition of ownership of North Bay Entertainment to me.

    What are your thoughts concerning notifying the venues? I know you have some very strong relationships in the market.

    I don't want to take up to much of your time since you are somewhat of a Global person these days with all your ventures.



    Regards
    Steven R Leflar
    Ph 925-691-4100 / 707-259-5343 / Toll Free 866-444-3684
    Fax 925-887-0337
    www.starsoundsproductions.com
    NOTICE:
    This email message, and any attachments to it, are for the sole use of the intended recipients, and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email message or its attachments is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
  • 0
    Thomas SCHOENBERGER
    More e mails from Steve Leflar on April 4th 2008
    On Apr 4, 2008, at 12:21 AM, Star Sounds Productions wrote:
    Hi Thomas,
     
    When I was still married I put my personal property in my mothers name so my ex wife couldn’t get it when we divorced. My mother passed away. I went through probate etc. Hired an attorney for the probate. The property went back to me and I sold her house etc and settled with my family. I paid all the taxes along with all the expenses. The title should’ve returned back into my name. Obviously it didn’t. Her name was still on it. I just found out today what was still holding it up as you can see below. I am doing all I can.
     
    I know the medical bills are tough. When I gave you the $20k out of my safe, that was my living money. I’ve only worked three events this whole year. That’s a total income of $2450.00 in three months. I’m in a bad situation myself. I never thought it would take this long. Since the sub prime loans, money is very tight and extremely hard to get. The bank has approved everything. It’s out of there hands at this point. The title company has to get the title straight before escrow will close and they are trying. It’s the attorneys fault for not following through when my mother passed away.
     
    The first quarter at the studio is always a drain. It’s when we bid on contracts for the year. Therefore we use the company line of credit. As I told you before it takes both Pat & myself to draw on the line with a reason why before the bank releases funds. We’ve already used a good portion for operating expenses. I have every intention on pulling temp money from that account. Pat isn’t in town. He’s in Philadelphia in meetings.
     
    I don’t know what else to do. I have a total of $5000.00 in all of my accounts before I pay any bills.
     
    Do you have any ideas? I'm open.


    Regards
    Steven R Leflar
    Ph 925-691-4100 / 707-259-5343 / Toll Free 866-444-3684
    Fax 925-887-0337
    www.starsoundsproductions.com
  • 0
    thomas SCHOENBERGER
    Steve Leflar failed to show up to court yesterday March 19th and lost the judgement. Steve Leflar DBA Star Sounds North Bay Entertainment never even bothered to show up. Look on the court website yourselves or better yet, just check with Notable Talent Leflar and Symons ripped off Wall Street and lied to Sheila about Thomas Schoenberger receiving the money.Thomas Schoenberger received NO money. This is yet another lie by Leflar
    We checked with the client PSI seminars and they confirmed Steve Leflar DBA North Bay Entertainment/Star Sounds received every penny.Care to explain Steve?

    *DETAIL VIEW*
    (Sorted by: date, time, courtroom.)
    Number of results: *2*. Query parameters: strict search for *Case Number 'MSC-177355'* between the dates of Thu, Mar 18, 2010 and Wed, May 19, 2010
    result pages:  1 CASE NUM.     *CASE NAME*     PARTIES     CAL. TYPE     CTRM.     DATE     TIME     JUDGE ATTORNEY
    MSC-177355     GROVES-TRACEY V*LEFLAR*     GROVES-TRACEY, SHEILA R DBA NOTABLE TALENT     SMCL <http://www.sonomasuperiorcourt.com/index.php? ... ad&vtype=detail#>     Ctrm. 14     3/19/2010     1:30 PM     Hon. STEPHEN M. BECKWITH    MSC-177355     GROVES-TRACEY V*LEFLAR*     LEFLAR, STEVEN DBA STARSOUNDS FKA NORTHBAY ENT.     SMCL <http://www.sonomasuperiorcourt.com/index.php? ... ad&vtype=detail#>     Ctrm. 14     3/19/2010     1:30 PM     Hon. STEPHEN M. BECKWITH    
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  • 0
    Kieth
    Steve Leflar, I am in contact with Empower Management and they confirmed you stole the money for my gig.
    It was a Star Sounds Productions gig, so dont try and blame other people
    This gig was December 4th 2009 and its under Star Sounds Productions.
    Your website can't hide the real facts. You are a thief.Quit blaming Gig and Thomas and all the bands. Face the facts. You made false promises, lied to me and stole form me.
  • 0
    Patrick
    You challenge him to a lie detector test? Steve Leflar is really losing it.
    When a guy goes this far to tell everyone he is not lying, he's lying
  • 0
    Mike
    Steve, its funny how you claim Thomas is doing all the postings. It appears that lost of people are posting about you and your frauds.
    All you seem to do is blame Thomas and Gig. Cant you just step up and be a man?
  • 0
    Thomas Schoenberger
    More Star Sounds production stuff. This is a supposed letter to his bank when I was demanding payment for the agency he bought. Take a look ad note the angry tone... More info to come.. I will be exposing who Steve really is in drips and drabs...

    From: Star Sounds Productions <starsounds@hotmail.com>
    Date: March 10, 2008 12:12:42 PM PDT
    To: fleighton@financial.wellsfargo.com
    Subject: Loan

    Attn: Fenella Leighton
    Subject: Loan
     
    Hi Fenella,
     
    I was told you would have every thing finished by March 7, 2008 and deposited funds in my account.
     
    Today is March 10, 2008 and no funds. I know you were waiting for the County Recorders Office to post. I checked this morning and found it was posted Friday.
     
    I need to know exactly when I can receive the funds. This has been a very tiresome process with bad information back and forth. No [***] involved just the facts.
     
    I have been a long time customer with Wells Fargo and would like to continue, however I don’t have time for the runaround. I’ve left three messages today and no call back.
     
    GET THIS DONE NOW AND GET BACK TO ME !!!!!!!!!!!


    Regards
    Steven R Leflar
    Ph 925-691-4100 / 707-259-5343 / Toll Free 866-444-3684
    Fax 925-887-0337
    www.starsoundsproductions.com
     
    NOTICE:
  • 0
    Thomas Schoenberger
    The above post was not created by me. Rather cute though ;)
    I have many impersonators its seems
  • 0
    Eric Symons loses two cases
    Eric, sorry you lost in court. I truly hope you are learning from this experience. Go back to playing guitar. Working for a wingnut since 2008 must be ... wearing...
    When you worked for me, at least you laughed..


    Thomas

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