BurnLounge LLC: Multi Level Mondays

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Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4 • 961 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Welcome to Multi Level Mondays, a weekly series all about multi level marketing, pyramid schemes, and ponzi schemes. Today’s episode is all about BurnLounge LLC, a music MLM turned pyramid scheme that saw it's rise and fall in the early 2000s. Let's find out what happened. Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii Sources: https://pastebin.com/ZSr2Wk2K Intro Song Credits: MLM: Flow Like Chopin (Bed Version)- Will Van De Crommert CC: Last to Fall- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: MLM: King Cobra- Monk CC: Trauma- Will Van De Crommert Ad Music Credits: Highlight Reel by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3876-highlight-reel License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3408-backbay-lounge License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the Hello everyone and welcome back to multi-level Mondays. My name is Blair and today we're talking about a unique
0:24.5	MLM that went by Burn Lounge Inc. and spoiler alert I'm speaking about them in
0:30.3	past tense because they were shut down but we'll get there in just a
0:33.7	bit. This was believe it or not a music MLM and I'm not kidding. I swear I'm just
0:40.0	waiting it seems like at this point for new and weirder
0:42.8	melons to pop up every single day like when is the melm hospital getting built like
0:47.8	who knows we've seen supplements from herb life energy drinks from Vemma
0:52.4	legal advice from legal shield kitchen supplements from Herbalife, Energy Drinks from Vemma, Legal Shield, Kitchenware from The Pampered Chef,
0:56.8	Candles from Sensi, clothing from Lou Laro, oils from Young Living,
1:01.2	Makeup from Avon, and many, many more.
1:05.1	So I guess it was only a matter of time until we saw a music MLM.
1:09.8	But without any further ado, let's get right into today's episode.
1:14.0	Burnlown was founded in 2004,
1:22.0	Burnlown was founded in 2004 based in New York City.
1:25.6	When I tried to go to their old website and find some like about me page or something,
1:29.4	there was nothing there.
1:30.6	It just says BL3, get ready, and that's it. Nothing to click on, no tabs. They're very clearly closed down.
1:37.0	However, thanks to some old sites, I was able to get an idea for what this company was all about.
1:42.0	As one source says, who wouldn't want to own a music store? Founded in 2004 at the height of illegal downloading,
1:49.4	Byrne Lounge offered the opportunity for 30,000 people including major label musicians. The
1:55.0	deal was simple enough.
1:57.0	open up a storefront through your own page,
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