Gray Studios


Country United States
State California
City North Hollywood
Address 5126 Lankershim Blvd
Phone 818-582-3943
Website http://graystudiosla.com/

Gray Studios Reviews

  • Mar 2, 2015

This studio is a HUGE rip off & a bunch of "smooth talkers". In the beginning, this studio was legit & offered very valuable education as well as opportunities. Not to mention, they were very professional! Until, they decided to grow & offer their classes in more states than you can imagine in over a period of 5 months! This is when the studio turned into a circus for false advertisements & opportunities. This studios is ran by owners Shanelle Gray & David Barry Gray. They have relationships with a "few" legit agents, CD's, etc. However, it's for their advantage & gaining success for themselves or their family. I am a Manager in LA writing this in concern for a talent who came to me with this complaint. For further info, she wasn't a first either. This is her complaint...

You are asked to pay a total of $650 or more per month for classes once a week where the teachers just take turns flying in every week for a class that runs for 3-4 hours. Which makes the classes IMPOSSIBLE to be on the same page nor give the students any time to really grasp what they are being taught. They frequently promise you that they will be bringing in BIG agents, managers, casting directors, etc. to take a "look at you" then they will consistently change the names of the people who they are claiming to bring. They will also change the name of people coming the actual DAY BEFORE their so called "workshop" of the names on who is coming! When the date arrives, it ends up being a complete RIP OFF with people who aren't that legit or if they are legit, they could careless about you and are just there because they "paid" them to be there. You don't even get a REAL opportunity to have a one on one meet with them after since they RUSH them out the door so they can catch their flight. Unless you are in their "precious" North Hollywood, CA studio...they don't care about you, they just want your money.

In addition, they don't communicate with their students outside of class unless you "pay" them first. Shanelle consistently uses her famous sister, Ariel Winter (Modern Family), or their 5 year old daughter whose in TV show "Married", in your face in order to truly believe that they will bring success for you! They pressure you to make the move to California so they can get you signed & gain success! Until you make the move to LA and find out that too, is also a LIE & will leave you hanging.

If you even THINK about dropping their class or canceling, Shanelle will try to pin you with a claim that you have signed a "6 month" contract claiming you HAVE to give them a 30 day notice in advance before you can and they will STILL charge you for the month REGARDLESS of your reasoning! This "contract" is also a SCAM because I have NEVER signed a contract with them & when I asked her to provide proof that I have, she sent me an e-mail back in reply that TERRIFIED me! She THREATENED to ruin my name, call my agents to make a complaint on me, & convincing me that I was a liar since they ALWAYS have their students sign a contract. I felt like I was being BULLIED and talked down to for NO reason! I was even going to go forward with my payment & miss paying my rent because in order to prevent her THREAT from happening! She still NEVER provided PROOF that I had signed this "contract"!

My agents had my back & were completely horrified when they read her response. As they also said that this is an reoccuring issue with most of their talents. Not to mention, my friend has also been through the same thing. PLEASE think twice before you commit to their studio!! Their advertisements are FALSE & their promises are worthless! They ONLY want your money!! SAVE IT & go to a more LEGIT studio that will actually care about YOU. They are OUT there! They will try to smooth talk you & believe me they are good at it, but do your research before going forward!!

A lot of the stuff that they are doing is illegal & threatening students success because you claim you have more "power" over them is hitting the LOWEST of all LOW'S! I hope they reconsider their program they are trying to run or someone at least put a STOP to their nonsense!

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