Precision Tunes

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| birth_name = Joshua Weinstein

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| label = PT Records

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Joshua Weinstein{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9367019/Maroon-5-and-the-new-phenomenon-baffling-the-music-industry.html|title=Maroon 5 and the new phenomenon baffling the music industry|publisher=Sunday Telegraph|accessdate=16 September 2013}} (also known as Precision Tunes) is a New York-based music producer. His pre-release cover version of Maroon 5's "Payphone" made #9 on the UK Singles Chart,{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/precision%20tunes/|title=PRECISION TUNES|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=16 September 2013}} selling 34,492 copies. The song also charted at #4 on the Scottish Singles Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20120617/41/|title=2012-06-23 Top 40 Scottish Singles Archive|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=21 September 2013}} and the UK Indie Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-singles-chart/20120617/130/|title=2012-06-23 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=21 September 2013}}

After The Sunday Telegraph tracked him down, he said that "We have currently restructured [PT Records] and its employees, [and] are in the process of issuing takedowns [of our previously released covers] and researching accounting for those releases and plan to relinquish any monies made on the nine releases".{{cite web|url=http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/editors-letter-stop-me-if-youve-heard-this-one-before/|title=Editor's Letter: Stop me if you've heard this one before|publisher=Complete Music Update|accessdate=22 September 2013}}

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