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[@Visuallifemusicgroup]

I started with 4 listeners last November now I’m am at 2.3 k listeners it’s hard but refuse to use fake bots 🤖 I know it’s taking a while but this is what an organic fan base looks like! I know that this is the only way to gauge your audience!!!!!!!

[@PrinceUnyqueTv]

I got organic to go check me out slow moving tho

[@steelokey]

Fr plus it feels good to make a lil off your money every month & know it’s legit. I been at 4-5k for the past year & it’s super nice to have a lil bit of financial cushion if I need it every month

[@ChrisOnDemand]

What would you say is the biggest key in your growth?

[@Dunetherapper]

bro your youtube video for " come thru" is like 230k views plus and it has 71 likes there is literally a 100% chance you are botting so it's hilarious you would cap so hard

[@steelokey]

@@Dunetherapper lmao definitely bottwd because I have a song at only 150k on KZbin & it was has 2.6k likes lmao

[@CozartLifestyleGaming]

1 thing you forgot to mention is that most main stream artists pages are actually view botted, follow bot and sub bot LMAO seriously how can one have 5 million subs but can barely hit 10k on a video or they have low sub amount with high azz views smh

[@steelokey]

That’s the thing that bothers me as someone who’s been building my foundation for years lol. Crazy what money can do

[@knight808.]

It's more complicated than that.

[@TrendsetterMusicOnly]

Cause every follower doesn't go watch every video. Maybe they tune in once a month 🤷‍♂️ some engage more than other. But yea also bots

[@steelokey]

@@TrendsetterMusicOnly that’s why I Lowkey post the same music video promo (on my story) daily even tho I only have 1,000 followers on IG, because I know how many other rappers they probably follow. I’ve realized if I build a good solid fan base up even if it’s not big it’s better than having a huge fake fan base

[@joshuaBrooks.nicholas]

Facts so many trash artist buying streams to make it look legit knowing the single trash bruh.

[@pipikakachu]

And you are a good artist by who’s metric ?

[@VelvetHammerBooking]

4. the "taking music down" without any recourse AND withholding funds is something that I am not ok with. Say someone did get caught and their music was removed from a DSP. The DSP withholds payment to the distributor and keeps that money. I have a problem with that. 1. they can take down music at will, without prior communication. That's not a good look. 2. because I don't have a say or can't speak to anyone about the issue, I am now at a loss and have to find a new home to reupload the music... meanwhile, the DSP GOT PAID ALREADY. They are keeping the money from the artist but they should also return the money back to the advertiser. THEY DON'T! So as a cost cutting agenda, monthly some rogue employee could just go through catalog and deem it "fraudulent" and they get to keep the money! What if that employee's bonus is tied to how many songs they can snatch from the distroverse today? This is a real issue. We're talking about what affects it has on the artist, but we are also assuming that the artist had anything to do with it, lol. But in the end, they are the person/s that everyone is looking at and giving bad press to/for all while the DSP is continuing to line their pockets with "false claims".

[@Vhsclubproductions]

There needs to be a way to bring back CD’s streaming and all of this stuff ruined music lowkey

[@steelokey]

Funny you say that, my boss is in his late 30’s early 40’s (most likely) but we always talk about HipHop & Neo Soul type shit (like Lauryn Hill & Erykah Badu) & we were talking about how listening to music used to be an activity in itself. It wasn’t like a background thing. I feel like that’s how music is always listened to now, I myself rarely dedicate time to just “listen to music” I’m always multi tasking & the purpose of music is to enjoy that shit & chill for a sec lol. Well depending on the music but either way it’s supposed to be enjoyed & streaming platforms have made it all about #’s

[@jeffreyrediel]

These platforms are already extorting artists, there’s nothing to be happy about, cause now these platforms will pick and choose who is guilty or not, we are just putting more power in their hands

[@magillsk8]

🤷🏽‍♂️ Im pretty sure the next step will be for major labels to just figure out how to bypass this form of detection. Also, is this tool recognized by Spotify ? For example, is it possible that this tool would say a user has no fake streams but Spotify would say otherwise ?

[@k.p.bolden7329]

Bro, my H.S. Football coach hyped up stats for a certain player to look good for colleges, but truth be told, he sucked.

[@steelokey]

@@k.p.bolden7329 😫😫😫

[@steelokey]

@@k.p.bolden7329 this why I didn’t make the basketball team freshman year, favoritism 😅

[@Iamhakeemomari]

Major Marketing Academy got my song pulled down 😒 I think they pulled their main IG page down too

[@braylonbarber9114]

But you know the crazy thing about it major artist do the same thing

[@NOIRsDuff]

@yo, thank you for always spotting trends and giving us the heads up. God Bless.

[@metalxmetalxmetalxmetalx]

Spotify makes record profits . They just released their earnings reports . Talk about that .

[@metalxmetalxmetalxmetalx]

And artists still get paid pittance

[@DRUNKBEATZ]

This!!! And they keep paying less and less. While all major artists use bots unhinged and don’t get punished

[@metalxmetalxmetalxmetalx]

@@DRUNKBEATZ yup and their algorithm is literally rigged also to favour larger artists.

[@DRUNKBEATZ]

@@metalxmetalxmetalxmetalx yes I don’t get this take in this video at all. It’s designed to be such a HUGE advantage for major label artists and still this video makes it look like it’s the same for everyone when the gate keeping just keeps getting worse and worse

[@VelvetHammerBooking]

Ok fellas, Let me give you some behind the curtain information from the bot world. From someone who used to provide these services for the industry for over a decade I have more direct knowledge on how this stuff works than most...and I am not ashamed to admit it. I will break this down into individual comments just in case there is a rebuttal on each point. 1. When you say names of artist, as used in this video, "justin Beiber or Meg the Stallion" and such, I can guarantee you that THEY had nothing to do with it. Let's be logical. These artist have a minority stake in the music and publishing rights. Let's just say 30% or less. Them adding any streams to their content doesnt directly benefit them AT ALL. Those streams you were talking about were/may have been coming from someone that either someone at the label contracted (Viral/marketing department) or the distributor. To give these artist that much credit and/or that much blame isn't accurate, especially if they don't own the label, lol. In most case, artist don't know.

[@VelvetHammerBooking]

5. this is an important part and it's very vital. The entire industry uses bots. Labels, distributors and artist. It's all over. The key is not THAT they are using them, the most important factor is HOW they are using them. Labels and distros use them to kickstart campaigns. After that, the organic traffic kicks in and then you can taper off. You may start with 100% bots but that will dwindle down to 10% or less based on the organic movement. Artist do the dumbest shit and actually use the damn bots AS their campaign. Any and all movement is just inorganic movements that make zero sense. This becomes expensive and the company that is providing the service is just exploiting this 100% because they are there for the check.

[@K9BuiltLife5053]

Bots have been created with my name and face and all of my music is getting thousands of streams that I don’t even get on my channel?????

[@modlift2855]

What kind of L take is that? Why y’all saying the crackdown on bots is „finally“ happening when it will only affect small unsigned artists and major label artists still profiting off bots and won’t get punished? You are acting like „nobody can profit“ off bots when I’m fact majors get their songs trending that way and have a huge advantage over everybody else? Like whose side are you on?!

[@BrandmanNetwork]

If that’s what you took from the video, more power to you. Black and white interpretations like this is exactly why so many small artists continue to suffer while other small artists are successfully living off of music while still being 100% indie Victim mindset stops people from understanding what is actually happening

[@stresseddude]

10:24 Thing is if there's enough flow of artist, they can waterdown people's concern if it's small enough. If they have 3m users, 5k complaints may not be addressed.

[@Sgw0p]

Time to see who the real artists are… let’s get back to the music

[@Allthatwethink]

Not a streaming BBL 👀🤣

[@realmackhd]

I started out with 200 monthly listeners now I'm at 600k it took me while to figure out all I needed to do is to find a less crowded niche and build my own marketing techniques around it when i did that everything changed, all marketing now is done in House, lots of ads.

[@Dadhus1]

After appearing on a couple of playlists, I noticed my first release suddenly took off in a small town in Oregon. I suspect shenanigans. 🤔

[@spendmoneykwam]

Sometimes, it’s inevitable. Even for myself, where I pitched to playlist that MAY have been using some “different”ways to stream. Based on how I got so many streams, from a random location in a random state.

[@stalwartzero7001]

Nothing wrong with the Bogdan glitch

[@vblockdutch636]

Sounds like hating to me!!! Most y’all ain’t even willing to even give an unsigned artist a listen much less any kind of support, even if our music dope. Now y’all trying to take our little change we earning.

[@PrinceUnyqueTv]

Word bro go check me out I got organic 💯

[@myemodiaries901]

You sound salty and entitled. Ppl don’t have to like your music

[@osirisxtv]

If you would focus on making better music and growing your brand you wouldn't be in the comments crying because you're failing at what you do and worry too much about numbers. You ain't making shit from your music to sustain a liveable wage and I'll bet my own publishing check on that and that's only enough to maybe cover my mortgage or two big grocery trips depending if I chose to cash out monthly or quarterly. Quit crying and focus on what YOU do.

[@osirisxtv]

​@@myemodiaries901That's facts 🫡

[@SoufSideSource]

@@osirisxtvhow do you make so much cash off your music with so little views on KZbin? Seriously asking cuz I’m tryna make bread too

[@budbezzy2loverecordsc.e.o.]

Why y’all gotta hold the mic 🎙? Where’s the mic stand or table ?

[@streetsillustratedinc]

Chad Focus been exposed this. We don’t need to see for self. Just gonna make indie artist more frustrated knowing exactly how much is being taken from the pie🥴🙆🏿‍♂️😂

[@slopaxo]

When y’all talking about Udio? I want a cut if you mention it in the next video

[@BrandmanNetwork]

Not sure if we'll do a video about it any time soon.

[@slopaxo]

@@BrandmanNetwork haha I was just kidding bro, but it just seems like something I assumed you guys would have covered by now

[@DeeWileSativa]

Chad Focus somewhere punching the air rn..

[@DRUNKBEATZ]

yeah brandman what's up with this channel? feels extremely biased to say "finally happening" when its clear that it doesn't affect major artists. why are you not talking about that?

[@BrandmanNetwork]

What are you talking about? We literally say that it doesn’t affect major artists in the video and why that’s an issue in THIS VIDEO…do you not watch the whole thing or are you just not understanding something?

[@DRUNKBEATZ]

@@BrandmanNetwork ok sorry then I must have skipped that part. My bad. I was just confused because as of lately because the videos I watched on your channel were less critical of Spotify then before and I think it’s crucial to point out how Spotify becomes a real problem for everyone who is not on major labels and keeps paying less. Thanks for clarifying though and keep up your work

[@crypto-city859]

Dope conversation guys!

[@GioBaby]

All my streams are real thank god !!! I only have 25,000 monthly listeners but my songs are actually good . I’m a Latin artist and I worked hard for that !!! Go stream my stuff 😂❤

[@morallycorruptmaleficentti1194]

Drake and Yeat is cooked....no one listens to that trash

[@valholla]

Great episode.

[@DJOlSkoo]

So? It's called marketing. How can I evaluate the value of a product with no audience to showcase it to? Based on your logic, do the companies that pay Google to run ads on your videos skip the line and bbl themselves in front of your audience with their product? Where is the organic discovery on a paid product placement? And does your allowing a paid product placement on your video make you complicit in something you simultaneously criticize negatively when artists do it in their industry? Do companies that hire SEO firms to rank on the first page of Google for commercial searches bbl themselves to the top, or are they advertising? Music has a variety of ways to be consumed, and today it's streaming. This industry has adapted to the ways of promoting artists and curating awareness and perception. I don't know why people would attach morals and shame to things that are perfectly normal. A lot of people with this mindset of yours live on somebody else's dime while being prideful about something that nobody with a sense of duty (like paying bills) and an understanding of business would care about. Dear artists, understand that people have short attention spans and that the world doesn't revolve around you, and you may not be as great as you think you are, for you to not have curated an audience to find out. You better use every way possible to make people aware of yourself. Don't let people trick you into feeling shame for being an adult who wants to earn money and doesn't want to throw their art into a black hole of no engagement. There is no business without marketing. Spend money to make money.

[@spendmoneykwam]

Good points, that’s a solid take.

[@DRUNKBEATZ]

yeah Brandman seems to have switched their tone since they are being sponsored by Spotify. idk about all of this wish the channel would go back to honest advice

[@SquatYot]

Judging by the amount of weight he gained, I’m guessing khory had a kid within the last 2 years

[@98kgames4]

Let’s be honest here nobody watches anybody’s KZbin channel or listen to their music if their views streams, likes or comments are not high enough that’s why people are using bots because perception is everything if a song has half 1 million streams. You’re gonna listen to it if a KZbin video has 12 K more views you’re gonna watch it if subscriber count or higher you’re gonna subscribe because other people are and you don’t wanna feel like you’re missing out on anything if everybody would just give everybody a chance off the gate they would be no need for fake bots and fake engagement but of course nobody is going to do that which is why people finesse the system

[@trevorjosephmusic]

Truth.

[@karlorossi559]

Dope💎 #GLOBAL

[@CreateElectric]

No it’s not 😂

[@UpcomingGamer7]

No People need to know not too buy views 😂 it's dumb

[@keywest4120]

#250👍

[@88keyz]

🫡👍🏾🫡