Here's Why Artists NEED Bots - Industry Music Marketer REVEALS ALL!

[@ocleadinlady]

The MOST Important thing is for ALL YOUR “STUFF” TO MATCH!!! Example: If you have 1M+ followers you should have sold out shows ,merch sales, comments, views , likes be trending etc (bots or not)

[@zekiel2574]

I think this is artificially raising the bar and in the long run will make it harder for artists with no industry connections to start from the ground

[@wildflute]

It’s always been that way since the beginning of the music industry, back before radio was invented, back before Bach was teaching to feed his dozens of children.

[@sethbrolsma516]

For me, I just think the bot situation allows artists to avoid putting in the ground-level work to build a fan base.

[@kombe971]

Not really it’s only a small part of the process. Live shows, acoustic versions etc

[@phobsdsr4326]

It’s cheating themselves. If they’re not real fans, you still need to build the base one way or another otherwise you will ultimately flop with good looking fake numbers.

[@lawrencejohnson743]

Obviously. It’s a cheat code.

[@Frapucheno]

Real fans come with money And we don’t have capital So we have to take our streams get our plaques and sit the fuck down

[@bars420reviews2]

Not a cheat code unless you gonna bot every gwad damn song

[@lvxxviii]

I like how you guys explained this.

[@Airic]

8:25 "there's that switching cost" ... that'll go over most ppl's heads... multitasking is cool n all, but laser eyes is the key 💯

[@MusicWorld1019]

Bots play a big part in the internet. The algorithm is a bot. The biggest demand right now for Major Companies is coders & developers who can create bots for faster transactions and data processing. Spotify Owner Daniel Elks was a coder/hacker. All music artist who push their music online will be streamed by a bot or bots through out their music career.

[@TherealSEPT6IX]

I fell for the banana in the tail pipe with some promo people and I realized they was you using bots and I seen my streams fall and some followers . It’s not worth it but you guys have a very valid point . I learned how to do my own google ads and now I’m learning digital marketing but I still need help . That’s when you guys come in . Y’all are certified

[@slopaxo]

My new song KIMIYA got 150,000 views - I have no idea what happened but I didn’t use any bots and got added to a shit ton of playlists - I know all about the bots tho and have done stuff like that maybe long ago but I think you can really grow organically - I also have a video on bots called Dark Truth about Spotify. For the labels it’s like a infinite money loophole lol literally creating currency hah - good video boys

[@coldhardtruth333]

What’s your Instagram?

[@faustostar9627]

Yeah right niggah lol

[@slopaxo]

@@faustostar9627 it tru lol

[@Dot.Com..]

Shout out to the jump in quality… the quality of information has always been there but props y’all thanks for the jewelry

[@WynterBeats]

Bots work very well when you know how to use them right and a lot of artist don’t.

[@RAREGUALLA]

Yooooooo Kohrey said “he get six smiley faces in a row “😂 toooo funnnyyy

[@AtibaVV]

70% of mainstream artist have fake streams

[@LuwopLLC]

Try 100%. There are artists who willingly participate in fake streams and the ones who don’t have a clue it’s happening. There’s no avoiding it

[@Frapucheno]

99% The 1% only got on because they well connected example Every odd future artist that’s connected to the label that you probably haven’t even heard of everytime they drop their songs get added to the playlist and they get millions and hundreds of thousands of streams just for being apart of the editorial and algorithmic Unfair as fuck ain’t it ?

[@buzzefx1]

2:17 “This is great bro” Naww fr 😂🤦🏽‍♂️🔥

[@BrandmanNetwork]

LMFAO

[@LaynoProd]

this was a very important episode for this point in my career 🙏🏽💎🤯 thank you Brandman Network

[@MBeyeline]

Justin Bieber did show his fans how to stream his music indefinitely on mute in the background to help him out 😁

[@naijeemaserati]

How , where ?

[@MBeyeline]

@@naijeemaserati look up "Justin Bieber asked fans to stream"

[@urbanpersevere8849]

Bots are a necessary evil. Sometimes if the social media companies would show your Contant to the people that follow you, there would really be no need for bots, but the social media companies created this culture.

[@M_Archive]

I don't think social media hiding content correlates that much to the need for bots

[@jeremiahsymonette4781]

@@M_Archive it actually does

[@MusicWorld1019]

It does.

[@forvibersonly]

@@chiefblankothat hood content is bs. I pay for ads but a girl with ass shows first and she didnt pay a dime. Foh

[@VivienneShakur]

Nope, like fb algorithms have been altered many times to shrink the outreach of posts so to make you buy ads. But streaming bots are important to give you the appearance of demand aka success. No demand - no success. No budgets.

[@VEJJIETALES]

Ion like the bot thing :/ but I do understand it from every perspective you explained so thank you for going into depth.

[@MarvillousBeats]

Nah this headline needs explanation 🤣 I'm watching this later

[@mtdubdachamp6917]

Bruh I never even thought about it like this! Damn 💯💯💯

[@BassGodPantheon]

Numbers begets numbers, gotta start somewhere. Then if the artist has consistent 🔥 the numbers will take care of themselves.

[@princeamu]

Exactly

[@cardpuller17]

@@princeamu which proves they also buy a lot of the first week records snd have been for some time.

[@meekyoumadethis]

This pod defs opened my mind to this concept for sure and I appreciate y'all for the game! You just gotta make sure to follow up with all that hype lol

[@samuraiblack]

Kohrey showed his experience and depth in the marketing game fr with the blackhat terminology. Anyone watching, understand these fellas know exactly what they're talking about. The artist that started getting delusional on his bot streams is the perfect example of someone telling a lie so many times they believe it themselves.

[@kohrey]

✊🏾✊🏾

[@eddieaugustin3811]

Simple…. Most rappers spend their career tell us we broke and they can steal our girl…. So obviously… we finally be pocket watching for some bs to flip it in they faces. 😂😂😂😂

[@BrandmanNetwork]

That’s petty af but hilarious 😆

[@justinhenryrebel]

😂 that’s funny as hell

[@BryanBarcelo]

Organic, keep it real, keep it 100, authentic, truthful and honest. For whatever reason, artists who use bots are none of these things, they are liars, deceivers, cheaters, fake.

[@JBadge]

Its not the artists it's the labels

[@kombe971]

Everyone sues bots because it’s some of the playlists

[@urasenseii]

@@JBadge it is the artist because they know it's bots

[@StaringAtAScreen]

Amazing! Good stuff guys. 🔥🔥🔥

[@richardschumacher6014]

Great video, I'll stay tuned in!

[@slopaxo]

Most artist would get taken down for running bots. The record labels just have leverage because artists like Uzi already getting 5 million organic streams so they have more pull w bots

[@kohrey]

Facts

[@Frapucheno]

Exactly that I’m able to not because I have an organic fanbase that makes it harder for AI to catch me do to the fact that I have actual bodies and accounts listening

[@Frapucheno]

Able to bot*

[@TwirlTheWorld813]

Where to get the bot skip all that ! 👀

[@forvibersonly]

Just subscribed fam

[@princeamu]

Lol shit I’ll use bots too. I think it’s unfair for big labels to use it and not get penalized but independent artists getting penalized for it.

[@UziBlancoOfficial]

Unfair as fuk bro

[@Dihmarko]

On KZbin they are doing it to get the song on the trending tab which generates real views, it's pretty obvious when an artist with a brand new KZbin account starts trending out of nowhere.

[@baddworld]

So paying for bots works but they say it doesn’t cause they don’t want YOUUUU to do it

[@binaryaftershock]

basicallly!!

[@rekoba]

Wow we've gotten to a point where we really consider it....

[@baigmusic]

Interesting convo, glad to hear your perspective and views. I see that bots do have a purpose, but you shouldn't solely rely on them. It hurts artists with like 20K-40K followers on da gram but barely get 100 views or likes on a post lol. Helloyassine did a good job exposing 6lack as an industry plant in his video about Billie Eilish..

[@BrandmanNetwork]

I can't listen to all of these industry plant accusations. I watched him go up from ground zero. I met him in person and watched him 2-3 years before he popped. To be clear, I'm in no way friends with him. I don't know him personally. I just instantly became a fan when I saw his live performance in a room of probably 50 people max...Russ also performed at that series which was personally thrown by some guys I went to school with while we were still in school. I haven't watched the video, but in general, I'm fine with people using "Industry Plant" as clickbait, but any time someone is trying to "prove" an artist is an industry plant either (1) They don't understand music marketing (2) They are pandering to consumers/fans because it gets views, similar to the KZbin channels dedicated to "calling out scams" because it get views, not to actually inform - because there's no responsibility to be right if you don't actually work in the industry. It's easy to form a narrative that someone is a plant, because most people don't see an artist's journey and MOST of the industry doesn't want you to see an artist's journey. People forget, the idea of mystique means not telling you everything. Many of these artists journey's were hard and boring. It's more compelling to allow an industry plant narrative than the reality - until they do a full documentary. That's part of why you don't see many artists fight the idea. Artists who actually want to be a professional/successful don't have the luxury of looking at the industry from the perspective of a consumer.

[@baigmusic]

@@BrandmanNetwork Here's the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH2QoIGHjN1nbqM , at 1:17:47 he starts his detailed explanation about 6lack n how he got a huge push from Apple. Yassine doesn't give his own opinion and he mostly quotes industry people from articles. I get your point, its easy to label someone as a plant if you don't see their come up. But Yassine does make some good points about the speed at which he became famous that are hard to deny. And yes, most music consumers are really stupid. They think it's all a reality tv talent show haha

[@thundermaier]

no one should be using bots. It only hurts true art and music in the long term. It is short term gain while sacrificing long term art.

[@ebwmusicproduction]

You have a typo in your description. "Want to marker your music...." Also thanks for the great info.

[@joshuaBrooks.nicholas]

I never would use bots to stream music,and most promoters fake as hell.That’s why I never did business with them they make you look like your music doing numbers,but the real fans going to know it’s fake.

[@apollobreck]

I'm ONLY stripping to pay off my college tuition! MAAN! "I'm only botting till I get a real fanbase"

[@OfficialDay72300]

This is great 🔥

[@crocodiledaz]

Ja is funny as hell lol 'this is great bro' 🤦🏿‍♂️😂

[@Dswade808]

crucial piece of info

[@willclark1841]

It’s getting dirty now marketing companies going to against marketing companies Telling , other companies because they lost the contract to that other company. Hey the music industry is what you make it. Will you market it for Listen to those that have great advice, but in the end, it’s your choice.

[@AcesizOfficial]

Dope

[@sauceboss777]

They be botin me with these fake Dj accounts 😒

[@youngtoussaint]

Keep up the great work Good Brothers! Shout out to my fellow artists ya'll keep grinding as well!

[@phobsdsr4326]

Big up bro 😎🙌

[@phantmphuego]

facts bro!!!!

[@hamzz6824]

15:50 it’s ironic that y’all say fans value authenticity and condemn faking streams but back when meek mill expose drake for having ghost writers people didn’t really care 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@deszi6936]

In my opinion the music industry has always fake and I think people truly don’t care bcuz it comes down to the connection that these artists make with their fans .

[@tomcbeatz]

Talking about bots is informative but it's only half the story. What needs to be discussed is how to find and verify the reliability of bot services that provide more streaming payouts than the cost of the service.

[@BBoldGaming]

Every artist does this bro on major labels. One of the marketers assigned on task is on fiver... 5k gets you millions Zero engagement

[@dedasalmeida9047]

What If you're buying organic reach? With legit views and subscribers/followers count? I mean there are services that artists can use to market their songs to certain target audiences, I don't use bots, I use organic reach. For instance for a song that I use which was "Welcome to clapps", I bought the 2k - 5k views but it went over 6.4k views! Which was mind boggling plus I had 14 more subscribers on KZbin ... They probably aren't "real fans" but at least it's organic not fake

[@mortasayvision]

I love y'alls realness.

[@paulmatweyou6195]

Interesting information, but I couldnt seem to understand what exactly made him go to prison for 2 years...I know it has to do with 4 million dollars, but I didn't understand what made him get into legal trouble regarding that....

[@LeekBITE]

soooo lemme ask this i’ve always wondered…. what would the conversation be if a scam rapper or a trap artist got caught botting they music

[@BrandmanNetwork]

What do you mean by "scam rapper"?

[@LeekBITE]

@@BrandmanNetwork i mean like the Bandman Kevo, Money Man, ShittyBoyz, SelfmadeKash type rappers…

[@TherealSEPT6IX]

@@LeekBITE the artist you named are scam rappers?

[@LeekBITE]

@@TherealSEPT6IX go look up what’s a scam rapper and i’m not jus specifically speaking about the ones i named Im speakin on all of the rappers who talk that type of shit. what would the conversation be if they got caught. BMK & Money Man used to be scammers before the rap shit and they rap about it the other ones rap faithfully about it.

[@LeekBITE]

@@TherealSEPT6IX are they not?

[@jameswhitaker4357]

How do you feel about getting music video numbers up thru ads? Even disregarding watch hours like you’ve mentioned before

[@kohrey]

Hell yea do it. Just make sure the views are from places you actually want to build in

[@TempleOfKnife]

have you ever seen an ad on youtube and thought "I like the person that put this ad in front of my face?"

[@Herewaiting]

@@TempleOfKnife hell yeah a few

[@jameswhitaker4357]

@@TempleOfKnife ofc, but I’ve clicked ads before too. Ur just not my target audience then. Gotta optimize your funnel to get in front of potential people that would fw your campaign. Doesn’t always happen the first ad campaign, especially if ur a new artist trying to find your target demo just like kohrey said. It’s about the quality of that viewer vs the amount, since you want to build customer lifetime value

[@LittleMissSunshine721]

The game is filled with smoke and mirrors. The new bot trend reminds me of payola back in the day. Songs would play a hundred times a day on the radio! 🙃

[@gravediggass]

Ok?

[@Bigchoppa_223]

Drake use bots too

[@EveningShowWithJeremiah]

Y’all just think everybody faking. Different between being bitter and hating

[@Bigchoppa_223]

@@EveningShowWithJeremiah you can’t hate on the truth

[@EveningShowWithJeremiah]

@@Bigchoppa_223 but I can hate on bitter

[@EveningShowWithJeremiah]

@@Bigchoppa_223 hating on drake ain’t gone make you the next one

[@Bigchoppa_223]

@@EveningShowWithJeremiah you just admitted you a hater🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ChillyBeaman]

Hip hop fans desire honesty,

[@BrandmanNetwork]

It's a losing game to give them 100% honesty because everyone perceives honesty differently. This is the entertainment industry. Many of the best movies are described as "realistic", but if they were truly real, they'd be boring. The most an entertainer can do is make the fans FEEL like they're honest. When people think an artist is "real" or "honest' it just means that the artist is conveying an image that the fan "agrees" with. They never ACTUALLY know the truth and it's not an artists job to give a 100% definitive truth.

[@ChillyBeaman]

​@@BrandmanNetwork im with you, its the same as advertising. As long as the image/product/message 'feels' authentic... we soak it up.... In turn we get the current music industry/Social media / Internet... The real ones look fake/corny and the fake ones look 'real' ... There are thousands of 'verified' accounts that scammed their way to the top with fake followers, coaching programs created by people who never achieved wat they are coaching people to achieve.. Marketing is VICIOUS!!!

[@ikonicmediagroup7039]

I feel in this Era all labels and artist will use bots to build up there views for marketing purposes.Its a catch 22 thing crazy but it's really tricky 😳

[@sircartier7]

What would the job title would i look for when applying to these marketing firms? Botfarms seems like a fun rabbit hole combining my passion and formal education into one.

[@drygordspellweaver8761]

The value of a bot is not in automating streams. It’s in getting streams to appear human-like and to actually count and payout. I don’t know what your education is- perhaps computer science- but a cookie cutter piece of software won’t cut it. It takes many years of trial and error to get the insider secrets of an effective bot. It’s not just something you apply for at a ‘marketing firm’ or hop into as a fun side project.

[@SpiritLeadRecordz]

Wait until A.I starts dropping comments and emojis 😂 well never be able to tell. Bots getting smarter lol

[@RP2134]

Running ads is not “fraudulent “ lol name me ONE brand in the world that doesn’t run ads and put money into marketing? I’ll wait…… so it’s frowned upon when you are smaller and trying to build, but it’s cool for Nike to run ads? LMAOO makes noooo sense …hiphop gotta stop that ridiculous narrative

[@BrandmanNetwork]

Seems you greatly misunderstood something. Unless you’re talking about what someone else in the comments said because we never said that

[@Ondeckboy]

They just waste your money, nobody streamed me organically afterwards 💔

[@815TVMG]

Y’all don’t think the labels tryna get a return with the streams?

[@camronstillgess]

Yea it would b like printing money😂 but them streamin services greedy as well so im sure they have shii in place where u cant jus get paid off bots🤷🏽‍♂️

[@quedaking1252]

Cardi B too 😩😩

[@tayprime59]

Wait Even When You Run Ads That’s Fake Views ? Because I Ran a Ad On KZbin Before & Spent 2000 To Have It Run For a Month

[@Sjskdkfkfkfkfkdkkdkdisu]

Even with bots, uzi is still a god

[@theremedy333]

My mentors☔️

[@alanmckee1553]

You Can use me as the bot farm case study

[@cubandvenci]

Hip hop fans always got something to say about everything.

[@Eddie_sto]

Ghost fans

[@5ynkoh]

Bots and add ads to that 🔥🔥🔥 y’all don’t understand if you gonna use bots use a legit company if y’all find one don’t use these fivver ones lol and mix that up with ads 🔥🔥

[@RichOffLawnCare2050]

I run ads I don't know what else to use any suggestions

[@RubenMorenoMusik]

You’re both incorrect about a lot of it. I’m not understanding how you come to this conclusion. I’m an international roots artist … bots are everywhere and annoying us all lol I always have foreign comment because I perform internationally. And over positive comments are common from good people . I also have low stream numbers but I’m booked EVERY weekend. Hope y’all keep creating content … so much more to learn and teach.

[@BrandmanNetwork]

None of what you said makes sense as an argument against what we've said. It seems you have zero understanding for anything we said. The most I can guess is a lack of understanding of the United States domestic climate when it comes to bot. 1. We have worked several international artists. We don't think all non-domestic comments are bots so if that's what you think, it's far off...maybe you don't understand why referenced foreign bots but this is from ACTUAL experience and knowing some of the companies that do their bots in a specific way. 2. What does having low streams and still booking shows have to do with this conversation at all? I know artists who get booked WITHOUT music on streaming platforms...that's also irrelevant to this conversation. If this is the first video you've seen of us, it'd explain a lot. Check out more video or research the artists we've worked with...there's nothing you said that we haven't talked about already and DONE for multiple artists.

[@RubenMorenoMusik]

Please keep in mind that I'm a supporter not a troll Love what y'all are doing ... Your Conversation starts with bots and faking things 1:34 bot comments ,1:49 foreign comments , 2:10 overly optimistic = Fake engagement 4:35 reasons why it's negative to have bots 5:25 get creative ? Where did the boys go ? What's the positive? I comment because I experience it all , and I don't pay for fake views, streams , followers etc 7:30 you bring it back to the bots. Incrementally weaning off the bots ? Conclusion : don't waste money on bots and it could possibly effect your creativeness ? I'm a listener and I'm not the only listener that feels this way . If there's something the listener doesn't understand. Help us understand. This is why you have this channel correct ?? I only comment on what i hear y’all saying and we are all hearing the same thing.

[@deathroseforever]

How yawl think Lil Wayne sold that album? 🧐

[@wildhorsemusic1111]

Random Question.... Do rappers like to work with keyboard players

[@wildhorsemusic1111]

I'm looking to do some cross genre collabating

[@Gluf_BTC]

W vid.

[@FleXxTheFuture]

Not always true I have a huge Brazilian following on tik however use emojis because language barrier. Since your hating I might as well start

[@zee4798]

Bots are the reason the top ten is always rubbish every artist discovered using bots should be permanently banned . And utube creators promoting it should also be banned

[@Tjmont]

Anybody got actual examples of the bots they use?

[@nkrezz_]

I am a bot

[@buzzefx1]

9:44 😂🔥

[@adriandashmusic]

It should be banned 😂😂😂 they been faking views since 2014

[@Dvrklvrdzmuseum555]

No bots

[@614Q]

Never used bots 🤖 at least not initially

[@Mike-jg1im]

I don't do telegram app

[@mattguthrie6807]

What if someone buys bots on other artists accounts to make them look bad 👀 🤣

[@freestyletherapy]

NBA Young Boy...bots!

[@allenkoe1]

Frfr !!! Big time bots

[@svngrhms2611]

Would yall be able to help me go from zero to seven if i gave you equity in the projects?

[@tordy4963]

this is cringe and sad. use bots because looking famous is soo important. Would love to see an artists you work with. Youll be like "well that artist i work with is a bot."

[@BrandmanNetwork]

This comment is 30 minutes old and already hasn't aged well. Research before you say stuff like this.

[@tordy4963]

Saying “something hasn’t aged well”, is implying that an event took place that disproves what’s being said. But of course you couldn’t possibly understand that.

[@LyteTheNomad]

Anybody kno how tah do it I’ma need u 😂😂😂😂

[@timothymcgimpsey2440]

Great stuff. Amazing work! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ (Bot like comment from real artist who has great content on his page)

[@Dvrklvrdzmuseum555]

I think y’all would use bots

[@quedaking1252]

We know why they scrutinize us more. Stop it

[@definitiveus]

rap?! imagine being in dubstep mfers are poor i wish i could piss people off using bots in rap

[@PureCoreTV]

;)

[@ChainHoops]

Industry is stealing content

[@bobgreen2570]

You need bots if you're trying to sell trash music.

[@malcdawgg]

How do I find you guys website? HELP

[@cecilanderson6903]

Question: how would people get paid monthly if distribution companies like tunecore and distrokid only pay quarterly Is there a work around?

[@BobbyWashingtonvlog]

DistroKid pays monthly. Only the very first payment takes 2-3 months but after that first month it’s every month.

[@tkolm08]

THE ROOT WORD OF BLACK IS NEGATIVE....ETYMOLOGY, B- LACK...VOID OF LIGHT OR LACK OF

[@Roses_R_redeR]

Electric music is missing the electronic rebirth of bluegrass Music 🪕🎻🎚🎹🎛 🥀🥀🥀🥀