Spotify EXPOSED For STEALING Playlist MONEY From Indie Artists?

[@CurtissKingTV]

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[@K-OzOfficial]

Was yo email...??

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

So you're gate keeping this information for a fee? Goodbye.

[@CurtissKingTV]

@@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 it’s a KZbin and it’s free.

[@lueynorthern]

As an artist who just had a track flagged for "inauthentic streams", with no details, and no recourse... This is infuriating.

[@peepz6890]

@@lueynorthern Spotify is seriously a joke

[@CurtissKingTV]

@@lueynorthern I’m sorry that happened fam. I know a lot of work goes into these releases. Having them play with that work is very unfair

[@Yhoda.PsyTrakked]

i know plenty of autistic people who will play stuff on repeat! this is discrimination and who gets stug? the artists

[@iandaley1695]

Spotify has been targeting me as well. They've flagged so much of my music its crazy. Earlier this month they did it and had the audacity to display $6.99 as what was made from my music, which is pure BS. The plays, streams, and listeners aren't adding up at all. Spotify is the biggest slime scum next to Unioted Masters, who was the 1st to scam me.

[@901Marz]

Where is Luigi when you need him?

[@901Marz]

Oh ish I've never been first comment. I thought it was a fluke. Guess im a real curtiss king follower now.

[@stayy_lokeyy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@LeonaHeart]

No! Not Luigi! Lol!

[@stayy_lokeyy]

in jail lol

[@NOISECOREMafiaTV]

We must find the Luigi within our hearts and minds

[@SoundEngraver]

I pulled my music off all streaming platforms. Staying local on my channel and website.

[@chiaskid]

SMH direct to consumer is the only route for indie artists. These big companies don’t care about the little people, they’re greedy and are just looking for more ways to make more money for them and less for artists. Thanks for keeping us up to date with what’s going on Curtiss. You’re a real one 👍🏽.

[@mockmywords]

Artist need to pull the music off of that shit.

[@IFechiMusic]

That's billions of more money for them. You don't get it? They wish you all do that....

[@pauwalters]

@@IFechiMusic how so??

[@bryson2350]

@@IFechiMusic not true, its billions of more money for them if you keep your content on there since they can train their AI on your content that is barely making money. Your point is not vaild.

[@LeReal]

@@IFechiMusic no it’s not cuz without music they have no platform

[@iluvdissheet]

How about dont use Spotify 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@j8o437nqcr7b]

King Curtiss, The one guy who has the right to say "I told you so" several times over...continuosly. Thanks for the Video Curtiss

[@CurtissKingTV]

@@j8o437nqcr7b 🤣 fam, sometimes I wish I was wrong. Hate to see the direction these companies are heading in.

[@afrobutterfly]

I'm glad you covered this! Monopolies and algorithms always are weaponized against the little people.

[@elijahwhipple8031]

Bro theres a shit ton of old unreleased and leaked Brent Faiyaz tracks on there under a million different names. I saw that and it blew my mind. and Hes LITERALLY independent so thats like taking money straight out his pocket. I wonder why they allow that snake shit.

[@darrellhicks9024]

All the major atl rap niggas leaks are on there the same way. That’s usually fans doing that.

[@CurtissKingTV]

@@elijahwhipple8031 insane

[@donnydarko7624]

This is what I keep trying to tell people. That when you use Spotify to host your music you are complicit in the dilution of value of music as a whole.

[@RobBBeatz]

I really appreciate this bro... lets go....

[@publicenemyb]

the film/netflix analogy is spot on. let the people who want to support you directly do that and everybody else gets it whenever they get it.

[@drastic6424]

“Somebody gonna have to tell the truth- and he just told it”!😳🤦🏽‍♂️🤨😡😂

[@rahbeeuh]

More reasons I'm glad I no longer use Spotify. KZbin Music is not much better but I prefer it. It was convenient for media to turn to digital but it was also somewhat of a mistake¹. ¹mistake in the sense that big corporations took over much of the control of how music is distributed, highlighted, suppressed and circulated. DSPs profit the most while artists and their fans get the shorter end of the stick.

[@Des_Armoni]

Not somewhat but a clear misstep

[@rahbeeuh]

@@Des_Armoni that's a fair point. Technology developed so quickly at that time it's like no one thought to manage the process properly or with more caution. All they saw were dollar signs

[@chasebohl8180]

I’ve been producing since I was 12 and finally feel that I’m in a position to get serious about my craft by taking a leap of faith into becoming a full time artist. With that being said, how do I build a fan base if streaming services are not artist friendly and getting people to check out a website is almost impossible if you’re a newcomer?

[@LeReal]

Pray to God about it first and foremost then focus on KZbin & Bandcamp, that’s a good direct-to-consumer setup (of course this site has its own weird algorithms, it is what it is tho)

[@crnkmnky]

🤔 Find community (online _and_ offline) that affirms what you're doing. I guess this channel counts. You'll probably have to play the social media game. Find a way to make content that is interesting and also resonates with your musical brand. Give the audience a taste/tease of what's available in your mailing list and website.

[@Trentstone121]

​@@crnkmnkyso the opposite of a full time artists? Now he's just in sales.

[@DarthMadV]

Why would they fill their site with low quality music if their goal is to retain listeners? I no longer subscribe to Spotify because its music discovery is horrible.

[@krystiannorthwall6726]

I feel like such an insidious thing having such a friendly name like the "perfect fit content program" is a definite parallel to how government's harm groups of people by using inconspicuously named policies to cover their bad deeds

[@staceydenise5538]

I love the licensing idea!! That’s the model creators should be doing for social media because those platforms are pimping us out over there. I love what you are doing!!!❤ Happy New Year!

[@IFechiMusic]

So I been making short animal videos with my music in the back. Shorts been getting millions of views, so on itunes I can see the Shazam, on Amazon music I got 19k monthly listeners, and on Amazon I get nothing... It doesn't make sense. I been trying to see what is going on.

[@we_rebel]

I can help you with this

[@kaysha]

All platforms always end up criminal

[@rawproof]

Have you guys watched the documentary How Music Got Free? It was eye opening, explaining how this was a ten year plan to weaponize file sharing and return the power back to the Industry.

[@Yhoda.PsyTrakked]

we artists got to encourage their fans to switch to apple instead! i swapped to apple now that im signed and learned the prices were 3x higher on apple and they dont hold back on these "so called fake streams" spotify use as an excuse not to cough up

[@jonathanparham]

yeah Ted Gioia (phonetically sounds like Ja Joy A) is deep. He's Stamford, Oxford trained. Jazz musician and historian. Whenever he speaks; I listen. He called out Spotify and Netflix more than ten years ago questioning their profitability models as well as thier help to artists

[@jaspryker]

Thanks for this video. I learned so much about things I was unaware of.

[@TreyWaylifeboy91]

Really they not getting pay on Spotify

[@ndumisosiyandandlovu1567]

Thanks for coming back King.

[@garnetroselive]

all these music apps /sites are doing this !!! anything to keep us down :(

[@afrobutterfly]

The house ALWAYS wins. 🎲

[@IamJayTetsuo]

Protect Liz Pelly at all costs

[@bryson2350]

Even if you buy it and read it, what is it going to change? Nothing!

[@IamJayTetsuo]

@ in the words of the lord oh ye have little faith… if you don’t have the courage to build your own ecosystem then stick to the system that you’re used to simple

[@Algorythm-C]

More streams than Michael Jackson is wild. Johan Rohr needs to be stopped asap....

[@rahbeeuh]

A stripet takes music back to the early iPod/MP3 days (iykyk) 😅

[@kymorasimone]

This is wild😩… thanks for the info King🦋🙌🏾🦋

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

The whole world was built around stealing money from artists.

[@MrARhodes]

Around 8:46, 'im started to think "Ahhh... Elevator Music"" 🤦🏾‍♂🤷🏾‍♂😒

[@nhinged]

Kendricks you make music to "pacify" hits harder now

[@sosa5302]

how... he's literally the face of Spotify rn and drake is trying to expose them that's an oxymoron homie

[@Kueen]

Fraction of a penny..fraction of a song‼️ 💎💎

[@TiffanyRayneOfficial]

Unfortunately, this is nothing new. These types of practices have been done since the dawn of time. The platforms just change. I just hope people don't start thinking Drake is their hero when it comes to this tho🤐🤭.

[@gwendolynrollins5885]

Like he said," we will rig it so good you will never have to vote again "

[@MicLeo-ck1vf]

@@gwendolynrollins5885 rent free in your head.

[@veronicabrandon9442]

Hi Curtis I just have a question and excuse my ignorance it there is already one. Could independent artist come together and create a streaming service specifically for independent artists music? I would subscribe and use a service like this.

[@YouAreDreamingRightNow]

of course we can but of course the first obstacle is money. it takes ALOT of servers to run a streaming site. u gotta have somewhere to house the servers, keep them cool as well. it CAN be done but it will take solidarity.

[@veronicabrandon9442]

@ thank you for explaining this it’s alot I don’t know. I really hope solidarity can happen and the money comes through

[@YouAreDreamingRightNow]

@@veronicabrandon9442 i also forgot that now we have the option of buying cloud storage services from someone like amazon, which is less expensive

[@5kVintage]

I use Spotify bc I have no ads but as a platform to post my personal tracks on 😂 hell no I noticed something was off when I seen only huge artist on there they don’t really advertise the small artist u can have a million streams in 1 month and u still won’t get the circulation or hype u deserve it’s a pay to win thing if u have no brand prior to going in you’ll have so much trouble I swear

[@jayc9184]

Yeah, Spotify didn't want to cancel my subscription, they thought they could charge me for 6 months after I cancelled.

[@thejukebox_za]

Compliments of the season big dawg!

[@FleXxTheFuture]

My account is definitely sus my distro kid pays more for songs that have fewer plays or half the amount for songs with twice the amount of engagement. How do I get compensation???

[@SziontificMystic]

Curtiss was that guy before the bohemian owl hated the system! never forget

[@editszonee8682]

Where can I get the book pdf I don’t got the money to pay for it😢

[@YvngB33fP4tty]

How do i get on organic playlists

[@thederrickmuhammadshow]

Thank you for this video

[@kjsdottor]

I'm going to back off of using Spotify... too shady for words.

[@veronicabrandon9442]

Wow great information.

[@Marcustrh]

Curtis you should reach out to LDre see if hes noticed this since he is a LoFi Artist

[@boywithoutaparachute]

😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲 YO OH MY GOD I THINK-I THINK IVE SEEN THEM DO IT. I was listrning to a playlist one day. It was onr of those "just for me" playlist and i heard a song by David Draiman from Disturbed. It was the song he did for the Queen of the Damn soundtrack (like 20 years ago). Anyway the song was listed on Spotify with another title by another artist with totally different album thumbnail. Is that what is going here😲😲😲😲😲

[@LeReal]

The fact that their payout is in DECIMALS was enough proof to show me they steal our money tbh

[@anthonytaccona5169]

They’re perniciously abusing artists

[@Cloudlifemusic517]

This is why I stop making music 9 years ago I'm just over it

[@aloneispeace]

Artist should, at the very least, demand every streaming service allow the purchase and download of songs/albums

[@jamesmarie]

NOICE beat @20:00 whats the name of it.

[@sosa5302]

drake literally told y'all they're moving shakey

[@isajoha9962]

When AI will be able to create new genres, then I guess virtual artists will be promoted as real artists.

[@mbeckles7139]

It’s such programming/ mind control.

[@ThePowerScript]

Sounds like they are adding royalty free music.

[@michellabalette9012]

Does anybody have experience with The Orchard Music out of New York? They stole my band's income from album sales in digital form... Streaming etc... I am thankfull for any hints or help...

[@UpTopFette]

Wow here we go again

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

This is exactly why I don't use Spotify and never ever will.

[@sportcoatjoditv7148]

I would never listen to or sub to Spotify !!!

[@terryhigson434]

Boiled down, everything going on...ITS COMMMMUUUNNNNNIIIISSSSSSSMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@bayareahustles]

Woah! This company is silly.

[@JeTseTJaMiZon]

👍🏿 bRing back C.D.'$

[@drop830]

This kind if thing was bound to happen, and will keep happening, because the industry has a long long history of cheating the artist and the fans. In any way they can. They are greedy. Its almost expected at this point.

[@winstonsmith6204]

Look up *Bladverk Band* I wanted to see them because i like them. Can't find much information on them. Ghost AI band? Maybe 🤔

[@greghampton5214]

So the true artist get screwed again more or less... I think we need to get unionized !

[@Darryl_xtx]

Drakarian is wild 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@daniel-1998]

Great content but hard to focus on what you are saying as the background music is so loud. Don’t need the music

[@synthoelectro]

that's fraud.

[@SuperUltimateAK]

oh SPOTI-LIE get them DRIZZY DRAKE

[@riffmondo9733]

Who did not see this coming?

[@Blacktaff]

About to cancel spotify subscription.

[@Djbiginf]

Makes sense to a T!!!!!

[@ProfessionalRoomies]

😮

[@Rocknsoulmusic]

111 29 smells like money laundering😂😂😂

[@terryhigson434]

IT BAFFLES ME why any of you are surprised xD

[@queenirmamay]

Let me clutch the preals the ones I don't have Jamacian Heritage I can't yes I am laughing grow up we told you. If you don't hear you must feel

[@ideedit]

If I'm an artist that you might be interested in, I would encourage everyone to go to KZbin or other streaming services besides Spotify to listen to my music!

[@sosa5302]

you literally diss drake when he said all this but now you make this video 😭😭😭 come on homie

[@robertbroadwayauthentic]

Music is just shit now.

[@otnemra5748]

Word to the lefsetz letter, stop complaining & sell merch & tour. Most of yall aren’t talented enough to garner money from streaming anyways. Rule changes would do nothing for you. Most yall don’t have hits.

[@NoDaysOff-oz2zl]

Daniel Ek is a scammer

[@maps_x]

This is ridiculous, instead of avoiding the labels by supporting independent artists they are gonna scam them. Great

[@sandradee8093-1]

Copy this video, I think its going to be taken down, I wish I could😮😮😮😮😮