Also, it's fun and keeps you up to date with new music.ĭO NOT pay for streams. Start your own playlist, share the artists you love, tag them and let them know! This is a great way to be active in your community. I already figured something like this would happen but now I've confirmed it for myself: Also, I don't believe that the 2 followers actually came from that playlist.

Out of the 300 streams I received from that playlist in the few days I was on it - I received 2 followers and almost no-repeat listeners.

These are passive listeners which you are very unlikely to convert to fans. If you didn't know, this is not particularly good news for the 'Spotify algorithms' that might push you onto editorial playlists if you have a higher engagement for your tune. However, my listener to stream count plummeted and so did my engagement. Suddenly my plays shot up in places like the UK and Germany. They hope to make that back by charging artists for placement. These guys supposedly pay 'tens of thousands' per year in Instagram ads for their playlists. I believe that many of these followers and streams were real. I received a quick and unprofessional e-mail explaining why one such person was asking for money, and that surprisingly, I was added to one such pay-to-play playlist that has 60,000+ followers.

Most did not reply back, however, a few did. I decided at this point that I would simply inform them that this goes against Spotify terms and conditions so unfortunately, I would not be sending them any money to be played at risk of both or either of our accounts being taken down. Even some artist-run playlists with whom I might share some sort of solidarity were asking for payment. I'm disappointed to report that over half of the responses I received were asking for payment in order to be playlisted. After much reading, I thought that it would be a good idea to find all the Spotify playlists that accept submissions and would be a get fit for my music.

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