ReverbNation

I'm DJ transaction. Currently ranked #1 on reverbnation Brooklyn electronic music charts. I had a free account with them for like 8 years. I never had to pay my way to the top. I made top ten multiple times and got song plays without trying. I don't think this site is as bad as the reviews below say because I really didn't have to pay my way to the top and I got some opportunities here as well. I'm not paid to say any of this stuff. I perfer SoundCloud anyway but it's a nice site.

I've been paying my $9 a month for over a year or so and I submit to a lot of presented opportunities.
I've been given a contract for endless, free use of audio/video studio at Full Sail University in Orlando and got invited to host and perform at Daytonapalooza. I only posted music, bio, and press, gained 150+ fans and I'm not on Facebook or Twitter. I'm not fully aware of what the charts mean, but I've recently had a song be #1local, #2 regionally, #95 nationally and #113 globally, and a different song being listened to by a committee of some sort. I too had a 10 review. Half great, half bad, which is fine by me, cause ya gotta believe or don't bother.
Honestly, a large percentage of the music I hear isn't very good, but there has been a few wonderful artists I've run into.
Music will always be subjective, like clothes and food. ReverbNation, like all contests you PAY to enter will probably not make your career.
The jury's still out, but so far, so good.

Pay $9.95 a month for a couple of years now, never really received any from them, just notices to submit to major record label. I link my website, facebook, twitter, and CD Baby, what reverbnation gives you a place you can put a couple of your songs from your CD on it, a place for people to hear the whole song, and if they want to buy it they can, recomend you put your CD on tunecore, or CD baby, then connect it to reverbnation, put a couple of songs on it, and a couple of videos from youtube, also connect your website to it, the bad thing is there's so many people on it, all the offer they give you, can be taken up, fast, and your left out in the cold, i stopped expecting anything from them, just use them for what i can, what i do is when i get an offer from a major record lable, i use it for my benefit, and link it to my facebook, and twitter

I purchased an mp3 album from reverbnation site and never got working download link. However my credit card was of course instantly charged. When I contacted their support with complaint they told me I should contact Audiolife instead since it is them who run their store. So I contacted Audiolife which at first pretended they will solve my problem but then nothing happened. After waiting a month I sent them (Audiolife) another urgency email but the only result was they deleted the store page as well as my tickets and never answered me again. Needless to say I got no refund. It was little money of course so not worth further trouble for me, but I will surely never buy anything ever from audiolife (or reverbnation) again. They seem to be basically the same company.

I am a band a manager and concert organizer that i search for bands to play in concerts i create, one artist turned out to be 100% fraudulent i did my home work and before i hired him found not one claim was factual. My emails and voice mail are ignored. By the company all i get is you are in status cue 2 as on hold for sometime then leave a message and will call you back, not one of my say 5 calls returned nor answered, i think it a at home company with a husband and wife team. I was nearly taken by the "artist" his claims were just way too much to believe and my hunches proved right, be careful..

This site is nothing more than a bait and switch holding out free submission opportunities and then requiring sign up to paid services. Sure it's a free trial period but they should offer it without requiring credit card information. If it's really a valuable service you'll subscribe and pay. All this does is give the impression that they're afraid you won't feel it's worth the money and they probably make a decent amount just from people who forget to cancel.

3 months in a row, REVERBNATION a. K. a. E MINOR, INC. have pulled $20 from my bank account. The first time they did it, I wrote them and told them to stop - that I did not want nor expect to pay for their 'promotional service'. They responded saying it would be taken care of. That was 2 months ago. Charge #3 showed up on my account today. Sadly, Paypal is in on this scam as well. I am prepared to close my bank account if necessary.

Watch out for reverbnation automatically taking money from your bank account... without notice... and the basic plan went up 20.00 more than last year... they gave me no notice of the upcoming renewal plan and that it had risen from last years price... I don't like the idea of them just getting into your account and renewing you... Of course it's all in the fine print that no one reads... I found out by accident and was pissed off... now I can cancel next years but I only missed by 3 days and of course there's no refund for this year... as far as I'm concerned they can stick it...

"Congratulations! Your music has been selected for (insert latest scam). For only $19.99, you will be CONSIDERED for blah blah blah". Please folks, don't do it. While I still have an account, I have not ONCE submitted to one of these scams, but I know some folks who have. I am constantly bombarded with this garbage. While it may be an ok site for exposure (and I mean just maybe, ok), they are only looking to bleed any penny away from every unsuspecting artist that they can. Steer clear, and gain exposure the old fashioned way. These guys are vultures with THEIR best interest in mind.

ReverbNation was charging us for a service for several years and we did not receive a single invoice or email. We discovered this and they are not refunding us the hundreds of dollars we put out and they have blocked us from our own account; denying us access to the billing history. This is a serious violation. They won't respond to emails. Be very wary of this "service". If you look at web reviews you'll see this has happened to many people.

I signed up with them for my album to be distributed. I paid them like $50. But it turned out they like to be paid for the Same Distribution Job Over and Over every year. They didn't tell me that and than Deleted My Album. They Play favorites with their Publishing Deals which are Music for Films, Video Games and more. I even bought almost 6 months of their Gigs Service. But I later found out they have Millions of Musicians. So only a few people get those opportunities... It is a Scam... horrible. I wasted like 8 years with them. And I am still an unknown artist..

Artists beware! ReverbNation uses deceptive wording and sneaky tactics to dupe musicians out of money. I signed up for a 30-day free trial to promote my page and was charged $35 after 3 days. When I tried to dispute the charge I was informed that I had signed up for two separate free trials, one for 3 days and one for 30. Mind you I only ever clicked on one thing and only went through the sign up process once. I was very upset and when I expressed my grievances I was simply informed that it was my own fault. ReverbNation refused to apologize or remedy the situation in any way. I am disgusted with this company and do not recommend it to anyone.