ReverbNation

I'm a singer/songwriter. ROL G. My lovely YouTube channel is not monetised. I would like to earn a few pennies by offering my songs on Spotify or I-Tunes hence I came across this joke of a company.
In all honesty this diabolical ReverbNation "service" deserves minus 5 stars.
Reverb Nation is a robot controlled time wasting monstrosity.

There is no chance whatsoever of getting any human assistance in response to any question. I guess you get what you pay for.
I thought I'd try them by submitting my profile and one song for distribution via Spotify.
It was pure hell. I must have sent 20 requests for help with one problem after another but never once received a proper response. The only replies they sent were links to nonsense which has nothing to do with any of my questions or any of the specific problems I was having with the various Reverb Nation forms which do not function at all. It was a total and utter waste of my precious time.

To anyone wondering, you're better off using other sites and services to promote your music. I had been on Reverbnation for nearly 9 years. Yes, you read that correct, 9 years. The website did marginal things to help me grow as an artist. The "chart" feature was nice for a pick me up "hey I'm number one" beyond that, it didn't do much to help you. The crowd review was a joke, a bunch of self entitled elitists who couldn't make it to Hypemachine shooting down anything that sounded remotely good or inventive. Yes a free site and I regret every cent I spent on the platform. I could've used it so many other ways to better my music but at least now I know.

They will keep charging your credit card 2-3 times a month, won't send you notices so you'll forget all about it.

I signed up for their SONG PROMOTION service and after 40 weeks got very little results.

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2,910 Ad clicks
1,796 Song plays
3 Other actions

In my opinion, Reverbnation's SONG PROMOTION SERVICE did not deliver good results. Their rebilling practices are in my view, sneaky. They should send you a monthly email giving results and rebill notices.

Why is it that I've been submitting music for at least 2 years to Reverbnation Opportunities and have not received any spots yet? The music I produce is Rap/R&b, most songs mixed & mastered for radio and im not being cocky but I've been told by tons of fans, musicians & promoters that my music is great Quality! So how can good music not get selected after having over 49 submissions? Plus I get the same feedback when not selected, We had to make some hard decisions, Unfortunately you where not selected. For 2 years? GTFOH Reverberation!

Great for musicians just starting out, and they want to at least post their music for free on a website where other musicians can see them and maybe network. Otherwise, the website is almost a scam. You can pour tons of money into the site and never get anywhere. Their "reviews" of your music that you must pay for are a complete waste of time: the reviews are done by mostly teenagers that want their 10 cents for listening to 30 seconds of your songs. Some of the reviews DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE, and are completely off topic (almost looking like a cut and paste job). I'm very disapointed with this site and will be taking my music elsewhere

You should be thankful to have a nice website for your music! Well i love it for what it is, i was able to share on facebook and the widgets looks great! I recommand to love it for its nice spirit!

I tried them out, spent some money and had a media monitoring company follow me for a targeted campaign in my area. Not once in the week long campaign did my add show up on any local adds. Tried a Facebook campaign and their results were horrible. My same campaign produced results. When I asked about royalties I got a polite email saying they don't pay royalties. End result, I deleted my music and account and now I've filed a complaint with Socan. My music and my royalties...

I Do Not Recommend Reverberation:
I'm a very small, Independent artist. I have a very small audience, and my music is meant for sleep, film and much more. And a handful of people actually listen to my music while they sleep! In 2019 I released a new album, that is mainly for sleep. And Reverberation terminated all my releases because apparently playing music on repeat while you sleep is "Fraudulent". I knew people played my music all night while they slept, people have told me they do this. This is stupid, Reverberation screwed me over! Because I have a small loyal audience. And I hardly got any royalties as well. So 1k streams on 11 songs in 8 months with 20 followers is fraudulent?
Small indie artists with small loyal audiences actually exist! I wish they realized this! I do not recommend Reverberation.

I would advise not to pay reverbnation any money for promotion or to improve your ranking etc. This site is mainly used by musicians and its a great plave to hear what the world is doing. Their artist rankings are total fabrication and are used as a means of scamming your money. Look at the the artists ahead of you and more often you will see that their pages are dormant, with no plays or fans, likes etc. they are the people that are paying and there is the answer. No one is listening as their promotion is pure fabrication. On the upside I've met some great artists and worked on some cool collaborations. If you are singer or in a band get yourself a website and spend a little on getting a decent video and putting it on youtube

My account was blocked. I distinctly cancelled a trial version before the trial was to end. I hadn't been back since the trial version was to submit my music to possible gigs and I got nothing. I toured my new "Active Rock" release through independent booking so there is no question my music wasn't good enough. It's currently spinning on over 5,000 radio station and was on FM stations in Kyoto, Nagoya, and Tokyo last year. They. Claimed I violated their rules. I should have searched out booking agents in the first place then I wouldn't have had this happen. I'm resigned from reverbnation at their request. There are to many outlets to use one that takes advantage of their artists. You can hear my critically acclaimed release on youtube by searching for "Terminal Heat" by John Kaye & The Overlords

I got a cheezy email from ReverbNation saying I had "unlocked" their "latest finds". Inside it said they were giving me "personal recommendations based on artists and genres you know and love." I do listen to new music all the time, so I gave each song a short opportunity to demonstrate it's similarity to artists and genres I know and love. All I can say is "ReverbNation you don't know me." None of the songs were appealing to be in the least. Now I am unsubcribing to their email list.

I hope to give musicians some insight into what they might be paying for if they sign up with ReverbNation. Either they only have 5 bands as clients, or they pick which songs to send to whom out of a fishbowl. The only thing I feel now is annoyance.

I'm not even going to mention the money scam they have going in this company! Yes, money is important but lets face it 90% of similar music promotional sites are scamming
Gullible hopefuls out of their money with ZERO chance to succeed! OK, maybe zero is too strong. More like 1 in 100,000? So, maybe better chance playing the Lotto? I did not become a member of ReverbNation but I did check out their conditions by clicking on their accept button, Real horror show! Basically they OWN your personal details + any music you may download! In fact they are the new owners of EVERYTHING once you press that little tiny accept button that VERY few actually look into! Check it out and spread the good word and NEVER allow these mongrels to think they are above reprisals? And they do you know while they dance all the way to the bank.