JJ Rocks Article # 285: Reverbnation Scam Revealed!
Hi! As many of you know I support independent bands and scout for major label executives like the ones in my RN photo section. So I am writing to tell you that Reverbnation finally admitted to me that people who buy their “tools” and use them are the ones that get higher rank on their site. This came after I complained about being knocked off the #1 national position in all genres in the Virgin Islands by someone with much lower stats. Now the only reason that I even care about rank on that site is that I occasionally invite people to my scouting site to be heard and possibly referred to a major label for free. So I want them to get a good impression. But I know that most of you use RN to promote your music and think that your chart position is based on the quality of your music. It’s NOT! Many of you are proud of your chart position. But why? No one is really judging your music on the RN staff nor can your friends rank your tunes there. So the people above you on the charts are there because they buy these so called “tools” from the site and it gives them a higher rank. Here is just part of what Reverbnation sent me back when I told them that someone with much lower stats took over my position on the charts.
"There is no "excuse" for you being knocked out with lower stats because the total number of stats you have has nothing to do with your chart position. If the other artist in question has promoted more efficiently using ReverbNation tools in the last 2 weeks, then they would be ranked above you, no matter the total number. The charts are designed to show the success, again of ONLY using ReverbNation tools, in the last two weeks." - RN employee
So now you know! I am going to pass this along to the over 7000 subscribers to my profile, 56,000 fans, and all the members of my site “The Spotlight Zone”. So I hope you pass it along to all your friends. It’s time to put your foot down and stopped being fooled into thinking your RN rank has ANYTHING to do with your music. I personally don’t need the rank (as you can see on my profile page) so it’s just the principal and me looking out for all my friends that are trying so hard to promote their music. If you have anything to say about this scam on RN to make you think that your music quality equals your rank, please post it on the RN community forum.
Peace, JJ Rocks - major label talent scout and good friend.
www.thespotlightzone.com
Hi! As many of you know I support independent bands and scout for major label executives like the ones in my RN photo section. So I am writing to tell you that Reverbnation finally admitted to me that people who buy their “tools” and use them are the ones that get higher rank on their site. This came after I complained about being knocked off the #1 national position in all genres in the Virgin Islands by someone with much lower stats. Now the only reason that I even care about rank on that site is that I occasionally invite people to my scouting site to be heard and possibly referred to a major label for free. So I want them to get a good impression. But I know that most of you use RN to promote your music and think that your chart position is based on the quality of your music. It’s NOT! Many of you are proud of your chart position. But why? No one is really judging your music on the RN staff nor can your friends rank your tunes there. So the people above you on the charts are there because they buy these so called “tools” from the site and it gives them a higher rank. Here is just part of what Reverbnation sent me back when I told them that someone with much lower stats took over my position on the charts.
"There is no "excuse" for you being knocked out with lower stats because the total number of stats you have has nothing to do with your chart position. If the other artist in question has promoted more efficiently using ReverbNation tools in the last 2 weeks, then they would be ranked above you, no matter the total number. The charts are designed to show the success, again of ONLY using ReverbNation tools, in the last two weeks." - RN employee
So now you know! I am going to pass this along to the over 7000 subscribers to my profile, 56,000 fans, and all the members of my site “The Spotlight Zone”. So I hope you pass it along to all your friends. It’s time to put your foot down and stopped being fooled into thinking your RN rank has ANYTHING to do with your music. I personally don’t need the rank (as you can see on my profile page) so it’s just the principal and me looking out for all my friends that are trying so hard to promote their music. If you have anything to say about this scam on RN to make you think that your music quality equals your rank, please post it on the RN community forum.
Peace, JJ Rocks - major label talent scout and good friend.
www.thespotlightzone.com
