Chart Ranks
ReverbNation creates popularity charts for each city and nation worldwide. To ascend the charts, musicians must improve their “Band Equity”. And in order to achieve that, it’s essential to keep getting added followers, more Facebook page likes, extra music plays, more video visits, more Twitter followers, and so on. It appears that there is some kind of key algorithm that takes all these elements into consideration. And if things begin to level off, then your chart position drops back.
A chart rank characteristic provides you with the ability to view charts by region and genre in addition to what’s common worldwide and on the nationwide level. It is a significant tool for assisting us associate with venues, music bands and labels while spreading our music with a significant target audience of music enthusiasts and potential followers.
Get Noticed!
Your very first query would be: what do artists want from a social community? The response is brand new and active audience. Reverb nation is a site to network with different artists and get assistance for your collection.
It actually isn’t challenging to network with other artists. If you are a musician or performer, you likely know a couple of artists already, so with a couple of clicks from the mouse, you can be “networked” with many other artists.
ReverbNation keeps track of followers, and you have a count that displays the amount of plays. Listeners can drop their feedback from their own prospective, allowing you to know how your song is performing.
By using ReverbNation you present yourself the chance to meet completely welcoming musicians that will offer you useful suggestions and drop some terrific feedback. Things like this can present you with a much-needed boost, particularly when you’re just commencing.
Social Media and ReverbNation
Musicians that have good songs generally have a higher play count than follower count. Sadly, the reverse happens to the counts when individuals become followers and don’t play your songs – you can wind up with more fans than music plays! (If you produce a good song, ReverbNation is your best bet to gain visibility).
ReverbNation can link your website with your Myspace, twitter and Facebook accounts, to ensure they all show your updates. All your followers from Facebook or Myspace and all your followers from Twitter become incorporated into your ReverbNation followers.
What's the Verdict on ReverbNation?
ReverbNation 2019 – Conclusion
ReverbNation could have been one of the most effective platforms for musicians aiming to brand themselves. The tools provided show promise. You can create your own Reverb Store, produce and market your tracks (as compact discs, digital downloads and ringtones) and other products like T-shirts. And the best part is that there is absolutely no advance expense for all of these–all products are created and marketed on-demand. However, several shortcomings mean there’s a lot of compromise to be had–chief of which are a broken MP3 player and an annual charge that is heavy on the wallet. Reverbnation shows promise but there are far better options out there.
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Music player doesn’t work for several months now. How can this get fixed. Their is no where on Reverbnation to contact to fix this problem.
Hi Mary,
Try calling (888) 541-0618 or emailing them via [email protected]
Good luck! 🙂
I joined on a monthly basis just to see how it works , boy was I disappointed. My song did great and became #2 singer / songwriter. I purchased a $49.00 promotion package and got nothing. CD BABY was their big site along with Apple Music and I-TUNES. went to the sites mentioned and they never heard of me or my music. I suggest getting your own website and use Face Book for advertising , much better results. Screw REVERBNATION.
ReverbNation & how to skin small musicians
So let me state some facts here about my terrible experience with ReverbNation. Solely to raise awareness about these activities.
1. From the moment I had become a member, ReverbNation urged me to try to promote my music by using their tools and features. Naturally they only highlight the 3 day free trial and hide the small letters and conditions. A lot of companies do this, but still, there are limits to these shady ways of promoting. Let me explain:
2. At first I was cautious about using my credit card, but what the heck. Whats the worst that can happen? Its a LEGAL platform and surely theyll have the decency to ASK ME if I would like to continue with a paying premium plan and clearly mention how much I would be paying. One would think that, right?
3. Well, they dont! After the 3 day trial (I DID NOT GET ANY NOTIFICATIONS about payments) Reverberation started using my credit card details to take 70 DOLLARS EACH WEEK for something I presumably had signed up for. Fortunately I saw this when I received my bill from my MasterCard. Unfortunately, by then, ReverbNation had already taken 450 DOLLARS (!!) of my bank account without my permission or without even giving me the option to continue or cancel, which is usually standard procedure with online payments. Even your laptop asks you if you are sure you want to continue or cancel every time you click on something (I mean, come on!)
4. When I addressed customer support with this misunderstanding, I was expecting some support (hence the name customer support) in this matter and hopefully some refunding, because I didnt even use these so called services I paid for. But no, over 3 times I received a standard reply referring to some small letters in a multi-paged agreement/disclaimer. Sorry, Im lying, I did get a refund offer of 19,95 eur (of 450 dollars) for some reason.
5. Well there you go people. Thats whats wrong in todays society. Soul -and heartless companies that thrive on the backs of hard working people. Providing a dishonest service that highlights the join us! it’s free!, under cover of legal loopholes to ensure they get their money, with or without your permission. I think this is the exact definition of RACKETEERING (which is illegal by the way).
ReverbNation, I hope you enjoy my money the way I would have enjoyed it.
I think the article above and the comment below pretty much covers it.
I have one MAJOR complaint about the site and that is watching “…player initializing..” It drives me
absolutely crazy! To give you an example I run my own Facebook ads..will get 20 “clicks” and see no plays show up on RN..
I’ve tested it myself on my computer, phone, and tablet and get the same. The only thing I can think of is I pay a fee for uploading larger file sizes and they are served different. The band player on FB works great though, but it available only on the computer. I use an OMD so the selling there isn’t of interest, but linking with the social sites does help pick up a fan here and there. I highly recommend the site (other than the annoyance above).
Good overview. Some additional points to consider:
Cons
– Promotions: Paid promotions do not give you metrics. You have no idea how many people saw your ad, or how many clicked. This should be like advertising 101. Not worth paying for any ads on there in my opinion. You won’t even know who you are reaching.
– Crowd Reviews: These were fairly useless to me. The “reviewers” respond with information that is typically pointless to an artist, and have even been known to not listen to your song at all by replying to instrumentals with comments like “I liked the lyrics”. Really? Out of 100 reviewers, I found about 10 that were seemingly legit. They tend to rate many songs just under the magic number of 7.5. My guess is that they create this review statistic to make artists think they have a decent song, and encourage them to get another review. I’ve seen others complain that some of these reviews are automated.
– No Stream Payouts: Probably my biggest gripe is that ReverbNation does not pay for song play. Legitimate plays should be paid, even if that is pennies like other streaming services. (RN does not give back to the artist, but I am glad there are new companies emerging that are going to change this model!)
– Charts don’t mean anything. My band is number 1 locally, regionally, and has routinely been in the top 20 nationally. This has not led to any interest that has correlated to sales, nor has it led to any placements with their “industry contacts”. It is simply a gimmick that keeps you engaged with other artists who unfortunately have no interest in buying your music.
– Opportunities are as likely as winning the lottery. RN lets you submit to industry opportunities, but I think that probably 1 in 10 of these industry investigators will even look at your page, let alone play your music. At least they show you the views under your press kits so you know just how bad it is. In reality, you are competing with thousands of other artists when submitting. How could we expect to be heard? Send your RPK out yourself and market yourself correctly, and you will probably have a much better chance.
Pros
– Nice services for live performances. I like the map to show where an upcoming show is taking place, and the ability to list multiple shows in the future, and even past shows.
– OK price point for a basic website presence, as long as you get it on sale, which they offer routinely. I have never paid more than $10 per month for a presence on RN. This is not bad considering that your own website design and hosting could be a lot more. I like that I can have this presence when promoting myself.
– RPK. The press kit feature is nice for sending your information to sites where you are promoting yourself. They have a nice landing page and player embedded.
– Syncs with other social sites. The auto-sync to FB, Twitter, etc. is a nice feature, and adds those counts to your fan base, but it is misleading the counts as most of the fans on other social sites are simply artists on RN who are already fans.
– Email features to fans. Nice to have the ability to reach out to fans. Downside is that a fan is not required to join your list, so only a fraction of all fans are getting emails. Also, the email editor could be improved, but is OK for basic stuff.
– Charts can be a promotional tool. I know I said that charts are useless, but sometimes legitimate contacts don’t know that. Using the chart position to gain interest into your music can sometimes work.
Bottom line for me is that ReverbNation is just another site to let people know something about you, but any independent artist should understand that they are doing very little to promote you, and you must do the hard work to get your name out there if you want to get paid for your music. If you are serious about making it, consult with a promotion specialist and get a good idea about your strengths and weaknesses, and how you can create a real brand and get your music heard.
Hey,
Thanks for reading, and awesome input! 🙂