ReverbNationReviews 142

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.

"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.

I have been on Reverbnation for a while now, I love it! I have been reading these reviews from artists whining about not getting recognition, you have to put a lot more work into your career than just upload your songs and expect someone to come knocking at your door, I don't care how good you are! It has to be your life, you must live and breathe it, if you aren't willing to work for success, you are in the wrong business! Reverbnation has done so much for my career, so stop $#*!ing and whining and pretending like you are entitled and roll your sleeves up and get to work! Have a great day!

Johnny Bhive

Waste of money and time. They do not honor their agreements ( because they bury the lies with legal jargon in the T&C) by portraying themselves as a platform for growth. I have a dozen reasons why you shouldn't use this platform. I'm going to spare you the embarrassing details about this bot run service.
Take your music anywhere but here. Better yet, tell others not too. I'm not one for blacklisting, but please don't fall victim to this company. There are definitely ethics violations and fraudulent activities taking place. Bottom line. Don't lie to artists that pay your salary. Good luck having an actual person from the company contact you. Unless it's their lawyer, refuting all your claims. Please go elsewhere! And get your music heard and appreciated by another service. Keep making music!

It may be another platform to promote music, but it almost seems unknown. To those that know about it, they kind of use it. Sure. Reach like minded musicians. However, if you should pay for a crowd review, be ready for biased "unbiased" opinions. We are a metal band, and submitted to metal reviews, and of our 13 songs, only two "made the cut". We accept that. Not everyone likes it. What we don't accept, is all, not some, but all of the negative reviews (scores 1-4) were from people not in our demographic. They are listeners of top 40 music, and their comments had to do with "it not being my style" or "sounds too heavy for my tastes". For people who listen to metal and rock, our average was an 8.5. Hmmm... weird. Reverb nation, waste of money in promotions. Put your money into Facebook bumps, YouTube, or hell, just buy stickers and post em on lamp posts. Then you'll reach the "same target audience"

Been to Number #1 on charts 1 a couple times in Nashville music demographic, it did nothing for advancing me as an artist, writer, network songs or contacts., no emails, no phone calls, other than other artist posting on RN.

I have had some serious play / hit numbers on a couple songs, and made like $4. The one good thing, you are able to post work on Spotify, which is real. Not going away and its easier to say to people... look us up on spotify

You wont make a cent with reverbnation. They make all the money for your page views an streams. The distribution they offer is unfair and they will take all your money from all stores if 1 store happens to receive a bad online promotion, they will blame the store for it... the opportunity are fake, the ranks are fake, its pretty much a fake place for artist to fake around like something goods happening but the truth is reverbnation leeching off us artist art.

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...

Just a thought, but one's experience with Reverbnation is SOLELY based on the intentions and ambitions of the artist. I love playing and writing music so I post songs to get feedback, give feedback, and discover new music. Yes, I understand a lot of the "fans" who clicked didn't like the first 10 seconds and moved on or those moving from artist to artist hoping to get more clicks on their page. I simply post my music for anybody who will genuinely listen to it and appreciate it (which from my experience is a small percentage). However, it makes it that much more gratifying when someone listens to my songs and gives helpful feedback or criticism. If you are utilizing the platform in hopes of a record deal or international super-stardom, then you are likely naive. If you think you have a chance of going to the top, you shouldn't need promoters and advertisements. It should be grassroots and blowing people away with your recordings and gigs... you can't be hostile toward the site for advertising a product that has worked for a portion of the artists on the page (regardless of the percentage) because that's literally what advertising is... It does NOT work for everybody. I've been enjoying the site for a few years now and have never been charged a penny and have made some cool, interesting connections I wouldn't have made otherwise.
-Cheers!

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.

Horrible service taking advantage of and money from musicians. Our 'free trial' wasn't free at all as we began to realize they were charging us monthly. They've taken hundreds of dollars from us for a 'free' service we barely even used. When we wrote in about it they disabled and blocked our account so that we cannot see our billing history or any interactions. Since then they've answered no emails or phone calls from us. AVOID!

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.

Their "opportunities" they send you are a scam. I was offered a recording deal by someone who wouldn't even offer me a contract to look over, wanted me to fly to NYC ALONE and pay for my own hotel and flight, on top of them keeping almost all of the profits and I had to market the album myself in order to make money. On top of that, another "opportunity" they sent me gave my computer malware when I visited the site of the "record company". I reported this via twitter and support ticket, and when I went to check the status I see they blocked my account for "fraud". If you are a serious musician do not do business with them. Use Soundcloud, or Bandcamp. You'll get more listens and better interaction.