[NEED ADVICE] Stream Farming: Distributors

[Lucifer_]

I have been stream farming for a while now using a small operation and looking to expand: currently 20 artists, 80 songs. The only issue I am running into is releasing music in the quantities I need: 100 artists, 600 songs in the next 3 months. The genres I release are mostly just musical wallpaper (Ambient, New Age, Meditation, etc) and the distributor I currently use is Level Music. I have tried Distrokid, CD Baby, and Amuse and was dissatisfied with all. Level seems to be the only service that doesn't flag my releases for being "at risk for stream fraud" and actually pays out royalties. The only problem: Each new level account only allows 5 artists so I would have to make 20 accounts costing $400 but this also puts me at risk of being caught by Level because 20 accounts with the same IP and payment info is pretty suspicious.

I also don't understand why my releases are being flagged because there is tons of this kind of music already on Spotify, at the same level of quality as my own. I tried Routenote because they said I could release on unlimited artists in exchange for a cut of profits (Which is a deal I'm willing to take, for now) but also had a terrible experience. My test release of 30 AI-generated songs each 1-2 minutes long: perfectly fine... My New Age release with 6 tracks each 3-4 minutes long: rejected for suspicion. And... once a distributor flags a single release on your account... all other releases are flagged too.

I have heard of people using TuneCore for this method but they only allow one artist per account. Having as many accounts as possible is imperative to success with this method because of how many streams you need to actually turn a profit; and how suspicious 1,000,000 fake streams on a single artist looks. I also know this method is possible (Search: "Pryve" on Spotify, you can see pretty much exactly what I am talking about).

So what other distributors are out there that fit my needs and will allow me to avoid the logistical nightmare of setting up 100 TuneCore accounts and potential risks of having all my eggs in one basket?

 

[dnrdnr]

You release AI music, yet you wonder that sometimes you get rejected?
Thank god distributors and DSPs are rejecting really generic AI noise...

Try to UP the quality a bit, and you shouldn't have problems.

I had the least amount of problems with DistroKid. They're a huge distro, so it's easy to blend in and get unnoticed. LEVEL are super sneaky, they will give you problems, since they sometimes ask for proof of ownership of the payment accounts you use (this can seriously hurt when trying to scale up) I have a lot of money blocked at LEVEL because of similar reasons.

 

[Cl4ssified]

With Level the issue isn't really having the same payment info across accounts, but rather being limited to how many accounts you can link it to. From my experience, I found the link limit is only up to 2 accounts. After that the system would detect and say "the bank account is already linked to another account" and prevent you from linking it to another.

 

[thespotboy]

With Level the issue isn't really having the same payment info across accounts, but rather being limited to how many accounts you can link it to. From my experience, I found the link limit is only up to 2 accounts. After that the system would detect and say "the bank account is already linked to another account" and prevent you from linking it to another.

Have you lined the same accounts for payments in distrokid? I wouldn't do that...

I have been stream farming for a while now using a small operation and looking to expand: currently 20 artists, 80 songs. The only issue I am running into is releasing music in the quantities I need: 100 artists, 600 songs in the next 3 months. The genres I release are mostly just musical wallpaper (Ambient, New Age, Meditation, etc) and the distributor I currently use is Level Music. I have tried Distrokid, CD Baby, and Amuse and was dissatisfied with all. Level seems to be the only service that doesn't flag my releases for being "at risk for stream fraud" and actually pays out royalties. The only problem: Each new level account only allows 5 artists so I would have to make 20 accounts costing $400 but this also puts me at risk of being caught by Level because 20 accounts with the same IP and payment info is pretty suspicious.

I also don't understand why my releases are being flagged because there is tons of this kind of music already on Spotify, at the same level of quality as my own. I tried Routenote because they said I could release on unlimited artists in exchange for a cut of profits (Which is a deal I'm willing to take, for now) but also had a terrible experience. My test release of 30 AI-generated songs each 1-2 minutes long: perfectly fine... My New Age release with 6 tracks each 3-4 minutes long: rejected for suspicion. And... once a distributor flags a single release on your account... all other releases are flagged too.

I have heard of people using TuneCore for this method but they only allow one artist per account. Having as many accounts as possible is imperative to success with this method because of how many streams you need to actually turn a profit; and how suspicious 1,000,000 fake streams on a single artist looks. I also know this method is possible (Search: "Pryve" on Spotify, you can see pretty much exactly what I am talking about).

So what other distributors are out there that fit my needs and will allow me to avoid the logistical nightmare of setting up 100 TuneCore accounts and potential risks of having all my eggs in one basket?

DK + VPN and you are good to go.