Reverbnation Missing Rank

chart rank hyphen - reverbnation?

A while ago Audio Life that manages the  sales of reverbnation artists stopped accepting my Visa Debit Card and insisted that they have never accepted them and have only accepted Credit Cards
I have TWO invoices that Dispute that, but apparently no one cares because im wrong : /

To rub salt in the wound i woke today to find i am no longer within ANY chart

I Was Number 1 Liverpool
I Was Number 1 UK
I Was Number 1 Globally

My chart listing is now just a  - Sign/Symbol

(now if i hadn't noticed this i would of NOT been notified!!!!!!!!!)

i asked on their support forum and my post was closed and i received an email stating this

Thanks for the email. It appears that your account has been flagged by our system due to song plays or fan growth that it has deemed ‘suspicious’ (may have been created in an automated way or through a paid 3rd party site). Your account will not appear on any ReverbNation charts for 31 days following the most recent ‘suspicious’ activity. Stats found to be fraudulent may be removed during this time. Please note this suspension period from the charts does not hamper your daily use of ReverbNation or your ability to access and promote your music/content. Your account will return to the charts automatically without any action on your part should no violations regarding the terms and conditions of ReverbNation turn up. If you feel that this was done in error, please complete the appeals form via the link pasted below so that your appeal may be considered. If your appeal is accepted, your account will return to the charts sometime before the 31 days is up.

***PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT CUSTOMER SUPPORT ABOUT THE STATUS OF YOUR APPEAL, AS THAT IS A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT. FOLLOWING UP WITH CUSTOMER SUPPORT AUTOMATICALLY NULLIFIES YOUR APPEAL, AND YOU MUST WAIT THE FULL 31 DAYS.***

Appeals form can be found here:

Firstly i never sent an Email..
Secondly i can't afford 3rd party services
Third... did they not realize that reaching number ONE in the world would Increase Traffic
(ive been featured on other blogs, ive promoted with a Music Give Away)
thats besides the fact my music is prity dam good considering my equipment....

Now.... if i am to understand this right, i need to STOP promoting my music, i need to DISABLE my widget, because clearly my .NET tutorial made my blog to popular and in turn my widget received to many song plays...

I need to beg all these RAP STARS to STOP ADDING ME TO THEIR FANS LIST
And although i WAS number 1 in the world i need to STOP getting fans...

I have roughly 6530 twitter followers
Scammers have 50,000+

I have roughly 1240 FB Page Likes
Scammers have 50,000+

I have roughly 29,000 YouTube Subscribers
Scammers have 400,000+

I have roughly 6000 mySpace Followers
Scammers have 50,000+

My stats are stable


So a lesson here i am seeing is if an artist stuck at number 2 has some funding
RATHER THAN RISK HIS OWN ACCOUNT
all's THEY have to do is spend a few dollars to buy you some fans on a site and BANG
their number 1... and your gone...

Interesting and clearly ANOTHER NAIL into my dealings with reverb nation

I have a meeting friday to talk about funding and possibly going self employed

being number ONE in my Home Town would of helped
being number ONE in my Home Country would of helped
being number ONE in the Whole World would of REALLY HELPED

and being their with BASIC STATS would of also been honest

but i have just learn't today that ANYONE can get you thrown out the charts for a mere $2.99 a month
(that's about £1.52 a month to keep your rivals at bay) by simply backing their rivals account instead of their own account

doesn't this also mean i can no longer work on my own blog because MY pc is accessing the blogs widget?

see when people start googling  "Reverbnation Missing Rank" or "Rank Now A Hyphen"
that will affect my reverb stats while you guys are reading this   to which WTF is the correct way to get publicity and stats besides by helping OTHERS,  rather than paying for fake ones    : /



JANUARY 2013

FEBRUARY 2013

Begs the question, if im number 1 in the world.. and actually miles ahead of anyone else
why ide actually need more fans.... to which this is how it looks now that i am essentially Invisible

To Which... MARCH 2013...

Older Stats

Here is a random reason why stats get elevated all on their own...

When you watch "most" of my music videos, you'll notice im normaly Featured in YELLOW at the top with TWO of my other  music videos...
using google spider to enhance your Coverage is bog standard marketing....
I don't pay anyone to get featured...


IMPORTANT UPDATED INFO ABOUT PROBLEMS ON REVERBNATION

HERE:
Reverb Stat System Failure

Reverbnation Missing Rank

How To Get Access To Multimedia Resources For Free

How To Get Access To Multimedia Resources For Free?

If your a singer or a band you need Photos, you need a Music Video, you need a graphics wizz to put an album cover together.  Normally this would cost a fair bit of money & as you no thats not easy unless your already earning money.  So how can you get Promotional Photos done for free or a music video made or even free album covers?

Let alone maybe find a writer who can enhance your work, or even another singer....

There is a lot of websites that allow people to offer their skills & the majority of them charge a fee, then you also have to pay the person as well.

have you ever gone to http://www.skillpages.com  ??
Im unemployed my self & its a website recommended by the likes of Ingeus and Reed.

Imagine a photographer, hes looking for work, hes got a CV, but not much practical experience is listed on it, and what about his portfolio, remember that's a collection of totally RANDOM photos.

A lot of people on skill pages are willing to work for FREE, just for the experience and some collaboration work.  I signed up and ticked the right boxes for me & had a few offers, 1 of which was a guy looking for 24 composers... I thought this is going to sound prity unique with 24 composers doing 24 tracks, this was also a paid opportunity (an option to sell my music, or maintain rights to it & if it took off i would own partial (c) oddly it turned out to be a musical) so you never really no what opportunity's will come your way.

The way it works is you can sit their looking for people your self, or you can post an opportunity & people who have ticked the right boxes will be notified about the opertunity.
The only thing you need to do is find someone close enough so no real travel costs are incurred & they gets their shots for a portfolio & you get yours for your promoting or for use on an album cover.

Remember theirs an incentive for them, after all unless you pay them, then they own the photos (so an agreement to see them and delete what you want before they leave would be advised) as when you make it big... thier sitting on some rare original photos that they own (rather them not be embarrassing shots lmao)

Video editing's the same deal, even graphic designers (once you have photos) can easily put an album cover work together (Album ArtWork By... and hes now got an album cover design to add to his c.v) that's something he can print & box and show as an example of his work.

The concept of this is who ever you work with, you are both vital to each others careers & futures, neither of you is the lesser or the better, you are from 2 walks of life, with 2 interests that come together in the form of multimedia promotion & Genuine Experience that you can show.

If your getting a gig filmed, the "Location" you use may even pay travel if the video guy plugs the location in some way within the music video (again its how far you in go in the media industry that reflects on what they did & it's worth in the future if you make it big)

or what if they make it big.. suddenly their you are (this guys earlier works before he was famous)  which = unexpected publicity & free promotion.

The rule here is CREDIT where CREDIT is due...

Take the music video idea, here is ONE totally crazy scenario... let the lad film it & edit it, you could even let him put it on "his" youtube and you Link it to your own playlist and profile. that way any add revenue from google adsence goes to him for making it  (this also gives "the maker" an incentive to get people to watch it) so their going to promote it anyway they can to get traffic to it. that's one way to make it a "Paid Opportunity, yet cost you nothing" and applicants require a youtube channel with an adsence account :)

suddenly this video editor is considering becoming a promoter.. which is a good idea really if he can make videos & work with you, then hes got an eye for promotion.. not just a snarling fool on the phone arguing with printers, but actually their overseeing it & changing it after each print (because hes got the hands on skills) not just a suit, a mouth and a phone hes never off lol

As a composer & a song writer im prity good, as a vocalist i am not that good and it takes me a lot of layering to achieve the right sound. When i have enough songs i like together i will be looking at certain people on reverbnation to perform them, but i will also be looking on skill pages (so i can layer certain sections with a number of vocalists who are mostly unheard & amazing talent waiting to be spotted)

Another rule here is your talent & your skills are two separate entity's & trading has been around since the dawn of time. trade a skill for a talent or vice versa.

People are out their looking for something to work on, people are out their looking for help on something they are working on... Look at all the video bans on youtube due to people using (c) music

why not sell tracks with the ability to earn off them & allow people to use it & again google adsence can claim revenue from adds on the videos that hold your music. "Sentric" offer that service of collecting royalties & a few other companies do to (just watch what you agrea to with online contracts) and warn people to only use "your music" because 2 (c) claims in 1 video normally gets a video blocked over the advert dispute.

STOP looking for that record deal...
do you want a studio taking a cut?
do you want the manager taking a cut?
then the tax man taking a cut?

these so called Commercial Overheads of advertising and publicity can all be done by you
(read my boosting reverb song plays and youtube views blog posts)
you can cut out a lot of the middle men and slowly build your own infrastructure online (which you basically own)

when a label comes looking... your less work than they thought you'd be, even though they approached you anyway.. having an online fan base already built up on the backbone of working with others means your already networked to, so finding support bands for gigs would also be easier to.
internet stats are all well & good, but its Design and Graphics that catches the eye.... Not everyone has their speakers on when surfing...

Hows this for Random thinking?
 Opportunity's were you never even meet each other in person? lol
Some kid might design you a forum and a website....  if you do the music for his
"Web Design Promo Video" which he gets someone else to make for plugging his work by also making a site for them or even just setting up a blog or FB page because you can't  lol

for him its a 10 min job to build a forum with custom graphics or set up a blog.....
for you its a ten min job to put a piece of music together for a promo video...
now switch roles for a moment.....

hes out their.. shes out their... your out their..

has your band got any really good photos?
have you got any music or movie based photos in your portfolio?
do you want to be in a youtube video series that someones making?
do you want to make a movie but need actors and composers & writers?  <----- i love that one

the Yellow Pages offers a lot of skills for a fee...
skillpages offers a lot of skills & TALENT for FREE

even people only looking for "Paid" opportunity may dive on your idea if you approach them directly with a message & they really like the idea

Skillpages is currently one of the lost treasures of the Internet that no one seams to no about...

Here is how my Photography page looks their
http://www.skillpages.com/s/CAvT4yIx/EeKLZdx2T6LWyg2

My composer skill page
http://www.skillpages.com/s/L1m4hyIxEeK/LZdx2T6LWyg2

My Video editing skill page
http://www.skillpages.com/s/VDfz4y/IxEeKLZdx2T6LWyg2

you can list up to 5 skills in total on one account & you can upload files
you can also send files back & forth within pm messages, so you can work on the site without having to even share contact details until you've heard them or what ever :)

Ignore these "we will promote you"  you can promote your self best with the right pictures & artwork, you can find writers and what ever you need.....

How To Boost Increase Video Views On YouTube Morally

How To Boost & Increase Video Views
  & Subscribers On YouTube?

Plugging your own (c) work on YouTube needs you to step outside the box for 5 mins to do something Alternative  ;)

Having a blog helps get stuff moved up the search chain, because right away, anything you post on the blog (is google orientated) as is youtube, ber in mind youtube uses google to search, so right away, 2 postings of the same file is 2 lines on that google spidy web
also your blog allows people to find subjects you talk about on google really easy if its a fairly unique subject

A lot avoid blogs because their stereo typical  
(today i ate korn flakes and washed my hair)  LOL

But blogs don't have to be about that!!!

Yahoo Answers for example, if you see a question their that's right up your field of expertise...
you can make a lil tutorial on the blog, then copy & paste that to yahoo answers & link the actual blog post as the "Information Source"
Now your blog is linked to yahoo in a Zero spam nature... link to the blog POST
(don't link just to the actual blog as the post will lower down the page the more you build the blog)

try to add a Question based statement in your blog posts
 (pc's are thick and they do what we tell them)

IE, someone googles  "How do i back up my iPhone"
WONT show your blog up at the top if your blog says...
"here is how to back up an iPhone"
you can have that text in their, but you need the question to,
which you can slam as
 "many of my mates ask me how can i back up my iPhone"

Its a world fulla dumb people out their who ask a stack of questions every day via google
(the likes of back up software sellers will apear above you unless you have key words)

Hell... you can make a video tutorial, upload it to youtube
(but leave it Unlisted if you want)
so it doesn't change the nature of your channel to your youtube viewers...
yet their it is Embedded in a blog post,
boosting your minuets watched & gaining possible subscribers outside ya usual audience :D
(remember embedded videos often don't count actual View numbers, only minuets watched, there is information about Embedding videos and the problems it can lead to here)

BLA BLA JUST SUBSCRIBED TO YOU....
his mates may go check out your stuff
(that's LISTED  and totally irrelevant to what their mate just subscribed to you for)

All the time your building links from 1 place to another forming your own little google spider & also helping the odd idiot get by to LOL

Think im wrong?....   ask your self... This question....
how many times have you looked for something on google and landed on blogspot page?

more views your channel has the more you stand out,
but to get views your content either has to be EPIC, or Informative

Putting time into other things you no is what promotion is all about,  you are more than just what you do on YouTube & the world is FULL of people looking for help, doing a good deed can get you web traffic

Hope them ideas help your own stuff climb up the googly spider :)
(you just boosted my stats while reading this, so thank you)

You help the world go around and you get free kick backs from it
Your own knowledge is your own way to promote your "Skills" and your "Talents"
By simply helping others....


theres a couple of adverts at the bottom of the blog for boosting stats on social networks
1 is called "vagex" which is a system used to boost youtube, likes, subs, views & comments
and one is "addmefast" which does all the youtube stuff as well as twitter & fb page likes
their both free to use (but you can also buy points to)
Basically what i do is log on to addmefast each day & watch 10 vids for 30 seconds each (i get 9 points per video)
and the 100 daily bonus points for the 10 views, but you can watch as many as u want
then i use them credits on the site and input a video link and allocate how many points per like (bearing in mind to get a like, you also get the video view) so i can get at least 20 video views & likes a day, or 20 subscribers
for vagex i only use that if im leaving the pc on over night rendering a video or downloading a movie, vagex logs into a bs youtube account i made and it gets 1 point for viewing, 1 for like, 1 for sub and 1 for comment (comments are automated, hence using it on a bs account) and again the points can be allocated to send traffic to the site
I figure if the pc is on doing one job, it can do that in the back ground to lol
this stuff is basically what them companies do that offer to promote you for a fee & it may seam a little immoral, but remember your part of the media industry & its all about hype & statistics. adderdemon.com can also be used to boost your myspace friends list to, you just log into myspace, copy the user id, add it to adderdemon & then click add friends, it opens 5 myspace popups (requests) once they load you close em and click add freinds again, you can add about 30 to 50 people a day.. again more stat building.
ber in mind nothing ive said or advised here to you will actually cost you anything (besides your time, or one of your groopies time) lol
 
It is sad that in todays world its all about stats (just to rise high enough to be seen & heard)
but information truly is power lol

***UPDATE***
As of February 2013, Unlisted videos no longer count towards video views on your channel
(views before then will be visible on the channel total count, but not views afterwards unless you make the video public)

If your a Musician, check out the Boosting Reverbnation Song Plays
Tutorial here,  its EASY, FREE & IT WORKS
http://thewraith517.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/how-to-increase-boost-song-plays-on.html


IMPORTANT UPDATED INFO ABOUT PROBLEMS ON REVERBNATION

HERE:
Reverbnation Missing Rank

Reverb Stat System Failure

Reverbnation Screwed Me Again