My .4 Cents How Often Should Musicians Post Each Week?
Sep 16, 2025
Brian Andrews, a rising country artist and political content creator, discusses his journey in blending activism with his music. He shares insights on authenticity in a digital music landscape and the importance of storytelling. The conversation tackles his experiences writing political songs and managing public backlash. Andrews also sheds light on content strategy, suggesting a balance between quantity and quality for social media posts while emphasizing the need for artists to engage with contemporary issues.
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Platforms Let Others Hijack Artist Pages
- Spotify and other streaming platforms allow anyone to upload or tag music onto another artist's profile, creating major trust and control issues for creators.
- This gap exists because platforms and distributors lack consistent authentication and accessible remediation tools for indie artists.
Label Used Fake Tagging To Steal Streams
- Jesse recounts being given access to major artists' Spotify for Artists while running ads for a label that tagged famous names to harvest streams.
- The label's tactic produced hundreds of thousands of streams before takedown, showing how easy and profitable the scam can be.
Verification Tools Exist But Are Unequal
- Distributors and platforms offer disambiguation and verification tools but they are inconsistently accessible and often require scale or special relationships.
- That creates a two-tiered system where established artists get protections independent ones cannot reach.
