Glassnote Records has used MusicXray to accept submissions. When there are “legitimate” submissions platforms that charge musicians to submit to “real” opportunities or for feedback or consideration, such as SubmitHub, Fluence, MusicXray, Sonicbids and ReverbNation, how is a musician supposed to know these other avenues are not legitimate? And for the record, anyone who says that no “legitimate” company would use platforms that charge musicians for submission, I’d urge you to educate yourself a little more. And may result in your accounts being deactivated or blocked. And may be able to actually deliver – withholding the fact that the tactics they are against all companies’ Terms of Service. Others will claim to be able to get you followers, streams, plays, views, Likes, you name it. Or give any indication that this is legitimate other than using a well-known company name (Atlantic Records in this case). The most egregious offenders, as illustrated below, are the ones who don’t provide their name or company email address. How these scams work is, someone usually claiming to be “A&R”, finds musicians online (they used to use Myspace, now it’s ReverbNation and BandCamp and soon, no doubt, Instagram) and sends them an email stating they like their music and want them to submit for consideration.
In this case, a sham Atlantic Records email purporting to be the label itself is taking money from hard-working artists trying to make it. Musician scams, of course, have been going on for as long as I’ve been in music professionally (about 12 years). This scam Atlantic Records email is the latest reason why. 20 I often run into people working in corners of the music industry who just can’t understand why so many musicians’ guards are up so high.
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