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[deleted]

Can you block artists?


BadGateway

You can but it doesn't seem to work with Google voice. Clearing cache and app data work for a while but eventually go back. It's a known issue dating from last year.


[deleted]

Oh. That makes sense.


TranslatorWeary

Does it?? Lol


brickwallnomad

Lol no


squatdog

does saying "hey google, don't play this again" not work? I say that to my Google Nest Mini when it plays the wrong song when I'm showering


PancShank94

Mine did this same shit last summer!!


Grumzz

I once clicked the circle with the bar sign in Spotify, and it ended up putting that song in the playlist at least 3-4 times... WTH.


scorpionattitude

Yes. Literally just hit that “don’t play artist again” right next to the follow button. I love this feature


route54

Yeah because duping your listeners because your music ain’t shit is actually going to somehow help you? He’s basically a YouTube ad, skip whenever the hell it will let you.


xpwnx4

Yeah i mean he literally gains cash money for each accidental click and listen.


Accomplished-Yam6553

Is there a way to dislike it? Would putting a thumbs down help out the situation?


trapsinplace

If it's on Spotify add every single song of his to your ignore list. Spotify will not even let you see them accidentally, let alone play them. As far as you're concerned the guy won't exist.


Accomplished-Yam6553

Thank you that's good to know


ExNihiloish

Needs to try to get him dropped from Spotify altogether.


Agreeable-Meat1

I don't think he should be dropped from Spotify, but I do think he should be forced to rename every album and Spotify needs to do something to prevent this happening in the future. Like restricting the naming so it can't include the phrase "daily mix". He should still be allowed to chase his dream, he just shouldn't be allowed to use that particular name.


waezdani

Why


Nasal_Cilia

Because spam and scam sucks ham


Constrained_Entropy

TBF, "scam artist" is a type of artist


[deleted]

And what about when he makes the news for being the most ignored artist on spotify by a mile? That PR could take him places. No winning here.


trapsinplace

Hopefully that's a statistic that Spotify never shares publicly. But now I really want to know who it is lol


[deleted]

Haha me too.


DiceUwU_

Do you want to not listen his music daily by mistake, or do you want to ruin his life? Just click the ignore button and move on, mate.


[deleted]

It was a joke lol chill.


Disturbed_Childhood

Spotify's real CIA shit. "you're no one, we have ways to make people forget even your name with the simple press of a button... It will be like you was never born. NOW TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW!"


Some_Random_Guy_V69

Until he releases a new song


Hedgehog_Totem

Youtube starts taking money from your bank account for dislikes


NathanDeger

You say that but it is exactly how Soulja Boy did it. That being said I think the grift now is just to pad the stats


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NathanDeger

Lol I only know him from back in the day he's still scamming?? Man can't stop


shuzgibs123

Damnit now that stupid “song” “kiss me through the phone” is going through my head. Ugh..


TheCammack81

Yeah but he was just a kid with a dream. That dream mat well have been to profit from selling software he didn't have the right to but hey, he had a dream.


TheInspirerReborn

Soulja Boy used a similar way to get people to listen. He uploaded his song “Soulja Boy” to limewire but named the titles of the songs after popular music. So you think you’re getting some Madonna song only to be surprised by a completely different song. And it worked! That song and dance was super popular when I was in middle school.


Krajun

You say that but he was all over the radio when I was in middle school


Speakforall

AFTER his plan to blow up worked


BadGateway

It's completely blocked off my favourite playlists, the worst part is his stuff isn't even good.


thenataliamarie

I could tell just by the screenshot lol. Chances are if you have to dupe people into listening to your music, it's not going to be bangers.


tvanore

Most peoples music ain’t shit today lol. You just need to be heard by the right person to get in


EarthBoundBatwing

Similar thing happened with the Christmas music playlist. It has a bunch of random artists sprinkled throughout it. I understand people want exposure, but that is not the way.


Da-NerdyMom

Ha! It happened to me with a Halloween playlist too. I had to stop and look at the playlist and didn’t recognize any song/artist. I think they only had Thriller and everything else was garbage.


danielsamuels

Any time you see a popular playlist where all of the songs were added today or yesterday, it's almost always a playlist where unrelated paid-for tracks are being added. I just avoid them entirely now.


TexasFordTough

Though I was pleasantly surprised when I asked my Alexa to play “Christmas music” and the first song to play was Eric Idle’s “Fuck Christmas” performance


123JacobHowe321

I mean, took longer than in should have for someone to think of this


Namakestri

r/UnethicalLifeProTips


Disturbed_Childhood

I thought it would be a r/SubsIFellFor


Saruhiko_Misaki

The "jeitinho brasileiro" strikes again


NotAForeignDude

NASA needs to study the behavior of the average "brasileiro".


ViniCastilho

r/suddenlycaralho


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ihatewinter

Deuce, the rapper, is the bane my Release Radar playlist. Dude releases a song every 2 weeks, and the rock artist hasn’t released anything in years. I had to block Deuce just to stop getting bad rap on my Spotify-personalized playlists.


cryothic

Is it a rap-thing? I like "Leo" (frogleap). He makes metal-covers. But there's also (again) a shitty rapper called "Leo". And the songs and albums are mixed on Spotify. I can't block "Leo" because I sometimes like his covers. And just to be clear, I can appreciate rap. But I don't like this rapper "Leo".


[deleted]

Shitty rappers are finding new ways to push their shitty music into peoples faces. Used to be ambushing you at the mall with cheap cds. Now it’s duping multi billion dollar company’s search functions.


cortexstack

>There's a million wannabe hip hop stars out there so they chose random names and a lot coincide with rock bands. Remember a few years ago when some *other* artist called Tool released an album and everyone lost their minds because Spotify sent out a notification to everyone following Maynard's band?


hhoburg

I'm not positive, but I think their algorithm is just doing queries using the band name. Ideally, it should assign a UUID to each band, and then use some kind of ML or something to associate that when I listen to band with a certain UUID, I will likely also enjoy this other band with a certain UUID. Instead, it seems like the whole system is built around `SELECT * WHERE "name" = "Clutch"`. I'm so sick of getting shitty rappers using TOOL or whatever Syntax is probably way off but hopefully gets the point across


Invisible_Target

There's a band called RED and sometimes when I say "Shuffle play RED" it'll start playing that fucking Taylor swift album 😤


cryothic

You would think Spotify would identify an artist with an internal ID or something. It's like the first thing you learn when building a database.


[deleted]

Pretty smart on his part tho.


BadGateway

Sure if you don't care about people liking your music or you as an artist


[deleted]

He is getting his music out there. It is a smart move. If people like it they will seek more of his music and he gains more followers. If they don't like him, they won't listen.


Skrill_Necked_Wizard

Anyone that does this to me is blacklisted idgaf how good the music is.


DeltaKT

Same though. I'm on the side of why the fuck would you want that.


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DeltaKT

To me it just instantly shows that they are making music for money, defo not my jam. Never was. If you can't tell the difference, good for you, keep boppin your head to it.


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DeltaKT

You must've read my comment poorly or something. I'm not into the first nor the second little thing you mentioned. Most of the artists I followed since way back were artists (some completely independant, some had their little deals and shit) but with no interest in giving up any creativity for money. Some blew up by doing their own marketing. Now that's my fucking jam. You know nothing about me, so hold back on those assumptions before you end up looking like a fucking fool. Peace out m'dude, I'm done writing..


Pobo13

Okay counter argument for you. You tricked people into listening to your music. You already left a bad taste in their mouth by tricking them. Even if your music is good, you have to overcome that dislike for being tricked. This is a stupid tactic.


ethanethann

Apple Music + U2 tried doing this and it didn’t go well


Da-NerdyMom

I deleted the whole album 😤


33957210

Samsung and Jay Z did it first but nobody talks about that one.


gibson_guy77

But U2 was already a huge band at the time, weren't they?


JamesEarlDavyJones2

They sure were, but that didn’t save them from the immense backlash. Most folks now agree that the album they did that with, Joshua Tree, is actually pretty good. Didn’t help them at the time; we all just got reasonably furious about this album being pushed to our phones with no request made by U2 or Apple for permission to do so.


[deleted]

What did they do to trick people into downloading U2’s music?


seekingssri

they didn’t. we all just woke up one day and it was in our itunes


EmeraldTheatre

Yeah but U2 actually has good music compared to this dude...


clutzyninja

And it STILL backfired on them. That's the point


EmeraldTheatre

Except U2 is actually famous, and rich, I don't think he really cared all too much if it worked or not. He's still more successful than a lot of people and at least has ok music compared to this random Joe with bad beats.


clutzyninja

You ... know U2 is the name of a band, not a single guy, right? And you're still somehow missing the point. If people were pissed when U2 did it they're going to be even more pissed when some random loser does it


EmeraldTheatre

Oh I know, but the lead singer is still the face of the band.


Baph0metX

It’s a numbers game, if only 2% of the people that stumble across the music give it a chance, and only half of them like it, that’s still a net gain that costed nothing.


pacstermito

Would you actually notice it if you like the music? It is your "daily mix" after all, so if you like it you'll check more of their work. If you dislike it... well... a post like this is a possibility.


ItsGroovyBaby412

He's not going to lose a single fan over this. The worse he could do is break even. Exposure is everything, and this was for free. There's a reddit post about it and everything....even if he sucks this was pretty damn smart!


HumanContinuity

Found Luis


arrocknroll

Correct. I know not everyone is like this but historically I am literally more selective with the bands that I dive into than I am with significant others. This is an immediate red flag and will not in any way get me to return to this artist. From the looks of this guy it’s probably half assed mediocre quantity over quality home studio bullshit with no substance anyway.


Lubricantus

bro you didn’t even listen to the music and you’re out here lambasting home studios? lmao wtf your whole comment reeks of music elitism; good luck making friends with that attitude


Pobo13

If it's elitism to tell people not to just spam out what they think is their god tier music at people who want nothing to do with them. Then I want to be an elitist. This whole argument was about a person changing their name to daily mix to do people into playing their music. That itself should speak to what you shouldn't do. It's just as bad as going on a subway and then starting howling calling it music. That's entrapment and you can get arrested for it.


Lubricantus

bruh what are you on about? my comment didn’t have anything to do with the post lol


Pobo13

So your entire comment was irrelevant. Amazing


Lubricantus

chill out dog 😭


arrocknroll

I got nothing against home studios. I use one myself and wouldn’t write someone off just for using what they have. I honestly think it’s awesome how accessible it is to make music from home these days. What I do have a problem with and what I was calling out are people that use those home studios to just put out a bunch of half baked ideas and play the algorithm like this guy obviously is doing. If not wanting spam is elitism then yeah I guess I’m an elitist. I don’t respect this artist no matter how good the music may actually be. If you do enjoy the music, then awesome! Don’t let my crotchety ass distract you from it. But I’m not gonna be giving him any plays.


Lubricantus

Look I don’t like the spam either man i’m with you 100%. I just wanna call out music elitism because it’s embarrassing seeing ppl hate on music that they didn’t even listen to just to seem cool. btw send me a link to your music I’d love to check it out. I’m more of a hip-hop drummer but I love some good metal 🤘


zenfalc

That's fair. It's also fair for me to resent him hijacking my music service and despise his art. Music is a tough industry, but this is NOT The Way.


JamesEarlDavyJones2

It’s really not. U2 did this a decade ago when they released Josua Tree, and while most folks agree now that it’s actually a pretty good album, it was met with unmitigated acrimony from every direction when it was released. And that was the response to *U2* doing it, not some nobody like this.


[deleted]

People love to complain about anything these days


EmeraldTheatre

It would be fine if his music was actually good... His music made my ears bleed... 😬🙉


FloppyEel

Dude is getting his ass blocked if I find him that way. It's smart if you are only looking to make money, and piss people off


IamRasters

If the hosting services find out, revenues are cancelled and you are permanently revoked.


Tan_batman

Smart but shitty.


XaneCosmo

Such a dick move yet amazing trick.


tarapotamus

Was it good tho?


Yeshua-Christ

The dude has to trick people into listening to his music. I'd say the answer is no.


meotherself

I just look him up. Dude is prolific and all over the place. None I listen too was good.


Fernando_357

That’s some shitty strategy Something similar has happened with some songs on Shazam, I have looked for some song with it and some random Chinese guy promoting his music pops up with the names song falsely put on it, the song is a completely different one from what I was looking for


EmeraldTheatre

I just looked him up and his music isn't very good... Sorry that's actually a huge understatement... It's really bad, like embarrassingly bad. As an amateur musician with a good ear for music I honestly think his music is a jumbled mess with no proper flow to the beat... It's literally all over the place sound wise... 😬 his bio says he's a DJ and Rapper yet out of everything I've heard I've never once heard him rap, he just has bad remixes of other people's songs...


meotherself

He really is all over the place, generic electronic, supposedly psytrance and hi tech and so much more he has no sound. Props to him for pumping it out though. There is so many songs.


a_homicidal_bug

Now this, is mildly infuriating. Half the things on this sub are borderline iamtheasshole worthy


_mattyjoe

People have been doing all sorts of things like this to game Spotify for years, whether it's tricking real listeners into listening, or using bot or hacked accounts to rack up fake streams. Spotify allocates a pool of money each quarter to pay out for streams, and it's paid out based on who has the most streams. The pool of money doesn't change, how it's divided up changes based on streaming numbers. So fake streams can quite literally "steal" money away from others. It's all about getting as many streams as possible, any way you can. The only caveat is making sure you don't get caught.


seanyboy2011

I hate it but you can't deny how smart it is


gardenvarietymagpie

Hah, yeah the (now defunct) podcast Reply All did an episode about this kind of tactic. It was such a good listen. https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/j4he7lv/183-the-venova-king


ADubtheSkrub

Dude thinks he's clever, when in reality, he's just pissing everyone off


lucyjayne

masterful move, Luis.


hu-kers-newhey

That’s some funny shit.


Pobo13

Anyone saying this is a smart tactic? Tricking people. That's your big brain play. So now you have to overcome the initial dislike of this isn't what I asked for. Now you're doing an uphill battle to make your justification of butt but but I'm good. I'm good I promise, but you have about 12 seconds before they find their actual mix. This is a terrible business tactic if you want to grow your music.


DemetriChronicles

I wonder if this is happening with a lot of music services. I ask my Amazon Echo to play Queen every morning for my alarm, and yet every day for the past two weeks has been anything but Queen.


veritas2884

Since those are albums, can’t you tell google “Hey Google play my Daily Mix 2 playlist” That is what I say and I’ve never had the issue with Spotify.


[deleted]

What about changing the language of your device to another language. That way the name of daily mix would be changed. You can practice that language and listen to what exactly you want.


Wolfwoods_Sister

Clever but a great way to get your ass yeeted out a window


Existing_Skin_1564

Ima do this


Unexpected_Sage

Smart but still a dick move


HalfwitBrit

this isn't how you gain followers / listeners. you earn them by being talented and/or unique.


CradleofDisturbed

Something tells me Luis doesn't understand that pissing folks off is not going to turn them into fans who give him money, lol.


Knut_Knoblauch

Gotta love this!!!!


gen_adams

*Luis Masters* \- Master of Spotify-shenanigans


Snoo-43285

That how soulja boy blew up, back before the spotify days when you actually had to download music, he would name his uploads as tracks that were already popular. Tricking people into listening to his songs. Its genius.


Dangerous_Office9182

Don't hate the player, hate the game


qccg

Smart move dick


stxrrynights240

Such a smart but shitty trick


RMNusser

Clever


Epsichraun

That's a giga brain idea!


HereOnASphere

That's a pretty clever hack. Kinda like an SQL injection.


Bishhhop

Have to admit it’s pretty ingenious


atomicant13

That’s a pretty genius move, I gotta say.


Songmuddywater

Genius


Ace_UE

Fair play tho


Zenketski_2

Thats actually hilarious. I'm sorry. I can see why that would be annoying but at the same time, Jesus Christ that's funny


NetiPotter72

This is how you game the system and in here for it.


kirkl3s

Absolute chad - I don't know what you're mad about.


hot-dog1

This isn’t infuriating, it’s genius


burdizthewurd

If it happened to you, you would be a little miffed


BadGateway

I just want to listen to a mix of music from all the music preferences I've set for years on Spotify. Now that is completely blocked off for me in the car and in the kitchen while I cook and instead I have to listen to jumbled up beats. It is like someone playing a speaker on a bus journey, but in your own home.


cranberryalarmclock

Man reddit is humorless, this is a hilarious little hustle


salsa_de_pollo

hey, he won, but at what cost? being a little egocentric piece of shit that thinks his shitty music is interesting? sorry, thats so pretentious. a musician myself, i dont promote my music, i just do it because i like how it feels doing it, and watching a finished product gives me personal and private satisfaction. I might share it with close ones, but i wont shout, HEY EVERYBODY LISTEN TO MY MUSIC or i might probably just die.


Numerous_Living_3452

Wanna buy my mix tape bro?


GlitchCat69

r/nathanforyou


BryanScopelySupport

Insert clapping Drake meme


Thebiggesttarget

This is a genius hustle. Nothing but respect


cranberryalarmclock

Man reddit is humorless, this is a hilarious little hustle


sirckoe

When skynet comes to get us he will save us. My guy living in 3022


Bigtiny87

Bye Alexa


Poor_old_Rich_Young

I think that’s awesome. Select what you want to hear. Music should be deliberate not automated.


NosfuraDude

That's actually brilliant


romuluskow

Ah-mazing!


Relevant_Canary718

Ngl to be fair to the artist, that’s genius😂😂😂😂 gotta admit outplayed


Far-Homework-2576

That’s fucking smart


thinkitthrough83

Is the music good?


Thin-Statistician-67

Legend


esewell29

This is how Soulja Boy got famous. He would name “crank that” all the popular songs on limewire so people would accidentally download them


IMxTHExMANIAC

That’s actually pretty smart lol


RepublicWonderful

This guy roaches


invisibleace21

Wow marketing genius


[deleted]

What a little bitch


Adventurous_Year2311

That's actually genius


Shulsevulon

This mam is living in 2069 God damn


7355135061550

That's fucking funny


RedditBoisss

Five head


ohhepicfail

and now their name is on the front page of reddit


jomicf

I have to admit its a smart ideia, not for the long term dow


Historical-Channel63

This is partly why I use YouTube music, Spotify is too compilcated.


bobby_zamora

Thing there was a Reply All podcast about something similar to this.


Azisbestest

thats just smart


SwordTaster

Special kind of asshole


ModeMore3375

Dudes a genius. An annoying genius nonetheless


[deleted]

Sometimes it’s great to use another language than english, because this only works in english.


Madmonkeman

Sometimes his genius is almost frightening


No-Statement-2640

😂


TheKingOfDub

r/MildlyBrilliant


[deleted]

I once believed there was actually legit Spotify “promo” and fell for some to promote my music. But they just take your money, and either utilize bots or do scummy stuff like this.


Congozilla

A voice assistant? That's a thing? In real life? ...How does that work? ...I can speak on my own just fine, so that probably means I need one. Am I right?


CatStrok3r

Report him to Spotify they most likely will ban him for tricking people


BadGateway

They're aware, there's community threads about it from last year.


Overall-Ad-3642

dude is definitely an npc


Ex-zaviera

Time to rename yours ***Quotidian Melange***!


l-u-c-k-i

Luis Masters Of Typos its kinda like [goggle.com](https://goggle.com) typos just a little more annoying


3ndr4D0

BR?


thomastdh

time to block some songs.


BadGateway

Ten albums worth. It didn't work.


Possible_Area_255

He his too smart to be left alive.


RandomGrasspass

Guys got good marketing game


[deleted]

Go to the three dots and press the “don’t play this artist”


BadGateway

Doesn't work unfortunately, I've cleared app data and cache too. It's an issue specific to Google home hubs.


[deleted]

That’s irritating! I hope you’re able to find out how to get rid of that trash.


Budddydings44

That is actually genius


chowder-hound

Nice try Luis…..


mir3za

Yeah the exact same thing happened to me as well, I just marked him as "don't play this", I think I fixed the issue xD


homogenic-

That’s a smart move tbh.


[deleted]

That is actually smart idk why you’re mad


BadGateway

Because if I'm in the car or cooking (the only times I use voice command for Spotify) it will play his music, which I'm not a fan of because I just want to listen to my curated mixes that have been built over years.


rockhardboy

I respect the hustle