The Beat Down: Music Industry Scams | deep dive$

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Songs/Beats (Spotify Playlist Link): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TiYMegb132m1Xo31hB5Nm?si=c3b187305f354783

1. Nas - Made You Look
2. Jeezy - the enTRAPreneur
3. Devin The Dude - What A Job feat. Snoop Dogg x Andre 3000
4. Cam James - Options feat. JoélGotNow
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:44 Résumé Check
3:30 Meet The Scammers
6:06 Pay 4 Play
7:39 Discovery Mode
10:19 DaBlock365
11:38 3 Types of Contracts
17:15 Infamous Label Deals
22:44 Surprising Scams
25:17 My Sync Story
26:11 Audiomack Initiatives
28:32 Pro Rata vs. User-Centric
30:13 Dear Creatives
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Sources:

1. Medium - DaBlock365 Artist Impersonation Scam
- Part 1: https://medium.com/@heyyybonita/hundreds-of-independent-hip-hop-artists-are-accusing-a-promo-company-of-fraud-93577b4c5443
- Part 2: https://medium.com/@heyyybonita/promo-company-da-block-365-accused-of-using-social-media-accounts-of-dmx-game-fat-joe-more-to-9c5092e2cb94

2. Total Number of Songs on Spotify: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/04/debunking-the-60000-songs-uploaded-to-spotify-a-day-myth-bill-werde.html

3. Spotify's Discovery Mode Article: https://radioink.com/2023/03/16/spotify-hits-replay-on-digital-payola-debate/

4. VICE - 3 Most Common Contracts: https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gmjw/bad-deals-are-baked-into-the-way-the-music-industry-operates

5. VICE - Little Richard's Exploitation: https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3vb5j/little-richard-made-millions-it-all-went-to-his-label

6. Billboard - Mase Was Paid $20,000 for Masters: https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/mase-blasts-diddy-grammys-clive-davis-speech-8549812/

7. LA Times - Diddy Returns Masters to Bad Boy: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-09-06/diddy-bad-boy-publishing-rights-mase-deal

8. Diddy Allegations: https://www.thecut.com/article/diddy-allegations-sexual-abuse-cassie.html

9. Badfinger Story: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-second-beatles-badfinger-story/

10. Meg Thee Stallion Contract: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/megan-thee-stallion-1501-settle-lawsuit-1234857691/

11. UMG Financial Report (Spotify Ownership): https://assets.ctfassets.net/e66ejtqbaazg/17zCKePbLjtfF7NW5G2OJM/c7079f7b33c0004848740732a6b3b792/UMG_Financial_Report_HY1_2023.pdf

12. Kesha vs. Dr. Luke: https://www.vulture.com/article/timeline-keshas-legal-fight-against-dr-luke.html

13. Record Deal Simulator: https://dealsim.createos.app/
Publishing Deal Simulator: https://pubsim.createos.app/

14.Texas Country Music Scam: https://www.kctv5.com/2023/08/26/leavenworth-woman-caught-country-music-scam/
Classical Music Scam: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/surge-scammers-targeting-classical-music-fans-what-nicholas/