Spotify Sucks. Then you Die

Let’s fix our future and get paid for it

Randulo
6 min readJan 28, 2024

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I’m Randulo. I’ve told the story of Spotify’s desperate antics. Here’s a short recap. In the final paragraphs is a detailed description of what you can do to improve your discovery and status on Spotify.

Album and single covers on the Randy Resnick profile page

Previously, on Randulo’s war on Spotify…

Spotify: starting in 2024, tracks that do not get 1,000 streams will receive no remuneration.

Me: That’s a significiant loss for me!

Spotify and others: Why, a track that got 500 streams, is what, $1.50?

Me: Yes, $1.5 average per track. But I have 135 tracks that stream between 300 and 800 times a year. That could be up to $200 a year difference. Even an average of 100 lousy streams would still mean about $40!

I took down those 135 tracks. Why leave my product when it’s unpaid?

I promised something about About ”fixing” the future. A few years of playing around on Spotify tought me a lot. First thing is

Do not pay for “organic” promotion. Spotify will eventually catch the bots and fine you and not pay for those phony streams. If you pay for a promo campaign, it can only be with ads or curated playlists with decent followings. Most promo promises are using these bot-powered plays that will…

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Randulo
Randulo

Written by Randulo

Ex-Bluesbreaker, still active in composing, playing and recording my own music and helping other artists distribute their music on the Each Hit Music label