Stay Away from Before Eight Music Promotion
Before Eight Music Promotion turned out to be a total disappointment. In the end, I discovered they are nothing but scammers. I initially read about their paid service, which included playlist placements supposedly managed by curators they claimed to have long-standing relationships with. Although the high price made me skeptical, I decided to give it a try, especially since they boasted about a partnership with GEMA, the German performance rights organization. That gave me some confidence, but I should never have trusted them.
I paid €328 for placements in playlists with a total reach of 200,000 followers. After a few days, they sent me an initial report claiming the track was added to six playlists, covering half of the budget, along with a few "reviews" that seemed completely random and fake.
The most ridiculous part? Using Songstats, I discovered the track had already been in those playlists for over 10 days, thanks to a different marketing service I had used earlier. When I reported this to them, they initially apologized and promised to verify. Later, they requested access to my Spotify for Artists account for further checks. Despite granting access, nothing changed after several days.
I sent additional screenshots to confirm my suspicions, but I received no satisfactory response. Finally, I warned them that if they didn’t refund my money, I would start posting negative reviews everywhere and involve GEMA for their misuse of the name. After that, I heard nothing further from them.
Stay away from Before Eight Music Promotion. They are impostors and scammers. Don’t make the same mistake I did.
Reply from BEFORE EIGHT
Dear Salvatore,
Thank you for your feedback. We sincerely regret that you were not satisfied with our service and that the promotion did not meet your expectations. As communicated earlier, we refunded the portion of the budget that we could not fulfill through our pitching service.
It is important to clarify that our Spotify service is a pitching service. We do not guarantee playlist placements, as these depend on the decisions of our network of independent curators. We also communicate this very transparently via all channels. Unfortunately, in your case, we were unable to secure sufficient new placements, and we acknowledged this by issuing a partial refund.
During the review process, we also discovered that your track had already been added to playlists managed by some of our curators. This was not immediately visible in our system, which caused delays – for this, we truly apologize.
At BEFORE EIGHT, we have been committed to organic music promotion since 2019. We firmly distance ourselves from any kind of fake placements or manipulation, as these practices harm the entire music industry. We continuously monitor and verify our partners and network to maintain the integrity of our service, and we strongly reject your accusation of manipulation. From our side, no such practices are conducted – that is something we stand by.
Lastly, we kindly ask you to maintain a professional tone. Threatening us is unhelpful and does not contribute to resolving the matter. We always strive for transparent communication and fair solutions.
We wish you continued success with your music and regret that we were unable to meet your expectations in this case.
Best regards,
The BEFORE EIGHT Team