That’s a race to the bottom only benefiting the billionaire Spotify CEO. It’s the lack of moral dilemmas that turned the music industry into shambles, where the ones who actually make the music are the least paid.

The solution is to fight back by making great music and getting a real audience, not jumping how high Daniel Ek demands with follows, unfollows or other social network type nonsense that does nothing for the artists (but does a lot for engagement inflating Spotify share value and their ad market).

As for the sample packs it would be actually better to ask for donations, although the above GG recommendation seems an excellent approach.

In my humble and curious case, I have an Instagram account (I’m not an influencer) with 25 followers (it’s a very tiny amount of followers that I never expected to have because I’m not looking for followers).

I never write to anybody in order to ask for his or her following. I’m just commenting on posts. Just that without annoying anybody with “follow me, guys!”.

Something like that.
Just my 2 cents :)
Keep up the good work.

Hi William,
I agree with other posters here. I’m sure your intentions are good but perhaps a better approach would be:
“The sample pack is free. While you’re here, check out my tracks on Spotify and if the music resonates with you, consider following”. It helps me as an artist.

Something like that.
Just my 2 cents :)
Keep up the good work.

Totally agree.

Yeah I don’t care how good your product is, but a force follow on spotify / soundcloud etc will always make me pass. It’s exactly the same as using bots to boost your views/comments and then act like you’re hot**** with all your followers. None of these people will care about your music.

To download the sample packs you have to: “Connect with Spotify to follow Northwest Textures and Will Vance and save The Smile You Wear to Your Music on Spotify” and “Connect with Spotify to save Andalusia to Your Music on Spotify”.