One day as I was on Facebook, I noticed the uPlaya advertisement to the right. It was catchy enough to lure me in so I clicked on it. I checked out all their info and read up on them a bit, I even did some research on Google about them and was very intrigued about what I was reading. I was impressed.
I saw that I could upload 2 songs for free and feel it out so I said “COOL!” I had been working a lot with The Vecctones debut album and thought to myself… “What a great way to get some objective feedback!” Out of the 2 songs submitted, one of them actually got a Silver Auddy Award. It was that little boost in confidence that got me to finish up with the rest of the tunes asap so they could be submitted as well.
Long story short, The Vecctones ended up receiving 3 Platinum, 1 Gold and 2 Silver Auddy Awards out of the 10 songs that were included on the debut. Interestingly enough, Uplaya had helped in making some tough decisions as to which tunes out of the 15 would actually make the final cut. It also got me to take a closer listen to some of the vocals that were questionable. After going back to iron out some things, and even trying out some new ideas, the resubmissions of those tunes proved to be a good idea, because they scored even higher!
I look forward to working with uPlaya in the future, continuing to incorporate it as an invaluable music production tool. It’s always a good idea to take a step back and assess the situation from a different perspective. Whether your working with a song and want to know how different versions pan out, or making those tough decisions about which songs to include on an album in order to “leave them wanting more”, uPlaya offers a professional, objective and relevant solution. I love it!
- Joe
TheVecctones.com/music
7 Comments
Whitney,
I am now a firm believer in uplaya like you are. To me, it is the most objective way to see if your music “has what it takes”. Honestly, our group, Block Scholars – http://www.myspace.com/slimdogproductions , knew we had some decent songs that could make it to at least internet radio radio in some form, but with uplaya, they have given us a whole new sense of confidence in our work. We know now, like The Vecctones, that our music is at least comparable to those playing on major radio now. We have done like you stated where we have put different versions of some songs through and because of good scores on both versions, we now will put up both versions and let the people decide which versions they want to buy. Uplaya helped make the decision easy for us. This is the kind of objection music and radio needs right now. Good luck to you Vecctones and to all the artists that have gotten high scores. Let’s turn the industry on its ear with uplaya!!!
David
Block Scholars
While this may be helpful I don’t really think it can tell you what a hit is. I’ve been shopping songs for years and there are just to many different opinions out their in the music industry. Something as obscure as a weird sound or voice can have an effect on the commercial outcome. I am very skeptical. Just so you know I picked 2 of my songs at random and scored 8.9 on both . So what does that mean ? Nothing really !
what producer or who did they sign with to get there platinum, gold,silver$ auddy award? Commercially?
wally
I have not found how to remove my account and data from uPlaya. I am only PhD in Computer Science. Your site requiers better education.
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I belive uplaya to be a great tool for anyone wanting to see where they stand,and what they need to change. Everyone that is a uplaya artist keep up the hard work its going to pay off.
So, I was interested as well and I uploaded 2 songs and they both received Platinum Auddy awards. Check us out!
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