UnitedMasters: Release Music

My name is Brenton J. Mosley, founder and lead artist of McNeill Ent, LLC, an independent record label based in Raleigh, NC, which I established in 2019. After a brief one-year hiatus from the music industry—during which I performed opening sets for several notable stand-up comedians—I returned to releasing music through UnitedMasters, a platform I’ve been using since 2020. Under their Select membership, my debut album Zookeeper achieved moderate success, surpassing 50,000 streams. Following that project, I focused primarily on collaborations and features rather than promoting my own catalog. Upon returning, I opted for the more limited Debut+ plan based on my prior experience. Unfortunately, this decision appears to have come with significant drawbacks. Since the switch, I’ve encountered ongoing discrepancies in my streaming metrics. For example, my YouTube analytics fluctuated inexplicably from nearly 2,000 views down to just 30. Additionally, after proper Spotify mapping, I saw an encouraging spike: 173 monthly listeners and six playlist placements totaling nearly 9,000 streams in one week. However, UnitedMasters abruptly removed the release, citing “suspected artificial plays”—a claim I strongly contest given the organic nature of my audience and marketing strategy. I currently have a growing and engaged fanbase, with over 800 active subscribers on YouTube, 1,000+ followers on Instagram, and over 500 followers on BandLab. My artistic background includes poetic openings for comedians such as Earthquake and Big Daddy Laugh A Lot, as well as features in publications like MTM Expo Magazine (2009), the Carowinds Catalog (2011), IMDb (as Director of the award-winning short film Spin Da Block), and multiple local news outlets. My extended network also includes professional athletes—Carlos Watkins, Brandon Spikes, Keyshawn Woods, Kerrion Moore, and Jalen Kennedy—who have supported my promotional efforts when possible. Despite this support and reach, the rollout of my most recent project has been disappointing and potentially damaging to my momentum due to UnitedMasters’ handling of my content. Based on this experience, it has become clear that the support and consistency offered by UnitedMasters appear to be tiered unfairly, with noticeable disparities in how artists are treated depending on their membership level. This experience has prompted my decision to transition to a different distributor who aligns more equitably with the needs of independent artists. I share this not to discourage others, but to provide transparency and advocate for fair treatment across the board—regardless of subscription status or commercial success level. Sincerely, Brenton J. Mosley Founder & Lead Artist McNeill Ent, LLC

So I took my music down and I was wondering if you guys could possibly update it to where I can put my music back up the ones that are taken down since I lost my files and I wanted to release them back up please and thank you

They banned my account and took down my music because I was blowing up on Spotify and never once paid for any promotion. Lawsuit on the way with proof of everything ✌🏾

They come up with excuses and take your music down. Haven’t even released anything on their trash app for 3 years. Still pay my annual. And all of a sudden they pull my music down. No explanation nothin. Steve Stoute is a thief and Pax is a rude puppet goofy. They are the worst. Never do business with them. They steal money from artist.

I create all original music and artwork. They suspended my account after I paid for Debut+ for “Artificial Streaming” they want records of everything including my identification and all my music original content…. Do you really think that I’m that gullible? Seriously? I know exactly what you are up to, you are stealing artists hard work and then having AI recreate it then claim it’s yours. Or at the very least, just scamming people out of a quick $20 because nobody seems to care about $20 anymore, but I do. You had better refund me. Or l will make a billion accounts and give you all 1 star very original reviews just so you know that I’m a real person. They refunded my money, but that still doesn’t change the fact that this is an illegitimate, fraudulent company… How many others have you done the same thing to? I have all the information, I just am not giving it to you.. United Scammers, don’t trust them.. I wish I could give a negative rating to be honest..

I’m unsure if it’s due to most people using samples on the app and they’re trying to encourage more people to buy samples or something, but it would not let me release a song that I made without any samples, I use instruments and create everything off the dome and for them to ask me for a license to a work that I made just pushed me over to cancel my subscription and write a review and I NEVER write reviews unless it’s egregious or great enough to warrant one and what they did was idiotic and caused me to miss the release date I wanted multiple times due to unnecessary actions on their part.

I got my account hacked in 2021 and tried dropping music 2025 not only when i paid for the debut+ they made me pay for it again saying some message like it didn’t work and i had to pay again when it already took money out but they wont even take my old music down i dont have access to no more or even believe i was hacked. They just wanna make money off small artist such garbage and shady costumer service i feel like this whole app is just a scam for smaller artists.

They don’t respond 😐

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