SoulFaze Reviews 48

Protecting my work was something I always put off because the legal side of things felt so daunting and expensive. Songbay made the whole protection process so straightforward that I felt silly for waiting so long. Having that official timestamp on my uploads gives me a level of confidence I never had when just sharing links privately. It’s a vital service for any songwriter who is serious about their career. Now I can share my demos without that nagging worry in the back of my mind.

Being a fulltime freelancer in the music world is tough enough without platforms taking a massive chunk of your sales.
I’d been using a few other marketplaces for my library music, but between the fees and the hidden costs, I was barely seeing any profit at the end of the month. It felt like I was working for the platform rather than myself.
Switching over to this site was the best business move I’ve made this year. The zero commission model sounded too good to be true at first, but it’s completely legit. I pay my monthly sub and that’s it every penny from my sales goes straight into my gear fund.
The dashboard makes it dead easy to track which tracks are performing well, too. I’ve noticed that my motivation to upload more content has skyrocketed because I know I’m actually getting the full value of my work. My monthly income from licensing has already increased by about 30% since the move.
It’s just a much fairer way of doing things for independent creators.
No corporate bullshit, just a solid system that respects the artists hustle.

The support team here deserves a raise! I messed up my upload details and thought I'd lost my timestamp. Emailed them in a panic on a Sunday, expecting to wait days. They got back to me within the hour and fixed it for me. You just dont get that level of care anywhere else.

Useless for marketing. Predatory cancelation tactics....

Have just signed up to this site, cannot do anything, uploading is a joke, including profile picture, try to contact them via their "contact us" page, an even bigger joke, type in any problem and it can't find any of them. They don't even have a cancellation page, so, if you do read these reviews, get back to me via my email as I want to cance my subscription.

I asked for a song to be produced by Songbay. We were more than pleased with the result. Thank you, Gary.

Easy to post lyrics for sale, and it's a neat place for micro-artists like me to store and keep track of their material. Some of my specific songs show up in Google search results, as does my page. They make custom live recordings from AI generated songs, at subsidized rates. They take care in this song conversion process, and the tracks I've had converted, were excellent. Email communications have many typos, I assume this is from using AI in replies, or for some other reason.

In regards to the common complaints in other reviews-

1. Registering (1) song with the U.S. Copyright office, costs over $200. ALL of your songs can be registered with Songbay for about $80 a year. So regardless of what you think of the validity of the copyright protection offered, you can have certificates and documentation for up to 50 songs, for 2 years, for the price of (1) through the U.S. Copyright office. If you only have 1 or 2 songs to protect, simply pay and register those with the Copyright Office. If you are a income earning, commercial artist, you wouldn't be posting your stuff here at all, and then the validity of the certificates is a moot point.

2. If no one is buying your songs, that is not Songbay's fault. I have about 40 tracks on there, and have yet to sell any lyrics. That could simply be because of the absurd volume of available lyrics and finished songs in the world (Spotify gets around 100,000 song submissions PER DAY, and some say that figure is closer to 500,000 now with AI), and not necessarily due to Songbay.

Overall, Songbay delivers what I expected to get out of it, and the live song conversions are the best, and most useful feature.

The problem with songbay is that they not only remove your music if
a subscription expires which ok maybe you can wear but the so-called copyright disappears too. This doesnt seem an appropriate way to copyright then.

In response to the reply I can only say copyright protection does require ongoing vigilance but it remains a poor man's copyright if it depends on subscription and us in fact not legally copyright protection at all. I use copyright house for copyright and it is permanent and unlimited. I was looking to copyright with songbay but having checked up and saw if was not permanent and therefore illusory I decided to use a trusted one instead. It is good though that you recognize the gap and plan to fill this and of course you are entitled to charge for the service, but the idea of temporary copyright is absurd and not legal copyright at all.But I'm glad you are updating your service.

Awesome service, they copyright all my songs at a fraction of the cost of other companies. Love their collaboration feature- ( currently in Belgium recording with a producer who I’ve met through Songbay) - thanks

With expert help and advice, Songbay is a brilliant organisation for breaking into the world of lyric and songwriting, along with selling works, collaborating with others and getting your work onto the relevant platforms. When I've sought advice or help, it was given willingly and was clearly backed by a wealth of knowledge and experience in the industry.

I used their lyrics to song service, the team was great! I'm very pleased with the result, and I'll definitely use it again

This is the website that I use for most of my music things. They are reliable and the song improvement/lyric to song feature is unmatched. I love them!

Joined songbay about a month ago and to be honest, it was pretty disappointing. Nearly all the Music Industry contacts are none existent, outdated. Information I can easily find myself on google. It might work for some, but it certainly didn't work for me.

I've just been to the Sanremo music festival (Italy), having met up with a Songwriter whom I met and collaborate with at Songbay-such a fantastic experience- thanks to the people at Songbay for making this happen!

Luv you team!
Another sale! Such a great home for my songs
Luv the new collaboration zone too- xx

Teh people at Songbay are professional, experienced and enjoyable to work with. They have worked with me to produce an album, an EP and some standalone songs from the lyrics and ideas I provide. They have never let me down, and definitely go the extra mile to ensure that what is produced is of great quality that exceeds my initial expectations.

What a fantastic company! Thank you so much guys! I have sold couple of my songs on Songbay in 2020 lockdown and to be honest that was what kept me going during that horrid time. Last year I discovered something very exciting here on Songbay - collaboration zone! Teamed up with a cool lyricist. Guess what? Sold our first song in 2023 - what great new year present!
Not to mention few new friends I've found here. Keep up your great work guys!

I been using Songbay for several months. I’ve hooked up with some great songwriters and love their copyright features.
Any time i have needed help, the team have been just great. The staff themselves are all musicians and songwriters, which is reassuring these days!

A good service for songwriters. I use them for copyrighting my lyrics. The collaboration features seem very interesting. I hope to get this up and running soon
Good customer service support.

Songbay is a very professional and well run organization. Prompt review of lyrics, great Song to Lyric service. The band has produced two songs for me in the past month. Both exceeded expectations in every respect. I’m brand new to this and appreciate the time and attention given to my lyrics and helpful suggestions to make me a better lyricist.