99% of the time there is a story like “an unknown musician becomes famous by posting his music on the internet”, it’s a fake story.

Check for the definition of “astroturfing”.

Long before the internet, record labels have always invented some fairytale stories to attract attention to their new artists.

How many times have you heard the story “he was working as a [insert crappy job here], and he met there a guy from a record label to who he gave a tape with his songs, then it was so impressive that the guy signed him right away.”

Now, looking at the article, you see it looks more like some PR for CDBaby, sonicbids, or Slicethepie.

Don’t get me wrong, getting a following as a musician on the internet is doable, but avoid at all costs any website that promises anything (especially if they’re asking for money). Make your own website, because all the current music services websites are not here for the musicians, they’re clearly here to make money.