Hey Ryan. So sorry to hear about this. Certainly no shortage of music crooks in the world, unfortunately :(
I'm going to post the links to each of his sites in one places here and will add as more come to light. I would suggest that anyone on the site who has music posted take a little time to check these out and if they find their music illegally posted then to take the necessary steps to report the infringement. Such a tedious task unfortunately, but I think the more who complain the more likely those sites will take some action and hopefully get him kicked off.
http://dbraxes.cl/ ( registered to David Saldaña Pineda - https://whois.domaintools.com/dbraxes.cl )
https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCq3NG1jFK_AuJD_ANj7wS-Q
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7bNzc5Md4Lap3IR7hlokCQ/about
https://open.spotify.com/album/7bsE7bCwz3huVOEiywY9hD
https://www.amazon.es/s?k=Dbraxes&i=digital-music
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dbraxes/1449248637
https://www.facebook.com/dbraxes/
https://www.instagram.com/dbraxes - account now deleted
https://soundcloud.com/dbraxes - account now deleted
Originally posted by MonkeyC on Sat 08 Aug, 2020
His SoundCloud has just vanished! Can't hide is ugly mug from Instagram though haha .. and poof, it's gone!
His SoundCloud has just vanished! Can't hide is ugly mug from Instagram though haha .. and poof, it's gone!
Originally posted by MonkeyC on Sat 08 Aug, 2020
I left him a bunch of comments on his Soundcloud & Instagram, and suddenly his accounts are gone. Whatta bozo!
I just discovered 6 albums worth of songs I sang on that are published everywhere under the alias Dbraxes. Evidently, this individual downloaded music from ProCollabs and published it as if it were his own. Many of the songs are mine, but some are projects started by others here. I did not authorize any of this.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Beyond playing Whac-A-Mole, let me know if you have any suggestions.
https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Dbraxes
https://music.youtube.com/browse/VLPL9GdW6hr5VOHo0hOkQsZDKteaBdW8-x7E
https://open.spotify.com/album/7bsE7bCwz3huVOEiywY9hD
And many more like iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Google Play, Facebook, Instagram...
Originally posted by Roo on Sat 08 Aug, 2020
Ryan, there doesn't seem to be anyone by that username or location on Procollabs, but doesn't mean that he wasn't here using a different alias. If he wasn't/isn't a member here, he could have taken the songs directly from the Music Store if the songs are available for free downloads. Otherwise, they'd have our watermark on them.
I'm going to keep investigating!
Originally posted by Roo on Sat 08 Aug, 2020
Here is another YouTube channel of his. Apparently he is a gamer as well. He has links on his 'About ' page, that lead to his other accounts where he posted your music.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7bNzc5Md4Lap3IR7hlokCQ/about
Originally posted by Roo on Sat 08 Aug, 2020
Chin up, Ryan. The guy looks like he wants to be a musician in front of his friends - with all his singing and guitar pics all over his social media - and it seems he has chosen you as his idol haha. Take it as a compliment and keep making music that people will want to pass off as their own! Rock on, man ;)
Ryan, there doesn't seem to be anyone by that username or location on Procollabs, but doesn't mean that he wasn't here using a different alias. If he wasn't/isn't a member here, he could have taken the songs directly from the Music Store if the songs are available for free downloads. Otherwise, they'd have our watermark on them.
I'm going to keep investigating!
Originally posted by RAVEN on Sat 08 Aug, 2020
A good point about the watermark! Just a reminder to everyone, the watermark setting for songs in the store needs to be turned on by the song admin. You can find it in the 'publishing settings' area for songs in the store.
I just discovered 6 albums worth of songs I sang on that are published everywhere under the alias Dbraxes. Evidently, this individual downloaded music from ProCollabs and published it as if it were his own. Many of the songs are mine, but some are projects started by others here. I did not authorize any of this.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Beyond playing Whac-A-Mole, let me know if you have any suggestions.
https://soundcloud.com/search?q=Dbraxes
https://music.youtube.com/browse/VLPL9GdW6hr5VOHo0hOkQsZDKteaBdW8-x7E
https://open.spotify.com/album/7bsE7bCwz3huVOEiywY9hD
And many more like iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Google Play, Facebook, Instagram...
Originally posted by Roo on Sat 08 Aug, 2020
Hi Ryan,
Sorry you are going through this and for being late to comment on this thread. Just got our power restored after tropical storm Isaias. ;-(
As you probably know... I went through this on another collaboration site some time ago. Here are some suggestions you may want to try:
Have you tried contacting this person directly? When this happened to me, I made contact with the individual, issued a cease and desist letter and also politely asked him to run a reverse release. Though I never received a reply from this person, they did reverse the release which took care of the majority of the websites the songs were posted on. This will save you a whole lot of time if successful. Regarding adding watermarks to your songs... I don't think this will work. It may be a deterent, but not a soultion. I noticed he released the song Zombie we collaborated on that I'm the administrator on. I don't have a watermark on that one and it's a paid download. More than likely he just paid for it and released it anyways. One final suggestion for you moving forward is to maybe release as much of your music library as you can. Once your music is published by you on the major pay sites it will make it difficult for others to publish those same recordings a second time without major problems.
I hope this helps! :-)
Thanks, Lee. Nice work! Unfortunately, some people can't help themselves. At a certain level, I'm kind of flattered, but 6 albums worth? That's crazy!