P-Holla "Do it for love"

[SimãoEspinho]

Hey guys

I am trying to listen to this song on Spotify (P-Holla - Do it for love) but it says I have to be premium to listen to it.

Can anybody solve this problem for me?

Thanks for your time!!!

[Bittencourt]

Hi @SimãoEspinho, welcome to the Spotify Community!

Actually this song (and even this artist) is not currently available at Spotify. You could listen to it in Spotify if you have the file in your computer. Premium users can listen to local files and add them to Spotify playlists.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

[SimãoEspinho]

Thanks @Bittencourt.

I would suggest that if you could (and if you are a Premium user), you added that song to Spotify.

Thanks again!!!

[SimãoEspinho]

@Bittencourt

Please!!!

[Bittencourt]

Hey @SimãoEspinho, 

It's not up to Spotify or Premium users to add songs to Spotify database.

Missing or unavailable music is almost always a decision by the artist/label to withhold the content from Spotify. Sometimes it's temporarily unavailable while they sort out legal issues or correct metadata, in which case it'll be back up as soon as they resubmit it to Spotify. While it might be a good idea to contact the label directly and ask why the music isn't on Spotify, you can also use Twitter and Facebook to ask the artists themselves.

You might also be interested in supporting this idea, which suggests a simpler method for requesting albums missing from Spotify.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

[SimãoEspinho]

@Bittencourt

Thanks for the explanation and I am sorry about the mistake.

I believe that the song can have legal issues because it uses some lyrics from Sara Botteiles "Bottle It Up".

Although the P-Holla song is from 2012 so those issues should have been solved by now.

Any update you can give here would be pretty helpful.

[SimãoEspinho]

@Bittencourt
How can Premium users listen to local files and add them to Spotify playlist?

[Bittencourt]

Well, when you're a Premium user, you choose which local files you want your Spotify app to read and save to your own Spotify playlist, and then just sync them. You can also sync these local files between devices. A pretty nice feature!

[SimãoEspinho]

@Bittencourt

Are you a member of Spotify's staff?

If so, how does licenses work like in the P-Holla case.

I went to see his Facebook page and the last post is from 26th December...

2014

How can I contact him?

I really like that song and I saw that there are more people asking the same in his youtube Channel.

If you (as a member of the staff) could make anything about it...

[Bittencourt]

No, I'm not from the Spotify staff. 

Here you can see how the relation between artist and Spotify works, but it's totally up to the artist or right holders to decide which content they will become available online.

The best way to contact an artist is generally through his Twitter or Facebook page... 

I've just found his Twitter account with a recent post. Maybe you can get in touch with him!

[SimãoEspinho]

@Bittencourt

Thanks!!!

But I dont have a Twitter account, just Facebook.

If anyone could contact him, I would be pleasoured.

😉

[SimãoEspinho]

@Bittencourt

Can you contact him via Twitter?

I would be very pleased.

[Bittencourt]

Sure! What do you want me to ask him?

[Bittencourt]

Actually I've just found his contact - just send him an email!

Contact me: Phollamanagement@gmail.com for Booking, Features, Beats and more

[SimãoEspinho]

Thanks a lot!!!

Lets hope it has a good end!

You rule @Bittencourt!!!

[SimãoEspinho]

Did you emailed him?

Tell me when he answers please!

[Bittencourt]

Well no, I've sent you his email address so you can directly get in touch with him... That's better, right?

[SimãoEspinho]

Hi @Bittencourt

P-Holla has answered my email and he said thanks for the feedback and that he is working on it.

Hope he adds his songs ASAP.

Thanks for your help and I hope to hear from you soon!!!

[Bittencourt]

Wow, that's great news!!

Let's wait for the new material then 🙂

[SimãoEspinho]

@Bittencourt
3 weeks later and he hasnt uploaded it.

Seems like he didnt gave a **bleep** about that.

Thank you anyway.