Because of your first Distrokid video, I used them to distribute my songs. Now I wake up and look to see my music being played in countries all over the world. Yesterday was South Africa. How cool is that? Thanks for your continued help to music producers with your research and videos!
@@SanjayC how does it feel being a scammer? Yes,everyone get a lawyer.Consider that you are doing business with a company WITHOUT a real address ! Consider that they give zero of the company info on business.Consider that dozens of musicians were scammer for 1/3 of the money outside of US,despite tax lawyers saying it is not legal...and then Distrokid sending only generic letters to them and refusing to get in touch with these people. Research this company and avoid this kind of scammers....Sanjay,hope you get cancer
@@SurfyStories they took big part of money of many of those that use it,by saying their country has extra tax and not providing any link or info on it.They cheated out many out of their money. They also make bot accounts to promote their company,often citing same bullcrap,not even trying to change it. Hope they go bancrupt,including those few youtubers that get payed to promote them.
@@nikolaivasilev7371 hey mahn just wondering if you had any suggestions other then distrokid. I live outside of the U.S and i don't really want to deal with getting scammed
I believe that the ISRC code you get for any song you distribute, belongs to your name (you also have to enter your actual name). That also ensures people know you have the copyright.
There is one little "issue" with RUclips Money. If you upload your songs and select genres like Hip-Hop or Electronic Music, the "RUclips Money" option will disappear. But if you select other genres, like pop, DistroKid will additionally ask you if all the sounds in your song are completely original. In other words, if you use ANY sound, or ANY instrument, or ANY loops, in GarageBand, Ableton Live, totally legal loops downloaded from Stripe, or whatever other services, you CANNOT select "RUclips Money". This, I believe, is a problem created by RUclips, where they had too many songs wrongfully claimed by their automatic service because a lot of people use the same loops to create their songs. Even Justin Bieber had issues over a loop he used from Splice lol. There's a lot of controversy in this because I could create Electronic Music without using any loops or sounds and yet DistroKid doesn't show that option as soon as you select Electronic Music or Hip Hop.
Tre Soona I’ve just seen this reply, no idea how to change this latter. If you used completely original sounds you could try contacting them? Maybe they can enable that.
I hesitated to check the RUclips tracking box when I used GetGood Drums for my songs. Are midi grooves like those in Kontakt or things like Slate Drums going to trigger this issue? Should I not have worried about it?
Hey Sanjay, thanks for the video. Very informative. Lots of love from India. Just wanted to ask a few things. I am a guitar player. I am planning to make a few instrumental covers before I can upload some original content on YT and Streaming apps via Distrokid. And to be popular on RUclips itself, I need to upload on a regular basis. So if say upload 1 cover song instrumental per week, I will have 48 songs. Now I have a to pay 48x12= 576 dollars per year! That's insane right? I do want to upload original stuff, but hoe do I get my channel a subscriber base before?
@moojic boi - Posting cover songs on DistroKid will be expensive, yes. I suggest posting them for free on RUclips and Soundcloud only. And try to build an audience like that. Building an audience takes time, so its probably a better idea to build it first on RUclips and then once you have a good following, then you can tell them that they can listen on Spotify, and slowly start uploading through DistroKid.
Educate yourself on taxes and your earnings from any distributer. If you're an artist outside the US, talk to an accountant or a legal professional about US tax withholdings. Additional information on tax withholdings and DistroKid can be found here distrokid.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044282254-How-to-claim-tax-treaty-benefits-if-applicable-to-you-
Effron White gets copyright strikes sometimes on live videos when he performs his own music. CD Baby is looking out for his copyrights and their system automatically tags songs written by him that aren't the official release from one of his 4 CDs. There's a link next to the notification of the copyright strike that tells you how to contest the strike. Just fill in that form they have. Hope that helps.
@@desithugsrecords sounds like, and i'm guessing here,,, you uploaded a cover song? cover songs they charge you $12.00 each cover song then everyone with yearly plans pays a $1.80 something for each release so its adding up to a cover song for you lol.. also watch what options you choose for your release, there are extras fees for special features like music ids/detection and stuff.... it does say "13.89 for the optional album extras" keywords " optional EXTRAS"
If you're only starting out, I'd say distrokid over tunecore. CDbaby had so many negative things surrounding it that I ruled it our early. Tunecore can work if you're only putting out a little bit of music. If you're looking to release weekly or monthly and really build up a catalog but don't have tens of thousands of streams to make the money back, then tunecore with the $10 per song per year will get very expensive. I'd say start off on distrokid just to get an unlimited amount of songs out for only $20 a year, then once you create a buzz and have a significant amount of streams then I'd say move to tunecore to make sure you get all of your royalties. Tunecore covers more areas of royalty collection, so it will get you the most money from your music as long as you have enough streams to sustain the $10 per song per year fees. If you don't then my advice is to go with distrokid.
Despite all the problems I’ve had with distrokid, it’s still the best service for this. If I was a millionaire, I’d probably go with something that’s a one time fee option over a subscription service, but for the smaller artist? It is *the* service
You've been a Big help to me Sanjay :-) All questions were answered carefully and accurately. There are many videos explaining different points about DistroKid but yours is what I found with sincerity and without bias. Thank you Sanjay C. 🙂
BMI affiliation is free for songwriters. At least it was when I joined. There was a small fee when I joined ASCAP as a publisher. That's the most affordable way to gain affiliation.
One thing left out of this video is: When you’re in the distrokid site, when you select hiphop or edm as your category, the RUclips monetizing option goes away.
Thanks for this, Sanjay! Distrokid's been under fire a lot lately, because of "editorial discretion" removal of releases and "thanks, but you need to find another distributor for your music". I've had friends with quality music release their stuff through DK this year and late last year and all of a sudden, it's gone for that reason. Distrokid blames iTunes and Amazon Music for the choice, but there's no reason for it, whatsoever. Artwork is fine, music is completely original (and high-quality recordings/writing). I advise everyone out there to instead, use CDbaby. They're more expensive (and were the first to offer not only an online music store pre-digital music, but the first to offer digital distro to all the services out there). I've had no issues with them for 16 years. Just an FYI to everyone out there.
I have released my song through Distrokid to RUclips . Contend ID identified in my release but few other people have uploaded my video in their channel . It’s not still identified copyright claim endorsement on their video. Do you have any idea ?
Question: We uploaded a five-track EP in March 2020 via Distrokid. It showed up on all platforms successfully. However, three of the five album track videos that were up on RUclips seem to have been replaced by other videos we have of the same songs, like music videos and instrument play-through videos. The tracks do show correctly on RUclips Music, though. Our RUclips Channel is linked in Distrokid. Any insight on this? I wonder if RUclips recognized the audio of these videos were the same and replaced the Distrokid video with the video we uploaded separately...
i woke up today with my song removed due to copyright infrigement. Its a remix of a song but I got permission from the original creators. The removal of this song ruined my whole account and now I went from a ton of listeners to like 10 monthly. Should I just quit music now?
Thank you so much Sanjay C! That cleared things out for me, I just uploaded my single to distrokid then availed their service for "Content ID", but now, I am uploading my OWN created video for an Official Audio of my song. And you're correct about the "Interstreet Recordings" who is claiming my OWN song! I got confused for a while on what to do, but thanks to you, it's not that hard to think eventually! hahaha! Thank you!
I have a question. When I go through Distrokid, and then use my own music in a different video, say like on TikTok, I get the sound removed. How can I use my own music and not have this happen?
I'm a producer and songwriter, and the creative force behind the whole project, however I am not the face and name of the project, but my singer is. My name is solely supposed to show up in the credits. Is it possible that I keep the full rights to my project? As I have heard DistroKid automatically adds the artist as the copyright owner.
Sanjay, as always, thank you so much for all the information. My question is about sampling. I have used distrokid for my first simple album upload and when they ask for info about each song, sampling is a big no no. However, a lot of hip-hop producers have used sampling to make tracks. For example, you can get license from tracklib for a song that you can sample. How do you get around that on distrokid? Thanks in advance :)
THIS VDO HELPED ME A LOT THANK YOU SANJAY ! HOW TO UPGRADE FROM MUSICIAN TO MUSICIAN PLUS PLAN ? DOES IT TAKES NEW EMAIL ID AND SERIOUS OTHER STUFF LIKE YOU TOLD IN THE VIDEO OF DOWNGRADING THE PLAN
Thank you for all the videos Sanjay!! They're super helpful, and I could've missed a lot of plugins if it weren't for those freebie updates! hehe. I was wondering if distrokid will stop monetizing our artist-topic account if we were to create an official youtube artist account? Thank you again for all the help you've given to us musicians!
If I asked one of my favourite streamers to listen to my track and he did live will he get in trouble or have trouble with monitising his video? Cause I don't want that to happen, I was just super appreciative that he listened and liked my track!
This is an important question. If somebody were to dispute a copyright claim in regards of the use of my music. How do I get the notification that somebody has submitted a dispute in which how can I determine if the dispute gets rejected or accepted?
Great video. WhT if already have a personal you tube account but you dont want to use it as your professional one? Which box would you check on distrokid? WhT is the reason/benefit for choosing your own ISRC number?
What happens if you have music uploaded prior to selecting the legacy option (since it's an additional option). Will attaining that option cover the previously recorded songs? Or does it roll out only to newer ones from there-on-in?.
IF I wanted to do a duet with you and then release it all over the world... Do you think DistroKid would allow such an angelic voice to be on the track with you and then help release it?
Attention: Using content id on distrokid will block your streaming with your own music on. This is very annoying and penalizing the RUclips channel. I cant believe how is possible that Distrokid didnt consider a issue like this.
Good video. I got my new Royalties a few days ago. For some reason Distrokid only payed me out for like a quarter of the streams for September. Last month it was the same and I thought I’ll get the rest this month but I got even less. That’s quite frustrating because I got a lot streams last month with Spotify algorithm playlists. Hope you can help me ✌🏻
Your videos are great! How does Distrokid work if I'm not the actual performer? In others word the artist wrote the lyrics, but I did all of the music?
BMI and ASCAP ARE the organizations that collect and pay you the royalties from broadcast/streaming performances, not just from bars and live performances. Is DistroKid setting themselves up to be a competitor to BMI/ASCAP for managing royalties? Just asking because of the minimizing of ASCAP/BMI. What are the advantages of using DistroKid over those platforms, please?
Hi Apeksh, I highly recommend getting an ultrawide display. The extra space you'll have makes working in DAWs so much easier. You don't need anything expensive. I have a 27" ultrawide by LG - the cheapest I could find. And its just perfect for my needs.
I just recently joined distro kid and have already released a few songs, but I still have a few questions. In regards to your comment about uploading your music videos straight to your channel rather than through distro kid, is this the same for lyric videos? Can I make a lyric video and upload it straight to my artist channel? Do I need to mention distracted in the description, do I need to add anything else?
Why can’t I use my own music on TikTok? It keeps muting my videos and yes I got approved for an artist account on TikTok so they know I’m the owner of the song
Hello, I have good question : how if I stop dealing with distokid and I let my music available in the stores, who gonna pay me? From where I get my money , if no longer in contact with distokid?? Please help. Thank you 🙏
So this "Topic" Channel that distro kid makes, am I in control of it? Can I post videos like music videos or other general announcements on that RUclips Channel? Thanks
First I would like to say how happy I am to to have found somebody like you with your great videos..My question is that I have a remix of a cover song but I have the famous artist that originally sang the song singing it,does Distrokid take care of the licensing.It’s a different version of the original but the artist has passed away and as a tribute to the artist I redid it with the artist singing the whole song…Thanks in Advance for your guidance…Xavier
Please make a video on how to avoid accidental copyright infringement? What can happen if I release a song on spotify that sounds like somebody else's song? Can the file a lawsuit against me if I have not formally registered my work?
My question is that before and after I signed up for distrokid I have had visuals for my songs up on my RUclips I was wondering how can I get the license for it so I can get payed for the visuals because that is where I get the most views for my songs please can you help me with that my Artist name is KāyPēsos Thank You for reading this,
Excelent video. A question: what about jazz standards like FLY ME TO THE MOON or MISTY... are there any fee to pay? Since the songwriters dies almost 50 years ago
@Sanjay C , I have a question... I have a label plan... I do have my own artist profile , and I already my SPOTIFY for artist, now my question is, I have another artist, how can I create a SPOTIFY for artist ( for her) so she can monitor her account/artist profile..Thanks
Pal how to input credits in description for (movie)cover songs, from where we need to pull those details. Also explain how much revenue for us and how much for producers, kindly make a separate video, in searching for this nearly 20 days in youtube but couldn't figured out any.
First of all, great video👍🏼 I have some Q. If I release a cover via Distrokid, do I need to be worry about being sued, or does distrokid have my back? For example. I have been declined by a record company to release a cover song. (I don't know why?) If I choose to try to go via distrokid instead, and then get a O.K from distrokid, is that 100% legal? Does distrokid have another approach of getting licenses, or do they go the same way (trough the rights holders)? Keep up the good work❤
Hey sanjay, I want to use the distrokid link in your bio, so I was wondering if action music videos and lyrical videos {music video that was shoot with a camera }for my song can be distributed with distrokid?? And how to do so?? Please help me with a response i am a fan of yours and thank you again for your youtube videos ,they are very helpful. Thank You
Can you post covers that are accapella of yourself of a song? So without any instruments like music such as playing a piano of a song. Do you have to use music? Can I be accepella?
I am looking into producing dance tunes mostly, and that means there would potentially be DJs wanting to download my tunes through services like Beatport (and others alike) if my tunes do well to the point that such DJs want play my tunes in their sets. How should I go about such if tunes must be made available on services not covered by Distrokid?
Hi Sanjay, Great videos ... I'm a pro musician myself and into quite a lot of stuff. A quick question - I have many backing tracks which I've made 100% myself ... (no original samples or anything from the original song used in those backing tracks) can I distribute these via Distrokid legally without any hassle.
Appreciate you taking the time to explain that you ain’t like these other fools you explain 🤔 things in a manner everyone can understand excellent job I’m 👏 clapping for you good job 👏
Hii, what if, we already upload our original song on distrokid, and someone make a cover with that song on youtube, wich is a cover song is always not the same arangement as the master that uploaded on distrokid, will distrokid recocnize it..? Or can distrokid detect it..? Or can it be copyright claim via distrokid..? Because we make another version of all songs that already aploaded on spotify in a difrent name, i'm worry we canot put it in all stores.
i got a question so when i uploaded my song "the art track" i click it, it then goes to my music video how do i set that up for all my songs that got videos been digging have n0t got any help
My first payment came on 10th November but till now the next payment has not come. One month is complete. Can you tell on what date the payment comes? please help
Hi Sanjay, firstly great show. Just a quick question what if you’re using samples from a sample pack I’ve paid for like a vocal pack. What options do you pick on distrokid when uploading my song?
If you are using royalty-free samples (which is typical of sample packs), then you don't need to pick any options. When you buy a sample pack, you own the rights to use those samples in your music. The only thing you can't do with sample packs is sell those samples yourself.
Because of your first Distrokid video, I used them to distribute my songs. Now I wake up and look to see my music being played in countries all over the world. Yesterday was South Africa. How cool is that? Thanks for your continued help to music producers with your research and videos!
That’s sooo cool! Happy to hear you are having success with your music. Much love! Keep it coming!
@@SanjayC how does it feel being a scammer? Yes,everyone get a lawyer.Consider that you are doing business with a company WITHOUT a real address ! Consider that they give zero of the company info on business.Consider that dozens of musicians were scammer for 1/3 of the money outside of US,despite tax lawyers saying it is not legal...and then Distrokid sending only generic letters to them and refusing to get in touch with these people.
Research this company and avoid this kind of scammers....Sanjay,hope you get cancer
@@SurfyStories they took big part of money of many of those that use it,by saying their country has extra tax and not providing any link or info on it.They cheated out many out of their money.
They also make bot accounts to promote their company,often citing same bullcrap,not even trying to change it.
Hope they go bancrupt,including those few youtubers that get payed to promote them.
@@nikolaivasilev7371 hey mahn just wondering if you had any suggestions other then distrokid. I live outside of the U.S and i don't really want to deal with getting scammed
@@BackyardRonin also wondering.
Thank you so much for educating us independent warriors working on our music to be heard out there. Thanks coach
You're very welcome. Glad you found this useful!
He definitely has the most comforting and polite way to pursue people to subscribe to his channel 👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏼
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I believe that the ISRC code you get for any song you distribute, belongs to your name (you also have to enter your actual name). That also ensures people know you have the copyright.
Good tips!
There is one little "issue" with RUclips Money.
If you upload your songs and select genres like Hip-Hop or Electronic Music, the "RUclips Money" option will disappear. But if you select other genres, like pop, DistroKid will additionally ask you if all the sounds in your song are completely original. In other words, if you use ANY sound, or ANY instrument, or ANY loops, in GarageBand, Ableton Live, totally legal loops downloaded from Stripe, or whatever other services, you CANNOT select "RUclips Money".
This, I believe, is a problem created by RUclips, where they had too many songs wrongfully claimed by their automatic service because a lot of people use the same loops to create their songs.
Even Justin Bieber had issues over a loop he used from Splice lol.
There's a lot of controversy in this because I could create Electronic Music without using any loops or sounds and yet DistroKid doesn't show that option as soon as you select Electronic Music or Hip Hop.
WasabiNoise there ain’t no way around this if you’ve already submitted but want RUclips Money for video I’ve posted already?
Tre Soona I’ve just seen this reply, no idea how to change this latter. If you used completely original sounds you could try contacting them? Maybe they can enable that.
Happened to me with my song goat it got claimed Bc me and someone used the same beat and I disputed the claim
I hesitated to check the RUclips tracking box when I used GetGood Drums for my songs. Are midi grooves like those in Kontakt or things like Slate Drums going to trigger this issue? Should I not have worried about it?
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I ASKED FOR THIS SO RECENTLY AND YOU ROLLED IT OUT SO FAST. AMAZING!!
I’m here for you bro!
📣 Do you have more questions? Ask them here!
@JW Productions, yes, I'm going to plan that video. May take some time.
Hey Sanjay, thanks for the video. Very informative. Lots of love from India. Just wanted to ask a few things. I am a guitar player. I am planning to make a few instrumental covers before I can upload some original content on YT and Streaming apps via Distrokid. And to be popular on RUclips itself, I need to upload on a regular basis. So if say upload 1 cover song instrumental per week, I will have 48 songs. Now I have a to pay 48x12= 576 dollars per year! That's insane right? I do want to upload original stuff, but hoe do I get my channel a subscriber base before?
I've always had many questions about distrokid sir and you've solved them all sir so thank you so much for that sir.😁😃😀🎹😊😄
@moojic boi - Posting cover songs on DistroKid will be expensive, yes. I suggest posting them for free on RUclips and Soundcloud only. And try to build an audience like that. Building an audience takes time, so its probably a better idea to build it first on RUclips and then once you have a good following, then you can tell them that they can listen on Spotify, and slowly start uploading through DistroKid.
@focus gamin yt: So happy to hear that!
Educate yourself on taxes and your earnings from any distributer. If you're an artist outside the US, talk to an accountant or a legal professional about US tax withholdings. Additional information on tax withholdings and DistroKid can be found here distrokid.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044282254-How-to-claim-tax-treaty-benefits-if-applicable-to-you-
Please watch this: ruclips.net/video/UZ9P80XPIWY/видео.html and clarify your viewers
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If we distribute music through Distrokid which takes 1400/- gives Official artist channel permanently ? or should we pay for every particular time?
hi if i upload music on destrokid will i get any copyright strike .. if yes then how to remove it..
No, why would you?
You'll only get copyright strikes if it's not your music and someone else already owns the copyright
You cannot upload remixes to DK. If you make original music you’ve got nothing to worry about
Effron White gets copyright strikes sometimes on live videos when he performs his own music. CD Baby is looking out for his copyrights and their system automatically tags songs written by him that aren't the official release from one of his 4 CDs. There's a link next to the notification of the copyright strike that tells you how to contest the strike. Just fill in that form they have. Hope that helps.
@@aldo6532 aye I be rapping of free beats but I distribute to distro kid would I get copy right
That's a serious pack of helpful information in the right time needed. Thanks Sanjay and Dharti.
Hey, Rakesh, buddy! Nice to hear from you!
You're the GOAT, Sanjay thx for giving the community knowledge!
🙏🏼🙏🏼 thanks Wise One
Hi, you really helped me with your informative videos, thank you!
So glad to hear that...and good luck with your channel!
Great video. Thank you!
You may not be a lawyer but that was all GREAT information....and it was free. No legal fees! Thanks.
Haha. That’s true. Thanks 🙏🏼
Man you got right to the point, you talk about what we really need to hear and know
Thanks for noticing that :-)
Make the music you love
MTMYL, Shivam!
@@desithugsrecords sounds like, and i'm guessing here,,, you uploaded a cover song? cover songs they charge you $12.00 each cover song then everyone with yearly plans pays a $1.80 something for each release so its adding up to a cover song for you lol.. also watch what options you choose for your release, there are extras fees for special features like music ids/detection and stuff.... it does say "13.89 for the optional album extras" keywords " optional EXTRAS"
This video is literally the best distribution video for independent artists
Distrokid Cd Baby or Tunecore? The best?
If you're only starting out, I'd say distrokid over tunecore. CDbaby had so many negative things surrounding it that I ruled it our early.
Tunecore can work if you're only putting out a little bit of music. If you're looking to release weekly or monthly and really build up a catalog but don't have tens of thousands of streams to make the money back, then tunecore with the $10 per song per year will get very expensive.
I'd say start off on distrokid just to get an unlimited amount of songs out for only $20 a year, then once you create a buzz and have a significant amount of streams then I'd say move to tunecore to make sure you get all of your royalties.
Tunecore covers more areas of royalty collection, so it will get you the most money from your music as long as you have enough streams to sustain the $10 per song per year fees. If you don't then my advice is to go with distrokid.
Despite all the problems I’ve had with distrokid, it’s still the best service for this. If I was a millionaire, I’d probably go with something that’s a one time fee option over a subscription service, but for the smaller artist? It is *the* service
Yeah, I think this is a good way to go especially as you are building an audience slowly and finding what songs/albums do well.
this guys videos are so well made. thank you for all of this content im starting my music journey soon and you have helped me a lot :)
So happy to hear that. Thank you!
You've been a Big help to me Sanjay :-) All questions were answered carefully and accurately. There are many videos explaining different points about DistroKid but yours is what I found with sincerity and without bias. Thank you Sanjay C. 🙂
Hey Sanjay, Thank you for this valuable information. It's time to grow! 2020 gonna be an amazing year for my music!
Love hearing that, man! Keep it up!! I'm routing for you
Been lil late..... luv frm india 🇮🇳
Much love 🇮🇳
BMI affiliation is free for songwriters. At least it was when I joined. There was a small fee when I joined ASCAP as a publisher. That's the most affordable way to gain affiliation.
One thing left out of this video is:
When you’re in the distrokid site, when you select hiphop or edm as your category, the RUclips monetizing option goes away.
That's weird. i didn't know it did that
Thanks for this, Sanjay! Distrokid's been under fire a lot lately, because of "editorial discretion" removal of releases and "thanks, but you need to find another distributor for your music". I've had friends with quality music release their stuff through DK this year and late last year and all of a sudden, it's gone for that reason. Distrokid blames iTunes and Amazon Music for the choice, but there's no reason for it, whatsoever. Artwork is fine, music is completely original (and high-quality recordings/writing). I advise everyone out there to instead, use CDbaby. They're more expensive (and were the first to offer not only an online music store pre-digital music, but the first to offer digital distro to all the services out there). I've had no issues with them for 16 years. Just an FYI to everyone out there.
Thank You for this comment. With CDBABY, are Logic Pro X loops library sounds OK to use?
Sanjay Thank You brother! Excellent videos! 👍🌟🙏
My pleasure
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@@SanjayC also like the new format of news + new content every week
Thanks, Siddharth!
Man thank you so much, your content is straight to the point and inspiring! Subscribed instantly you have really helped me so far 🙏🏻
If I could hit the like button twice, I would!
I have released my song through Distrokid to RUclips . Contend ID identified in my release but few other people have uploaded my video in their channel . It’s not still identified copyright claim endorsement on their video. Do you have any idea ?
Audiam may have stopped representig your music for content id what kind of music do you make
Question: We uploaded a five-track EP in March 2020 via Distrokid. It showed up on all platforms successfully. However, three of the five album track videos that were up on RUclips seem to have been replaced by other videos we have of the same songs, like music videos and instrument play-through videos. The tracks do show correctly on RUclips Music, though. Our RUclips Channel is linked in Distrokid. Any insight on this? I wonder if RUclips recognized the audio of these videos were the same and replaced the Distrokid video with the video we uploaded separately...
Thank You for this video Sir 🙏👍 I register and started my distrokid just today using your affiliate link.
Thank you
i woke up today with my song removed due to copyright infrigement. Its a remix of a song but I got permission from the original creators. The removal of this song ruined my whole account and now I went from a ton of listeners to like 10 monthly. Should I just quit music now?
same shit i lost about 600$ and 7 million view
Thank you so much Sanjay C! That cleared things out for me, I just uploaded my single to distrokid then availed their service for "Content ID", but now, I am uploading my OWN created video for an Official Audio of my song. And you're correct about the "Interstreet Recordings" who is claiming my OWN song! I got confused for a while on what to do, but thanks to you, it's not that hard to think eventually! hahaha! Thank you!
Brilliant job my friend. Concise, well said, and super informative.
I have a question. When I go through Distrokid, and then use my own music in a different video, say like on TikTok, I get the sound removed. How can I use my own music and not have this happen?
A question nobody ever answered (PLZ HELP): Can I delete the Cover license by just deleting the cover-song??
I'm a producer and songwriter, and the creative force behind the whole project, however I am not the face and name of the project, but my singer is. My name is solely supposed to show up in the credits. Is it possible that I keep the full rights to my project? As I have heard DistroKid automatically adds the artist as the copyright owner.
Sanjay, as always, thank you so much for all the information. My question is about sampling. I have used distrokid for my first simple album upload and when they ask for info about each song, sampling is a big no no. However, a lot of hip-hop producers have used sampling to make tracks. For example, you can get license from tracklib for a song that you can sample. How do you get around that on distrokid? Thanks in advance :)
THIS VDO HELPED ME A LOT THANK YOU SANJAY ! HOW TO UPGRADE FROM MUSICIAN TO MUSICIAN PLUS PLAN ? DOES IT TAKES NEW EMAIL ID AND SERIOUS OTHER STUFF LIKE YOU TOLD IN THE VIDEO OF DOWNGRADING THE PLAN
hey sanjay! great video!! btw whats the beat thats playing in the outro did u upload this beat somewhere? it sounds so sick!! i liked and subscribed!!
Hey, I made it. I make all the music in my videos, except in the Saturday News Reports where I feature other artists/viewers.
As always Sanjay making great videos! Thanks!!!
Wow thank you for the RUclips topic one, always pissed me off how it posted to a topic with like 1 follower, didn't know it could be changed
No problem. Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for all the videos Sanjay!! They're super helpful, and I could've missed a lot of plugins if it weren't for those freebie updates! hehe. I was wondering if distrokid will stop monetizing our artist-topic account if we were to create an official youtube artist account? Thank you again for all the help you've given to us musicians!
If I asked one of my favourite streamers to listen to my track and he did live will he get in trouble or have trouble with monitising his video? Cause I don't want that to happen, I was just super appreciative that he listened and liked my track!
This is an important question. If somebody were to dispute a copyright claim in regards of the use of my music. How do I get the notification that somebody has submitted a dispute in which how can I determine if the dispute gets rejected or accepted?
As always very informative thank you Sanjey I appreciate your videos
Nice video, but you conveniently left the most burning issue of 30% tax withhold by Distrokid for Non-US members??
3rd view,great video as again,almost finished my cover.
Thanks, Andrew! When is your song coming out?
@@SanjayC 8:30 AM (Final touches)
Awesome!!
@@SanjayC Wait,you mean my own song? 'cause im only uploading my cover of the Stranger Things Theme?
ruclips.net/video/OMNRBuuArWQ/видео.html
Here it is. Voila`
If I choose the "Leave a Legacy" option and stop paying the membership, how do I receive the earnings from the songs?
Really useful, thanks Sanjay!
Man, A Thousand Suns is such a great album🔥
Thank you sir, very helpful information!
Great video. WhT if already have a personal you tube account but you dont want to use it as your professional one? Which box would you check on distrokid? WhT is the reason/benefit for choosing your own ISRC number?
What happens if you have music uploaded prior to selecting the legacy option (since it's an additional option). Will attaining that option cover the previously recorded songs? Or does it roll out only to newer ones from there-on-in?.
Actually I Am A DJ
Can I Upload Any DJ Remix Track On Distrokid (Platforms)
And If Will I Get My Artist Tag
Most helpful video 😊 ,thank you so much for detailed explanation
Awesome! Glad you like it!
IF I wanted to do a duet with you and then release it all over the world... Do you think DistroKid would allow such an angelic voice to be on the track with you and then help release it?
Height of overconfidence lmao 😂
Let me consult with DistroKid about heavenly music first.
musqitone lolll 🤷🏽♀️
Sanjay C Ok. Please get back to me ASAP. I have a lot of important things going on and I’m a really busy person.
@@musqitonebeats2129 Dharti's his wife
Thank you so much.
Attention: Using content id on distrokid will block your streaming with your own music on. This is very annoying and penalizing the RUclips channel. I cant believe how is possible that Distrokid didnt consider a issue like this.
Good video. I got my new Royalties a few days ago. For some reason Distrokid only payed me out for like a quarter of the streams for September. Last month it was the same and I thought I’ll get the rest this month but I got even less. That’s quite frustrating because I got a lot streams last month with Spotify algorithm playlists. Hope you can help me ✌🏻
Your videos are great! How does Distrokid work if I'm not the actual performer? In others word the artist wrote the lyrics, but I did all of the music?
BMI and ASCAP ARE the organizations that collect and pay you the royalties from broadcast/streaming performances, not just from bars and live performances. Is DistroKid setting themselves up to be a competitor to BMI/ASCAP for managing royalties? Just asking because of the minimizing of ASCAP/BMI. What are the advantages of using DistroKid over those platforms, please?
Can you make a monitor about studio monitor (displays)? What kind ? How long? Something related to that?
Hi Apeksh, I highly recommend getting an ultrawide display. The extra space you'll have makes working in DAWs so much easier. You don't need anything expensive. I have a 27" ultrawide by LG - the cheapest I could find. And its just perfect for my needs.
I just recently joined distro kid and have already released a few songs, but I still have a few questions. In regards to your comment about uploading your music videos straight to your channel rather than through distro kid, is this the same for lyric videos? Can I make a lyric video and upload it straight to my artist channel? Do I need to mention distracted in the description, do I need to add anything else?
Thanks for the informations! You really covered all my questions!
Awesome!! So happy to hear that
Why can’t I use my own music on TikTok? It keeps muting my videos and yes I got approved for an artist account on TikTok so they know I’m the owner of the song
THANKYOU
You're welcome!
Hello, I have good question : how if I stop dealing with distokid and I let my music available in the stores, who gonna pay me? From where I get my money , if no longer in contact with distokid?? Please help. Thank you 🙏
Very nice explanation....Thank you very much...
So this "Topic" Channel that distro kid makes, am I in control of it? Can I post videos like music videos or other general announcements on that RUclips Channel? Thanks
First I would like to say how happy I am to to have found somebody like you with your great videos..My question is that I have a remix of a cover song but I have the famous artist that originally sang the song singing it,does Distrokid take care of the licensing.It’s a different version of the original but the artist has passed away and as a tribute to the artist I redid it with the artist singing the whole song…Thanks in Advance for your guidance…Xavier
Thx so much I love your videos keep doing this.. 🚀
Thanks, Phoniex!
Please make a video on how to avoid accidental copyright infringement? What can happen if I release a song on spotify that sounds like somebody else's song? Can the file a lawsuit against me if I have not formally registered my work?
Great video - love your work
My question is that before and after I signed up for distrokid I have had visuals for my songs up on my RUclips
I was wondering how can I get the license for it so I can get payed for the visuals
because that is where I get the most views for my songs please can you help me with that my Artist name is KāyPēsos
Thank You for reading this,
What is the best plan for a single artist
Excelent video. A question: what about jazz standards like FLY ME TO THE MOON or MISTY... are there any fee to pay? Since the songwriters dies almost 50 years ago
Any thought on not being able to cancel their plan untill the artist is dead (to use the legacy thing) ?
@Sanjay C , I have a question... I have a label plan... I do have my own artist profile , and I already my SPOTIFY for artist, now my question is, I have another artist, how can I create a SPOTIFY for artist ( for her) so she can monitor her account/artist profile..Thanks
Great Vid! You helped me a lot!
Pal how to input credits in description for (movie)cover songs, from where we need to pull those details.
Also explain how much revenue for us and how much for producers, kindly make a separate video, in searching for this nearly 20 days in youtube but couldn't figured out any.
who decides the price your single will sell for .99 , 1.29 etc?
First of all, great video👍🏼
I have some Q.
If I release a cover via Distrokid, do I need to be worry about being sued, or does distrokid have my back?
For example.
I have been declined by a record company to release a cover song.
(I don't know why?)
If I choose to try to go via distrokid instead, and then get a O.K from distrokid, is that 100% legal?
Does distrokid have another approach of getting licenses, or do they go the same way (trough the rights holders)?
Keep up the good work❤
Thank you
Awesome and informative! Thank you good sir!
I personally went with Ditto Music about a year ago.
How do you like Ditto?
Great overview. Thanks for answering these questions. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Hey sanjay, I want to use the distrokid link in your bio,
so I was wondering if action music videos and lyrical videos {music video that was shoot with a camera }for my song can be distributed with distrokid??
And how to do so??
Please help me with a response
i am a fan of yours and thank you again for your youtube videos ,they are very helpful.
Thank You
I received an intellectual property rights report, my money was withdrawn, and my account was closed. Please, can anyone help 💔💔💔💔💔💔
Can you post covers that are accapella of yourself of a song? So without any instruments like music such as playing a piano of a song.
Do you have to use music? Can I be accepella?
I’m thinking yes. But I don’t know if they require you to use music and of course play the song yourself.
I am looking into producing dance tunes mostly, and that means there would potentially be DJs wanting to download my tunes through services like Beatport (and others alike) if my tunes do well to the point that such DJs want play my tunes in their sets. How should I go about such if tunes must be made available on services not covered by Distrokid?
Hi Sanjay, Great videos ... I'm a pro musician myself and into quite a lot of stuff. A quick question - I have many backing tracks which I've made 100% myself ... (no original samples or anything from the original song used in those backing tracks) can I distribute these via Distrokid legally without any hassle.
Appreciate you taking the time to explain that you ain’t like these other fools you explain 🤔 things in a manner everyone can understand excellent job I’m 👏 clapping for you good job 👏
Hii, what if, we already upload our original song on distrokid, and someone make a cover with that song on youtube, wich is a cover song is always not the same arangement as the master that uploaded on distrokid, will distrokid recocnize it..? Or can distrokid detect it..? Or can it be copyright claim via distrokid..? Because we make another version of all songs that already aploaded on spotify in a difrent name, i'm worry we canot put it in all stores.
i got a question so when i uploaded my song "the art track" i click it, it then goes to my music video how do i set that up for all my songs that got videos been digging have n0t got any help
We are band of 4 artists which plan should we choose on distrokid?
My first payment came on 10th November but till now the next payment has not come. One month is complete. Can you tell on what date the payment comes? please help
Hi Sanjay, firstly great show. Just a quick question what if you’re using samples from a sample pack I’ve paid for like a vocal pack. What options do you pick on distrokid when uploading my song?
If you are using royalty-free samples (which is typical of sample packs), then you don't need to pick any options. When you buy a sample pack, you own the rights to use those samples in your music. The only thing you can't do with sample packs is sell those samples yourself.
Sanjay C thanks 🙏