Can i post remixes on youtube

Sound like a lot of work? It does to most artists, especially YouTubers who are often creating a new cover song video every week. In other words, if you upload a cover song video, YouTube should be able to tell that you do NOT own the rights to the song; you will see a claim placed on the video by the publisher, and any ad revenue generated by your video will be paid to that rights holder. This is the same technology that allows CD Baby to monetize the usage of sound recordings across all of YouTube on behalf of our artists.

In many cases, copyright owners allow the use of their content in YouTube videos in exchange for putting ads on those videos. These ads may play before or — if the video is longer than 10 minutes — during the video. But that is very rare these days. Most publishers understand that monetizing cover song videos through YouTube ads can add up to real revenue.

Hopefully this article helps you choose the right path for you when it comes to posting cover song videos on YouTube. I live in Maine and like peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, a little too much. Skip to content. How to legally post a cover song video on YouTube. Cover song videos are NOT protected by a mechanical license. Once a song is published, you have the right to cover it as a recording, but NOT as a video.

As entertainment attorney Christiane Cargill Kinney says: Assuming that a single license is going to cover you for every usage of the song is kind of like assuming that your doctor will accept pet insurance to treat your laryngitis. What license do you need for a cover song video? But what I also did was make sure that I wrote a long and detailed description for the video as well, using terms and keywords that I thought people might use when searching for this type of DJ mix set.

The trick is to write around words, and also use a track-listing so the tracks will get picked up in searches as well. It contains:. As a DJ you could use this area to link to your own website or social media profiles to help promote yourself better.

Since this guide was written, we have also put together hints and tips on how you can get more plays and views for your DJ mix YouTube video. Save Save. Skip to content.

Wait a Minute! Have you seen this? The following was a contribution from a reader of ours called James Mack. I am assuming that you have already got your DJ mix recorded and ready in a digital format.

I will save my image file as a. What we can do is compress the file without compromising the audio quality. Select your DJ mix file and click to upload it. Now, that was the simple part.

Firstly, give the YouTube video a great title. As mentioned, with my DJ mix video I wanted it to appear for Trade Hard House, and searches similar like that so I titled mine appropriately as you can see below: But what I also did was make sure that I wrote a long and detailed description for the video as well, using terms and keywords that I thought people might use when searching for this type of DJ mix set. It contains: Around words of content Description text and uses of words I think people might search for A track listing to help with being found Links out to other interesting mixes and websites I also used the description area to provide links out to other DJ mixes on my channel.

Step 8: The Final Result! So how do people like Hardwell for example Hardwell on air on YouTube do their mixes? I highly doubt they never get any claims right?

Yet every episode is still up on YouTube without problems. Explain that to me because I have no clue how people like that do it. HiEnergy Loving YTtalk. So how do people like Hardwell for example do their mixes? Are you guys absolutely sure? There's also a lot of smaller youtubers uploading mixes without any problems? I just need to be sure.

Like I said before I have no problems with giving up all ad revenue on the specific mix. I just don't want any strikes on my account. It lets practically anyone use bootleg acapella tracks etc and when you upload it to the site it lets you know if it can be commercially released. It can be uploaded to spotify, apple music and YouTube. The guy that owns it was a former Sony Music manager. There is also documentation online about this. It's like YouTube where it detects samples with ID etc.