People posting your tunes on youtube

pure · Post by **pure** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:55 am

Whats your view on people just posting tunes on youtube? I just found some tune I made called crack house on youtube posted by some random guy. Is this good or bad?

My view after checking vid properlly - In this case I think its fine because he has said where you can get the release etc plus sound quality is not exactly amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3FCCsVPfg . Its good for dubstep proberlly.

phaeleh · Post by **phaeleh** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:58 am

Pure wrote:Whats your view on people just posting tunes on youtube? I just found some tune I made called crack house on youtube posted by some random guy. Is this good or bad?

It's a tricky one imo, on one hand it's annoying to come across your stuff online like that, but at least it isn't someone hosting links to all your mp3s...

Plus, it's more exposure for you, and they wouldn't have put it up if they weren't feeling the beats...

tes la rok · Post by **tes la rok** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:00 pm

I think if tune is _released_ it's not necessary a bad thing. Example Round The World Girls have 40,000+ hits.. It's a good exposure for artists & tune and if I remember right PRS pays roaylties from youtube nowdays.

Unreleased tunes not cool...

haridas · Post by **haridas** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:21 pm

tes la rok wrote: Unreleased tunes not cool...

i think its fine if its a clip from a mix

butterz · Post by **butterz** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:36 pm

tes la rok wrote:I think if tune is _released_ it's not necessary a bad thing. Example Round The World Girls have 40,000+ hits.. It's a good exposure for artists & tune and if I remember right PRS pays roaylties from youtube nowdays.

Unreleased tunes not cool...

prs paying royalties from youtube? Are you sure?!

tes la rok · Post by **tes la rok** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:39 pm

Butterz wrote:
tes la rok wrote:I think if tune is _released_ it's not necessary a bad thing. Example Round The World Girls have 40,000+ hits.. It's a good exposure for artists & tune and if I remember right PRS pays roaylties from youtube nowdays.

Unreleased tunes not cool...
prs paying royalties from youtube? Are you sure?!

I remember reading some article about songwriters gettin royalties from youtube. might not be yet, but in near future. but i could be wrong..

pure · Post by **pure** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:57 pm

In this case I think its fine because he has said where you can get the release etc plus sound quality is not exactly amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB3FCCsVPfg . Its good for dubstep proberlly.

ory · Post by **ory** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:05 pm

You can't use it for mixing because the sound quality is so low. Basically it's not much different from hearing the tune in a mix.

start : stop · Post by **start : stop** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:19 pm

It can only be a good thing, exposure for the tune and gets people who maybe wouldn't normally listen to check it out. And it isn't good enough quality to rip and play out so no worry it will be leaked.

Only downside might be negative comments, but i doubt anyone really reads that much into them anyway.

frodo · Post by **frodo** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:07 pm

I hardly doubt that artists are getting royalties from Youtube.

And I know there are loads of people out there who rather listen to music on youtube than buying it.

tes la rok · Post by **tes la rok** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:25 pm

coupla links i found with quick search...

http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_YouTube_ ... 08169.html

http://www.list.co.uk/article/4567-yout ... r-artists/

And I know there are loads of people out there who rather listen to music on youtube than buying it.

But youtube can also atract new customers.. People who didn't know about artist before.

Don't think I somehow support illegal distribution or so. but in some cases especially for not _that_ established artists sources like youtube can be a good promotion network. And better one "illegal" source, than 100 smaller ones. easier to 'control'.

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:21 pm

YouTube DO pay royalties from YouTube.

A DJ/Producer told me himself.

werd2jah · Post by **werd2jah** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:38 pm

Ashley wrote:YouTube DO pay royalties from YouTube.

A DJ/Producer told me himself.

was it tes? lol

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:44 pm

Werd2jaH wrote:
Ashley wrote:YouTube DO pay royalties from YouTube.

A DJ/Producer told me himself.

was it tes? lol

No.

Doesn't matter who it was. Just make sure you register your tunes.

werd2jah · Post by **werd2jah** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:47 pm

only jokes ash, i got 2 tunes up on youtube an i didnt put em there either, is def ah good look for promotion, also today i stumbled upon a site or an extended site feature where they let yu download songs from youtube something called youtube mp3 or something like dat. basically it lets yu download the audio of any youtube vid an converts it to mp3, so if yu do got tunes up there jus make sure its shit quality so it can only be used as a reference to the artist or genre

werd2jah · Post by **werd2jah** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:50 pm

also, how do yu register yur tunes ash?
Are yu talkin bout this?

http://ascap.com/

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:51 pm

MCPS-PRS Alliance:
http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/Pages/default.aspx

Not sure how it works if you are an American musician.

time · Post by **time** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:37 pm

more exposure can only be a good thing surely

tes la rok · Post by **tes la rok** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:50 pm

ashley lol

But how PRS split youtube incomes between songwriters / producers I dont know. Didn't find any data about it.

.. seriously joining PRS is easy, no matter where u live. It just cost around 100 pounds.

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:54 pm

tes la rok wrote:ashley lol

But how PRS split youtube incomes between songwriters / producers I dont know. Didn't find any data about it.

.. seriously joining PRS is easy, no matter where u live. It just cost around 100 pounds.

Lolwat?

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