Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
but some of my friends have been posting original songs for years and have many tens of thousands of views, yet no one I know has ever received a royalty from YouTube plays.


Hi Matt
It is quite a business setting up Youtube to receive income from your own original songs and many artists don't bother. Plus you have to have several thousand views for it even to tip the scales. You have to have a google adsense account linked to your youtube channel (BEFORE you get the tens of thousand views) and they will only pay you out when your balance is over $100, so it is quite hard to get there with original tunes.

I think what we are talking about here is cover songs rather than original music. Right now you or I can upload a cover song to Youtube. It will ask you if this is "you singing someone else's song" to which you obviously answer yes. It then places a adverts on the video and the revenue goes to the songwriters (and not to you).

So, in my opinion, Youtube is the perfect vehicle to start a showcase of cover songs. I am all for it Peter.

Edited to add: Sorry Josie, I didn't see your post before posting this. I think we are on the same page here.

Last edited by JosieC; 05/08/15 03:37 AM.
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