This is "Youtube auto generated music" (google for more info) and has been going on for some time. I discovered it a few months ago when I made a video for one my old songs and a YT generated one popped up along with all the others I didn't know were on there....surprise.

The thing to keep in mind is that today Youtube is the top music search destination on the internet - so if you want people to find your music, it's probably more of a good thing that your music is on there rather than not.

To get paid, you'll have to activate and use the content id system yourself or sign up with a service that handles all the youtube ad and sync licensing for you. You can go to your cdBaby account and sign up with Rumblefish. You can also use any company of your choice like Audiam or some other one to take care of it for you. Whichever company you choose will take a percentage and you will be under contract to them for a specified amount of time.

You can also do it yourself without using a middleman by monetizing your own YT channel. Having a company do it might be easier and better in the long run so it's not bad thing to consider your options before deciding.

Unless there are a really huge amount of hits, from my research, the money from ads is like all other online music revenue these days = miniscule, so it's not like you're losing much by doing a bit of research before making your decision.

If you're going through another digital distributor besides cdBaby they may have a company they work with already in place like the Orchard, etc., and you're already covered.

Hope that helps. smile

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