How Much I've Earned From CONTENT ID | My Year Long Experiment

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A quick rundown of my year long experiment with content ID! We'll take a look at my income statements over the last year as well as the types of videos that my music is being used in. I'll share some thoughts on whether I think it's worth it, and some things to know before you register your music with a digital fingerprinting service like Identifyy.
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@Steven_Beddall 9 ай бұрын

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@chingompiew1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the informative video. It looks like a good tool to get additional revenue from your music. I've been researching Content ID because I wanted to use it, however, the rules for Content ID dictate that you can not have any of the following in your music: "No beats, loops or sound effects downloaded from sample libraries. This includes any free sounds included in Logic, Pro Tools, Garage Band etc." I'm pretty sure every producer uses kick samples from their DAW or downloaded sample packs. Could you please explain how you are able to register your songs with Content ID without getting flagged for using those sounds/samples? You recommend Splice in other videos so obviously you use samples, and based on your other videos I can see you use Logic sounds too. Why do your songs/beats qualify for Content ID?

@AlexBtvmusic Жыл бұрын

Great CID video, Steve. I’m happy to see that it turned out to be a decent source of income for you man! Well deserved! I started registering my music around August of 2022, right after I got into Motion Array, and reports were very quiet for a while. Suddenly, today I noticed a lot of videos using my music! Some of them even have my music and yours playing one after the other! 🤩 They’re all from December of 2022. It’s an intangible reward to see how far my music is going. I haven’t reached the payout threshold yet, but it’s certainly gonna be an interesting source of income for me too. Thanks for all the support. 🙏🏻

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Just wait till you see all the placements you get with those #1 staff picks earlier this year! Should be a great result on identifyy. That's so cool that someone used both our tracks in the same video!!!

@andreasfranzmann9634 Жыл бұрын

That's so inspiring Alex, well deserverd! Way to go! Thanks for sharing and keep the good stuff coming!

@AlexBtvmusic Жыл бұрын

Thanks guys. We all have good news coming our way this year and the years to come. 🙌🏻

@igrosem Жыл бұрын

Thank you Stevie! Very interesting information! 👍

@MakeMusicIncome Жыл бұрын

Excellent info dude!

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Thx🙏

@makegamemusic Жыл бұрын

I keep on getting emails from them but never really understood what they did. Thank you for this, really useful stuff Stevie!

@floraphonic Жыл бұрын

I get them too! I don't even know how they found my email!

@Edizonstudio 9 ай бұрын

Great vid thank you for helpful info!

@andreasfranzmann9634 Жыл бұрын

Hey Steve, as always: We highly appreciate your transparency, that's very encouraging and helpful for aspiring composers! Thanks a ton and best of luck with your CID-journey. (and please don't start making reaction videos!! 🙂) Best, Andy

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy! No promises on the reaction videos lol 😂

@p.o.p.presents 2 ай бұрын

I see many bad reviews on Trust Pilot but multiple conposers that I respect use it and give it great reviews. I've heard about you from Make Music Income Podcast. Once I build up enough tracks i'm going to register my songs with Identiffy. Great video. Just subscribed. P.o.p.

@georobv Жыл бұрын

Really nice, it was worth it! I think the number of views and the amount of money you get are not directly related. If someone is clicking on ads, you get more money. If an ad is full-screen, like those at the start or end of a video, it's worth more, but some might skip the end. If an ad is just a banner, it's worth less. If someone is watching from the US, an ad will be worth more money compared to other countries where an ad is cheaper. Then there are people with premium accounts who see no ads, so you get some amount set by KZfaq, and the subscription has different prices by country. Then, in the end, there is no revenue if someone is blocking ads with some sort of adblocker.

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Gotcha, that all makes sense! Thanks for the insight.

@audiotoarabic 11 ай бұрын

Someone told me that using a kick in the track is enough to make KZfaq delete the track from the library. Is this really true? And what do you do in recording your songs? Do you really not use any kicks or any drum solos? I'm not talking about loops here, I'm talking about solo parts, Another question please i'm very confused Does all the music you include for content id not use ready kicks or snares or fx like White noise or sweap from kshmr pack? Or are you making these sounds by yourself, because someone told me the music taken down from the KZfaq content id library because any sound i use is not made by me But I can't believe that just the sound of a kick causes a track to be deleted from the content ID library after several months of actually making money. By the way the language of the video in a minute 8:44 is Arabic

@Steven_Beddall 11 ай бұрын

I don’t know, I’ve never had an issue with Content ID and using samples. Sometimes I use a Splice sample, sometimes I do my own sound design. I think problems occur when producers get lazy and just use a bunch of Splice samples or loops and don’t do much to make it original.

@audiotoarabic 11 ай бұрын

I use normal drums which are not complicated at all, kick and snare from the Kashmir package@@Steven_Beddall

@YouTubeContenttt Күн бұрын

@audiotoarabic So does using kicks and drums really get you rejected for content ID? Have you found the answer to this question?

@mbaudio2574 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video Steve! Your success is inspiring and well deserved!! I was wondering, can I register my tracks with ContentID after they've been accepted by Motion Array, AJ and Pond5?

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Yep, but you have to update your metadata and with MA you have to inform them of the change. Cheers!

@mbaudio2574 Жыл бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall Thanks Steve!

@csm_sounds Жыл бұрын

Hey Stevie! Thank you for sharing this! This is kinda unrelated, but I recently decided to put my face in front of the camera 😅 and wanted to ask you: do you write any script and read it while recording or just few points and develop? Have a great week!

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Cheers! I usually write a script yeah but often go off script too, a bit of both!

@MarketAndChurch Жыл бұрын

I've never heard of Content ID, but this looks really cool. When you said that you had a really good month on Motion Array with those 3 tracks, did you create all of those tracks in one month? How many songs do you finish a month?

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

It really depends, sometimes I finish a handful of tracks in a month and others are slower depending on what my other projects are at the time.

@nathangproducer Жыл бұрын

Hi Steve! Thank you for all your videos! I just have a quick question that I can't find a clear answer to on Artlist. Does Artlist accept tracks registered with Content ID from Identifyy etc...? Or do they register the tracks to their own Content ID - in which case I assume they require tracks not registered to any Content ID to begin with? Cheers! Nathan

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Yep you got it, they don't accept CID registered songs.

@projectb3117 4 ай бұрын

Does it also collect from your own video with your music that you upload on youtube and instagram?

@CurbserviceTMF Жыл бұрын

Have Artlist start accepting music with content id?

@VoicesOfFaithJackAndKitty 4 күн бұрын

Hi Steven! Wonderful and informative video. Quick question: Is it a requirement to use a middle-man (like Identifyy) to get paid for your songs used in any YT videos? Why can't you simply register your songs in YT's Content ID and skip bringing another company (and 30%) into the mix? I have compositions that I will be personally using for my videos (not registered with any stock music companies for licensing, etc, only with my PRO)...but I want to be paid if any of my tracks are stolen by creators on KZfaq. Does YT Content ID adequately cover stolen content and pay you, or is a company like Identifyy needed to ensure policing/payment? Thanks so much!

@gengar.resumenes 4 ай бұрын

How long does it take for KZfaq's algorithm to detect your song in other people's videos?

@Skipcountkid-gq7px Жыл бұрын

sir i am unable to get get authorized on identifyy, i have applied it for 4 times but all the times they are showing that "sorry you are not authorzed to perform the action" sir please helo me to get this....or please tell me some other alternatives of identifyy

@foxbeeshorts 8 ай бұрын

I'd be curious to see what you earned from youtube shorts that your music was used in. As music gets paid before creators, but creators still get paid from shorts even if the music has a claim.

@Steven_Beddall 8 ай бұрын

I've only got a statement from Q4 last year for shorts but it's hardly anything, like 10 cents

@foxbeeshorts 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for getting back to me! Is that 10c per 1k views? Or you only earned 10c in total. I get 2-4c per 1k views on shorts, but if you drive enough traffic its liveable.@@Steven_Beddall

@Skipcountkid-gq7px Жыл бұрын

When will I able to see my reports of views and revenue that is generated in March by me?

@TimoHohnholz Жыл бұрын

Hey, just want to say thanks for your content and ideas! Today I got staff picked by the Motion Array team with my track "Retro Sneakers", 1st track on their music site. I am curious where this leads!

@AlexBtvmusic Жыл бұрын

Congrats! That's gonna give you lots of dollars.

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Congrats on the staff pick man!

@TimoHohnholz Жыл бұрын

@@AlexBtvmusic Thanks! I want to keep my expectations low. I am more happy about the recognition of the work and I realize how much it motivates!

@TimoHohnholz Жыл бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall Thank you very much, Stevie!

@AlexBtvmusic Жыл бұрын

@@TimoHohnholz, I totally understand and agree with you. I have the exact same feeling. Checking out where our music has been placed on Identifyy is even sweeter than the payout itself.

@lewisbrave 7 ай бұрын

Hi Stevie, why Identify and not TuneCore? because of compositions collecting?

@Steven_Beddall 7 ай бұрын

I think they just have a more robust system for finding usage overall. They also catalog the actual use cases in the backend too, so you can see how your music is being used. I don't know if TuneCore has that.

@rasmusolander8348 Жыл бұрын

what happens if a video containing a song from motion array gets claimed cause of identifyy? do you have to clear this yourself or does Motion array handle it?

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

I think technically the composer is supposed to clear it but I've not had to do that yet. My basic understanding is that YT easily clears the claim if you can demonstrate that you have a license, but it's not something I'm familiar with as I've never done it myself.

@imagephobia9815 Күн бұрын

Hey Steve! I have a question regarding Content ID. Let's say that a 10 minute long video receives a copyright claim because of a song used in the video. Would the video display more Ads if the video contained two copyrighted songs instead of one? Thanks!

@prodbyrobe 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Stevie Can I eventually remove a track from Identifyy whenever I want? I sell beats and I'm considering registering them and benefit of content Id. Whenever someone purchases a beat license can I remove it form Identifyy?

@Steven_Beddall 2 ай бұрын

Identifyy locks you into a 3 year contract so I wouldn't recommend doing that!

@fabiocorreagomes 9 ай бұрын

Hi Stevie! I have a question: The money the composer/producer will receive is that one listed on "Total Net Earnings", am I right? How much money do we must gather in the platform in order to get paid? Thanks in advance for your attention! Always watching your content. Greetings from Brazil

@Steven_Beddall 9 ай бұрын

Yes Total Net Earnings is the final payout amount I believe, I’m not too sure what the payment threshold is though. Thanks for watching! 🙏

@fabiocorreagomes 9 ай бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall Thanks man! "A threshold of $100 needs to be met before payouts commence" I just searched on Google. Thanks for the great content. Keep going with your musical journey!

@alexanderlindner2673 Жыл бұрын

Sorry, i got a complete different question. Do you think Atmos will Change the Stock and sync Music Industrie in the near Future?! And will the average bedroom Producer disapear?! Thx Alex

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Atmos?

@alexanderlindner2673 Жыл бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall Dolby Atmos!!! Everyone of the pros ist mixing ( or ist gonna Mix ) in Dolby Atmos!! This should become the new future!! Everyone ist talking about this, so i would Love to hear your thoughts on this!!

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

@@alexanderlindner2673 Right, yeah I'm not sure it will have a huge impact on sync music in the short term but we'll see! I'll have to upgrade my gear!

@WillyJunior 8 ай бұрын

Hey Steve, do you think this discourages some people from choosing your tracks for their videos as it ads an extra step in the upload process for the video creator?

@Steven_Beddall 8 ай бұрын

That's what I always assumed, but it doesn't seem to discourage downloads on the library at all. I think content creators for the most part are used to it.

@WillyJunior 8 ай бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall Awesome, thanks for the reply :)

@WillyJunior 8 ай бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall Sorry, one more question 😂 Do you know if Identifyy also detects usages on TikTok? I feel like we might see an increase in uses over there now it's such a huge platform.

@projectb3117 5 ай бұрын

Doesnt Tunecore also claim royalties through content id on youtube?

@Steven_Beddall 5 ай бұрын

If you opt in

@tzu_wu Жыл бұрын

Hey Stevei. Thank you for doing this. it s really helpful but i have a question. I have tons of tracks. the path i want to follow is; 1. stream these songs to spotify though disteokid 2. get an content id though identifyy 3. register on artlist and similar websites and share these tracks is this the right way to follow. Can i share these tracks on artlist after registering content id by identifyy or does artlist have its own content id system? thanks a lot for your help on advance.

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately registering your music on any content ID service, Identifyy included.. is a deal breaker for Artlist. Only certain stock libraries will permit your own CID registration. For myself, my content ID registered material is only available on Motion Array, Pond 5 and Audiojungle

@tzu_wu Жыл бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall thank you so much.

@projectb3117 28 күн бұрын

What if you give your music away for free (so not that people need to buy them on Motion array)? That would be beneficial for Identifyy?

@Steven_Beddall 28 күн бұрын

Yeah there’s quite a few people who have succeeded with that model but like anything else Youtibe is highly saturated with free background music so it’s hard to compete with the algorithms

@RAM_845 Жыл бұрын

With regards to music libraries, I'm based in Australia, can you get paid tax-free? I'm also on a Disability Pension too.

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

It depends on the specific tax treaty between Australia and wherever the music library that's paying you is located, every situation is a bit different.

@RAM_845 Жыл бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall hmmm If I recall my social security, says I can work maximum 8hrs a day but back in the day you'd only have to report income.

@malgresty6466 Жыл бұрын

This is probably a dumb question but how are they using your music illegally is it not water marked ? everything ive heard on stock sites has a voice shouting audio jungle every 5 seconds through the track

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Pond 5 has no watermark, also you'd be surprised at how often people buy a subscription, download everything and upload the music to torrent sites. I've even heard ads using watermarked tracks!

@projectb3117 18 күн бұрын

Do you also get ad money from youtube and money from identifyy that detects music on KZfaq/instagram/facebook?

@Steven_Beddall 18 күн бұрын

Identifyy is ad money from KZfaq, they are just collecting it on your behalf

@projectb3117 18 күн бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall So maybe it is better to not be on identifyy and just collect the admoney from youtube direct?

@Steven_Beddall 18 күн бұрын

@@projectb3117 Well you can't collect ad revenue from videos that aren't your own unless you use a content ID service like Identifyy.

@projectb3117 18 күн бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall Yeah thats the problem when people download the music from your videos behind your back.

@projectb3117 18 күн бұрын

@@Steven_BeddallImagine you got 1 million plays (or more) on youtube (like Kevin McLeod)…would it then be useful to use identifyy?

@crazyRyoga Жыл бұрын

9:45 pardon my question but I'm really ignorant about these stuff, are you saying that people downloaded that music from other sources and not from MotionArray. Like, "illegally" downloaded?

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

In some cases yes, stock music has been illegally available on torrent sites in the past.

@crazyRyoga Жыл бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall Ohh I see. Thanks for the answer.

@bradfordknights7554 Жыл бұрын

why not put your own music in your own videos, like this one for example? you have no music running, and it could be a way to show it off as well. maybe you have a reason why, and if so, please enlighten me. thanks :)

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

Great question but I don't have a perfect answer. I do actually use my own tracks in my videos fairly often, but how it relates to any benefit regarding content ID with respect to my own channel is still a bit unclear to me. First of all, it's possible that getting a claim, even from use of my own registered music would cut into the total amount I'm able to monetize my videos with AdRev because I'd be giving Identifyy a cut of it. Second, despite many instances of using my own content ID registered music in my videos, it never seems to trigger a claim for me. I don't remember connecting my KZfaq page to ownership of the material so I'm not sure how or why Identifyy seems to skip past my content. Something to look into though..

@bradfordknights7554 Жыл бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall well I do enjoy your music. And your content.

@Steven_Beddall Жыл бұрын

@@bradfordknights7554 thanks man 🙏

@purplepeople950 Жыл бұрын

You could use chat gpt to write your scripts, and then use a text to video ai to create the video, then pop your tracks on there, use a text to speech ai for the vo - probably wouldn't take too long lol. Definitely feel you could use your own music in these videos more, as a viewer it would be cool to get a feel for who you are as a musician and background music and some angle changes and cuts definitely helps keep flow in a video. Another idea could be to do some reaction videos of what people have used your music for, explain how it has enhanced the mood, maybe posture over why one track is more successful than others, has the track name played a role etc. Or a compilation video promoting the videos and channels that have used your music and say thanks... if their video align with any of your interests you could spark a direct connection with them and potentially develop direct relationships with the smaller creators to collab or gain sponsorship from, or potentially just licence to them directly or gain some custom jobs... Sorry to ramble at you just what came to mind Thanks for the video Steve, have not considered this option and look forward to exploring further!

@purplepeople950 Жыл бұрын

Is starting to sound a little like inception though, doing a reaction video of a reaction video of a video that could be of a video of someone reacting to something 😂

@marinakaramarko6484 Жыл бұрын

Wow 30% cut? We are doing it for 10% only

@rixxir 3 ай бұрын

So, let me get this straight: 1. Someone buys your music and adds it to his software. 2. Someone records video of said software. 3. You claim 100% revenue of said videos. 4. You proceed to feel good about how much you earned from work of other people - because you got paid twice. This is just an example, but this is how the cancerous content id works. I've bought "royalty-free" music (not from you) in the past and its a scam - registered on content id and earning money from my work.

@Steven_Beddall 3 ай бұрын

Nope. You got it all wrong, let me clarify it for you.. 1. Someone buys my music legitimately with a usage license 2. Someone records video on KZfaq using said music 3. KZfaq issues a copyright claim because it's registered with content ID 4. I receive a TINY portion of the ad revenue generated by the video for using my copyright protected content because the user couldn't be bothered to clear the claim by providing proof of license. 5. I proceed to feel baffled that user doesn't clear the claim which is hilariously EASY TO DO. 6. I also consider the likelihood that user STOLE my music and proceed to feel AWESOME about being paid twice 😊

@rixxir 3 ай бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall Not quite. I bought good licenses (the most expensive ones) from audio jungle and asked audio jungle beforehand if I can use it in my game. They said ok. What happened after? When youtubers started to record gameplays, they got automatically claimed. There was NOTHING I could do about it (I tried). I see this whole system as a scam and nothing more. I will never buy music again.

@Steven_Beddall 3 ай бұрын

@@rixxir Yeah that sucks for sure, but Audiojungle requires that the music author discloses whether the music is registered with content ID, it says it right on the track landing page. If it wasn't disclosed, the author would be violating their terms of service and you should be refunded. I understand the frustration but I'm not sure it quite meets the 'scam' criteria because it's not a hidden feature. In any case, if you are using RF music in your games you'll find that much of it is protected by these kinds of systems to prevent theft and unauthorized usage. The CID system isn't perfect by any means, far from it. I would just consider that its not musicians trying to scam you out of your hard work! AJ probably isn't the best place to buy music for your game either. I'd look at Game Dev Market or Unity Asset Store and make sure the tracks are free from CID.

@rixxir 3 ай бұрын

@@Steven_Beddall Yeah, but you know how it works only after you do it - I had no idea about CID system on youtube. It was the first time I bought music from a store, and a last time. I will just use AI instead.