What volume should I put them on

100% agree, thats an old video! lol

Glad it was helpful! but I am also sure you have got some info from Canada that you could share with me! lol

Your very welcomed Pervuisneg.

Hey, is your music copyrighted and distributed through a music distributor? Or even if it is copyrighted alone?

@@TieDyeKitty i distributed my music Using Amuse

@@Smirnofperdn oh then thats great, just let other people promote your music in their videos like the way TikTok intended, I wish that would happen to me! Let them go wild with it, fingers crossed that it goes viral! Remember, when we artist share our music, its caslled SPAM. When other people share our music, its an endorsement/recommendation.

Hi, when you use a music distributor to make you music available on streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music, it also becomes available of other platforms like TikTok for use by the public. The only difference is that Spotify, Apple Music and others have the licence to stream the whole song, whereas TikTok is only licence to stream 30 second of your music, so TikTok has a sample clip available for use, if you use anything other than that 30 second clip you can get muted.

Thanks for the sub! Best of luck with your music!

Hi, well it is even harder to prove that the music is indeed your, because it unreleased and probably not copyrighted at this point. If you have watched some of my past videos, I speak about uploading my music to my music distributor two months prior to it's release date in order to give myself time to promote. This would be one of those instances, where I can release short videos to promote the song coming up to its release date. Other than that, I would stay away from out anything with the music

Hey Spicerow, the only way anyone will believe in you and your skills is to give them something finished that they can hear, otherwise they will never see your vision. So unfortunately that is where the "Production" part comes into play, you must Produce the very thing you hear in your head, so that others can listen. And yes learning production takes much time, but it also is a skill and another art form in itself.

HI, well please do not take my reply the wrong way, I am not trying to put you down in any way. Even tho you say that you make music for enjoyment and do not promote it, the fact that you are so excited about the song that you want to share it before it is even finished says something. It means that you are passionate and want to Share it, that means you want people to hear it, so by making a video is to promote it. I would say, finish song, copyright, release and only then make your video. Because copyright works like this: if someone takes your song and makes their own version and registerers that song, they will own the copyright. They can even take you to court to say that your song infringed on their copyright because you don't have the copyright for your song. And if you did have that copyright registration in hand, you could send TikTok a copy as proof that the music is yours also. Hope this helps, chat soon George!

@@TieDyeKitty Thanks for the answer it helps. The problem I have is that I have a lot of unfinished music songs that I converted to mp3. But the originals from the DAW on my old computer got destroyed due to my computer being fried and I could not retrieve the data. But thanks for your help. I could probable take those unfinished versions and added to something else.

Hi, what is the length of your video?

@@TieDyeKitty 1 minute 11 sec

@@88gregd that might be the reason, TikTok was made for short form content, so they only licensed music for 30 seconds, therefore any videos using music over that time limit can be muted. But since the laws that govern music and its uses varies according to country region, you never really know when and how videos get muted.

Thank You !!! glad it helped!

Wow, thank you! if you can find a way, I could work remotely for you on this!

Oh and thank you for comment on the video!!

Yes sure you can, most vocalist use them all the time.

Oh great, I would love to hear those at some point in my life!

Thank you! Cheers!

I feel your pain, there is so much wrong in the world, and they are just killing off artist with all this AI crap, and Spotify and every other platform is using AI ( algorithms ) to know what music to push to the masses, this also scans the music looking for AI generated or what they term "Generic Beats" and FLAG them. So it is left up to a computer to tell Spotify if a computer made the music vs a human??? what proff does the computer have that I was not? All of social media is doing the same thing! I feel like this world is going backwards! Anyway, all I can say to you, is do not loose ALLL HOPE, there must be a tipping point, in the mean time, find a way to connect with your fans if you can, let them know what has happened!

Thanks for the visit

There is always a possibility, I have just been so busy, I have not checked back.

Hi, please remember that TikTok is set up for Short Form content, the music licence they acquired is for 30 seconds, if you try to post any video with music over that, you can run into problems according to your region.

well ask here in the comments, and see if anyone is up for it.

আমি আপনার জন্য খুশি, আমি আশা করি এটি সেরা গান।

কিন্তু কারো কাছে দেওয়া হয় নাই

You need to look for artist that may want lyrics, I for one am not sure where to look.

Hey sorry I have never done that, I don't like using one platform to link to another, I try to keep everything manual.

Yes, but TikTok would have a 30 sec clip of the most interesting part in their opinion. Just make a bunch of different videos using that same audio clip!

All the best

Sorry, this is my only social media.

Then you may have to start digging into Taxi testimonials since they are one of the most popular services. There are many artist that have gotten placements, but most of the placements go to songwriters, many of them are unknown people that are never in the limelight, but these people also use their real names. And many of the artist we know and love use a stage name.

I never made a report because I wanted my post to go live immediately, knowing that making a report would mean that I would have to wait till TikTok responds, and then investigate your claims. So a work around is quicker because my music is already available on the platform.

@@TieDyeKitty ye, my music also available there, but my music in there is for some reason only 1 minute long and the video i want to post is longer :D probably will have to shorten the video as can’t find the report number

@@Zygi_Sax TikTok only has permission ( licence ) to use one min of your music, because they publish short form content, anything over a min will probably get muted according to the region the video was posted.

My pleasure Knayoni!

!00% agree with GAIN setting because that is the most important thing, the problem most bedroom producers encounter is the average Audio Interface does not have a "Gain" knob, but more of an input knob. But an external mic pre amp in most cases have a Gain and Output knob, this way as you know you can raise the output volume on a channel to get your meters moving without pushing Gain! That was how I first started using the 103, it was only after I downsized my studio, did I run into sibilance issues with the 103, because I could not adjust really adjust gain on my interface. So an external pre amp is a game changer, so it would probably be the first thing I buy in order to start recording music again!

​@@TieDyeKitty Yes indeed !! Me too, I have down sized as well and have gone down the rabbit hole of home studio recording. It seems to me that today's "cheap" interfaces can't drive the microphones properly and they make the mics sound dead. No matter how hard you push the gain and treble, they sound horrific. Although I can afford to get a u87, a Calrec RQP 3200, a DBX 520 and a Focusrite Red2 EQ, I can't justify the investment for making just "demos" LOL. I am trying to get as close as I to that sound without the price... The 103 is a great mic for the money. That and a ISA one should do the trick. A lot of guys are making it work with cheaper preamps. Like the Symetrix 528, I hear that they are really good and have a vintage but transparent sound. The Golden Age Project PRE-73 Single-Channel Premier Microphone Preamp is another one, has a really good transformer. I will definitely buy a couple and test them...

@@TieDyeKitty For sure !!

Sorry for the late reply, changing your artist name would mean that you would loose all progress you had with streams. Once you change it, all your music will be removed from all the streaming platforms, and you will need to re upload your music because the meta data would need to also change. It would be much much headache for you.

The other problem you would face is trying to rebuild your digital footprint online, this would include Google.

That just happened to me after I clicked on that site!

I love those monitors, I borrowed a pair a couple months ago and I think I will never go without them once I start mixing music again. They just sound musical to my ears with, they made me fall in love with listening to music from every artist I know and love again!

Love them myself!

Hi, that is a hard question to answer, you have to ask yourself what is more important, the performance or the gear? Because i have done many side by side comparisons on the Neaumann TLM103 as a cheaper alternative to the U87 as "a clone" and many people on KZbin have shot that down. It comes down to what you like, what works for you and what you can afford, they all will get the job done, but when you find the perfect mic for your voice, you will have less work to do in the mix. Hope this helps.

​@@TieDyeKittyBoth performance and gear are important. When you work hard for years. You definately prefer good vocal chain.

@@HarvinderSingh-yy8th for sure, makes your job easier/faster when time is money.

Sorry for the late reply, you would need to request a take down of the song via a ticket on ONErpm, explaining the issue. Your problem is going to be a little difficult because a digital fingerprint was already made from the wrong audio to identify your song online, this is used for Shazam, KZbin Content ID and many other apps. So once you send your ticket to ONErpm, the song should be deleted from streaming platforms in about 30 days. Let ONErpm guide you on this, so that they may be able to save you alot of issues, just be patient, because its not as simple as it may seem.

Hey Cameron, the only thing you can really do is align yourself with Soca in some way and launch yourself out from that after some time, because Soca has the Trini audience. The truth is for all music these days is that everyone has become lazy, no one makes the time to seek good music again, they rather be told what to listen to. And if everyone listens to soca, start working your way in that direction. Chromatics (Richard Raj-Kumar) has been around for years in the Trini rap scene but this year went in the direction of soca to gain more attention. Nailah Blackman is a pop/rock singer songwriter, who is now on the tips of most trinidad lips because of soca, but she has being intoducing her true self and style of music on her albums little by little, so when she does switch, to a pure pop/rock type album, no one will complain. And well the is also Freetown Collective, they are on the verge of Folk music in Trinidad, but one of their biggest songs broke into the soca market in a big way!

Yes it counts as streams Maxxcupid!

The thing that is even more funny, is the vintage U87s sound so different from the modern one, and even no two modern units sound the same, they are like snow flakes under the microscope. lol