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Jimmy, Make Music is a New York-based music and radio producer. He's a member of the World Famous Vynil Squad DJ team and owner of Equilibrium Entertainment. He's worked with the likes of many signed and up-and-coming recording artists. His works have been featured on various TV shows as his music is in the catalogs of multiple major networks.
Jimmy has also produced over a dozen radio shows, both locally and internationally syndicated, and worked with legendary names such as Ed Lover and Dr. Dre, Walt 'Baby' Love, and Russell Simmons. He's currently the producer of the internationally syndicated Hip Hop mix show "Full Throttle Radio" with Fatman Scoop and Mister Vince.
Ai made music sounds like it has no soul, because it has no soul. But using the Ai, like you said, to help us get our soulful human music in front of more humans, I’m all for that. Great video!
Introduction and Importance of Paperwork - 00:00:00 Registering with a Performing Rights Organization (PRO) - 00:00:26 Setting Up an Account and Registering with ASCAP/BMI - 00:01:19 Registering Your Song with the Copyright Office - 00:02:14 Setting Up Your Digital Distribution and Getting UPC/ISRC Codes - 00:02:39 Entering UPC and ISRC Codes in Your PRO Account - 00:03:14 Registering Your Music with SoundScan - 00:04:34 Registering with BDS and Mediabase for Radio Tracking - 00:05:29 Exploring Additional Royalty Tracking and Licensing Opportunities - 00:06:55 Conclusion and Final Tips - 00:07:21
Great question. The answer is no. But, to be more clear, as soon as you have a finished file on your computer, you own the copyright and have protection. Registering it with the Copyright Office gives an extra, no-questions-asked type of copyright protection.
I don't know why, but if the files are in iCloud Drive, this doesn't work. I mean, if I try to perform this process with a file inside the Finder's 'iCloud Drive' folder, it doesn't work. However, if I copy the file locally, it works. But: the same file, when copied to iCloud Drive, doesn't show the artwork
That’s good to know. I would see if there’s any difference doing the same thing working with an mp3 vs a wave. The art work should embed right into an mp3 and work fine…with wav’s there are no “tags.” So, most tags/artwork are simply “attached” or associated with the file locally, and may not transfer well. I’ve had it work…and not work. Different players can affect the outcome too.
So after you are with a digital distributor (placed on most platforms), a PRO, sound exchange, sound trust....then none of these things take care of this exact objective somehow? If your album or song took off somehow, wouldn't you pop up on these charts regardless? I thought a digital distributor itself would take care of this.
Hey man, i appreciate your work. As a DJ, one ear hearing loss was a bummer... (One sided monitor way too loud). It completely shut me down from playing again. However, I try to still live my passion for nocturnal arts through VJing: so it's most of the time work at home with light background music, and maybe a few times a year a live performance. Ive always been keen on hearing protection, but that only night where i didnt have my plugs just f*cked it all up. Fortunately, I mostly lost in the very low range, so I can hear voices pretty clear, but i cannot enjoy electronic music at its fullest anymore... Im telling myself that this is a lesson, to keep away from using up my hearing slowly but surely by attenting live electronic music events. It can happen to anyone, even you and me (23yo). Keep it up
My pleasure! Keep in mind some registration methods have changed since making this video. Soundscan has been replaced by Luminate…and BDS is gone. Best of luck to you and your artists!
Honestly it's ridiculous that the US copyright office charges anything to register works. OK charge a small amount like five or $10 but 35 or 40 bucks per copyright registration is ridiculous. and the prices keep going up and up and up
But what if I don't need any of this garbage neural-AI. I simply want to get MIDI based on Frequency and Amplitude of my clean Sin(T) signal. Which DAW can do this simplest frikking job???
When I upload a song to indie flow Is song trust already applied in this case Or do I need to sign up for song trust separately I need this answer right away.Thank you
Thank you for this Jimmy! It's nice to know I'm not alone suffering hearing loss whilst trying to make music. I was prescribed 2 hearing aids last year (limited HF in left ear: < 4Khz !!) but my right ear hears totally distorted sound with constantly loud tinnitus (had this for 4 years / 24 hours a day, a total nightmare!) so I can't use a hearing aid. Oh & balance issues / it's like I'm walking on stilts. Apparently this is called SSNHL.. I only found out recently as my audiologist only said to me: "well it shouldn't be distorted!". The irony is, is that I lost my hearing 4 years ago whilst (trying) to sing harmonies on a Beach Boys cover song (totally true!). I now add text notes on future YT videos, advising people to adjust their eq / sound settings accordingly (& not to complain if it sounds horrendous lol). Thanks again. All the best with your music, Rae
@@RavienUK I love the info you provided. I have the distortion thing happened too. It sounds like an 8-bit sound effect…making the hearing aid useless. I wish you well and keep rockin’
I'm a 71-year-old guitarist who used to play in rock bands in high school, college, and a very short stint on an exhausting tour right out of college. My last two years, I spent most of my time playing a Les Paul through a Marshall 100-watt head (pre-master volume version) and double-stack of Marshall cabinets. Why didn't I use ear protection? Young and stupid, I suppose. Needless to say, I have significant hearing loss, most noticeably in the frequency range occupied by the voices of children and women. I was my father's full-time caregiver the last five years of his life (he passed away at age 93). He was almost completely deaf and relied on old-school hearing aids with minimal success. Whenever I spoke to my father, no matter what I said or how I said it, I always knew what the first word he was going to say to me would be and that was, "What?" It was such a habit with him, there were times I caught him saying it before I even got out the first two words. One of the things I promised myself (and I've kept to it) is never to ask that question of anyone. I refuse to ask, "What?" Although it's not as efficient, I used to use other words such as, "I apologize. Would you repeat that for me please?" If communication was consistently difficult, I would explain that I was suffering from hearing loss. About a year ago, I went back to work full time as a substitute teacher so the hearing issue became more of a problem. I finally gave into the advice of my audiologist and purchased hearing aids. But they are nothing like what my father had. I had no idea the technology has improved so much in the last 15 to 20 years in the field of hearing aids. Although I opted for a moderately-expensive pair (approximately $4000), I discovered that there are numerous plans available for things like this that provide financing at no interest with payments spread over 12 to 36 months. My hearing aids are small. In fact, nobody would know I'm even wearing hearing aids unless I went out of my way to show them. The receivers rest behind my ears connected by a tiny wire that leads into my ears. They are connected to my cell phone by way of an app in which I can change the sound profiles available to me depending on the environment and surrounding noise. I used to dread phone calls terribly. Not anymore. Using my cell phone is always a hands-free experience. That is a great thing, especially for those of us who have ADHD like me and constantly carry-on phone conversations while doing other things at the same time. Also, now I am able to listen to music or "secretly" watch RU-vid and listen without anybody knowing the better. So instead of having a handicap, I feel as though I have a superpower. And, I no longer have to apologize to people, asking them to repeat what they had just said. Don't hesitate to visit your audiologist and invest in a good pair of hearing aids. It has really changed life for the better for me.
Sir, I am 21-year-old . I have recently noticed that I can't hear sounds above 14.3 kilohertz. Two years ago, my hearing range was up to 19 kilohertz, and I could hear everything clearly. I'm concerned that this might be due to earwax buildup. Doctors typically focus on speech frequencies during hearing tests, but I need to be able to hear the full sound spectrum for music. What should I do
@@romiden106 you should try to get in with an Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) doctor or your primary doctor to start off. If you can’t get to a doctor you can try getting an ear camera to see what’s going on. A company named Bebird makes decent cheap ones around $20-35. If it’s wax buildup then you can get an earwax removal kit and take care of it. If it’s not earwax then you’ll definitely need to see a doctor and hopefully land with an audiologist for a proper hearing test and go from there. I saw my primary doctor, then an ENT, then an audiologist before they recommended a hearing aid.
@jimmymakemusic . . . . . . in my case, I think it was driving the car with the left window down in the summers, I recently noticed how loud traffic on the highway is, and how loud the wind noise is. Also, I have this theory, that for those of us who are right-handed, under-utilization of our left side of our bodies reduces blood flow and causes atrophy in muscles and the nervous system in general, that could explain why left hearing becomes weaker.
ITS ABOUT TIME SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU. So many people treat this as a taboo subject. I get it. But you out there who don't talk about it, you are doing a HUGE disservice to other musicians out there there don't realize the dangers. I was one of them. Thank god my tinnitus went away, but it took 5 years and a lot of work. No one warned me. Not that it wasn't my fault, but having this conversation is VERY important for younger generations.
I agree 100% with everything you said. I wish it was talked about more. Maybe it is and I’m just missing it, but I definitely got the message too late. Now I’m paying the price for being an idiot who listened to music too damn loud for too damn long. How’d you get your tinnitus under control? I’d love to hear any tips!
I consider myself blessed on this front, but it didn't start out that way. I've been playing loud rock guitar for nearly 40 years with very little hearing loss. The caveat is that as a baby my parents took me to an audiologist because I wasn't responding to sound stimulus normally. It turns out I make much more ear wax than everybody else. Through childhood this required frequent visits to the doctor to removes huge chunks of wax from my ears. It used to bum me out massively. Now at 56 years old, about once a year my ears plug up and I have to use warm water and a bulb (it's a pain in the butt) to remove pinky finger tip size chunks of wax from my ears. All that said I have no doubt that because my ears are essentially always a little bit plugged I have avoided substantial hearing loss. My reason for sharing is to encourage everyone to find some kind of attenuating option they are comfortable with and USE IT, every gig, every time. Nearly every close musician friend I have has hearing loss... It's thing people, don't ignore it.
the cranberries concert in austin texas was the loudest or the most deafaning for me. we went to get tacos after and my hearing was crazy. the next day i think i was ok. other concerts made my ears ring a little bit after the concert.
no..... you lost your hearing because you didn't educate yourself properly before getting into the industry.... you did not loose your hearing to music. You lost it you your ignorance.
This video reminds me of when I discovered how bad my eyesight was. I didn't realize it until I visited the eye doctor and they handed me glasses i could see with. i was shocked how well i could see again
