To make your cover different and less generic you could combine different cover songs in unexpected ways, creating medleys or mashups that blend the lyrics and melodies of multiple tracks. This can add a surprising twist to familiar songs.

Finally someone explains clearly! Thank you so much!

Ditto music is a good side for us in West Africa (Ghana) us an upcoming artist and also label owner I have been able to help others through this simple process to get our songs to the globe ... from Ghana,we say a very big thank you...

Great work bro,thanks for breaking it down in simple terms ✅👏🏾

Quality! Thank you

Fantastic work and nice production 🤞

Great content! You’ve got a new subscriber 👍🏻

Thanks for this!

This was incredibly clear and concise. Thank you @dittomusic.

Thank you bro for giving us info cause l really need to know about this

Great video!!! thanks. Just one question, so you mentioned you have already paid a plat rate fee and agreed between the distributors and the labels for the song to be released on the streaming stores. How do we do that?

thanks bra this is great help

Love your content bro❤️

This is such a fantastic video. Only question is, when selecting the streaming stores, Apple Music is linked to iTunes and Shazam, so if we can't release covers without a mechanical licence to download stores is there a way to unlink Apple Music? or is it just not possible?

This is a great quality channel . Glad I found you. Salute from Oakland, Ca

@ricegum7583

2 жыл бұрын

Ay Oakland represent

great video. i have a question. what if i want to release a cover in a different language than the original with a for a specific country lets say a cover of a summer walker song but instead of english its in dutch and i want to release it on all streaming platforms in the Netherlands. lyrics are now in dutch but basically the same in translation and the version i want to release is a shorter edit than the original. how do i go about this and what do i need to do?

Great idea 👍

Hi there, what if it’s a very old song for 1960s? Ditto doesn’t give a copyright year for then so what would i put? :)

If I can't get a licence on time, can I send to streaming platforms at first and then when I get a lisence also send to download platfroms?

Hi, thanks for the video. As the copyright year I put the year the original song was released first. Now on my Spotify artist's page the song is shown with the copyright year and not with the published year, so in my discography the song is now far at the end of the list of my publications. Should I put the year my song was published into the copyright year-field next time I upload a cover? Or is that forbidden? Thanks a lot. Maybe there is someone who has the same issue..

The best ❤

Are medleys/mashup song allowed to be uploaded in Ditto?

I subscribed. A Production tip would be proper mic etiquette. 🤞

Thank you. You basically saved lives.

@dittomusic

2 жыл бұрын

🙏

@sixd4bit

Жыл бұрын

Yes, so true😁💯

Nice I like this.

❤ cool thanks ❤

Is an ambient piano instrumental a cover or a remix

can I release cover songs to apple music? is it streaming platform right? this is not Itunes. And what about instagrm?

The one of the best platform to upload your music 🤞

I used the 30 Day Trial trying to upload my cover music, but, just because I am from Brazil, I still am asked to buy a license to use my cover version, and send documentation, even for streaming only. It was a waste of time, just because I am from Brazil.

Please coach me on how to upload my cover to streaming store, thanks 🙏

EPIC!!

Yo bro can you highlight how we can use a “free to use” beat (you know like the ones on KZread that say free for profit and no license needed for the first 10,000 streams) because I’m having trouble getting the song uploaded without ditto asking for license

HI, thank you for the information! What if you want to upload a cover with a video on KZread? e.g. you singing the song in video. Would you need a sync license too? I still fin this so confusing and just want to do things legally. Thank you!

@mruk7

Жыл бұрын

You won't need a sync license for that. Sync license means you are running their song on top of your video. Since, this is a cover version so you are basically syncing your version on top of your video. For that you will need a mechanical license. If you get the mechanical license, you won't get any copyright claim. But, if you don't get the mechanical license, you will get a copyright claim as soon as your version is discovered. This is my understanding.

For uploading an album of covers what should we put in the copyright holder and year (on the first page)? Do we need to put this info in individual tracks metadata only? Also it prompts us to not use generic words in release titles then what should be used in case it’s a cover album?

@scotscub76

3 ай бұрын

Is there a streaming only option?

@katvla1

3 ай бұрын

yes you can select the "Streaming Only" on the option@@scotscub76

Question: So to do a cover song I don't have to ask the original owner?

How to get license if i use a phrase from film?

Thanks so much Ditto, I'd really like a video on releasing remixes, I read I need a master license which I'm not sure how to get, but if I'm just gonna like toss it to tik tok, a little portion of a transformed song, I imagine I wouldn't need the lciense? only if. Irelease to platforms for royalties? If for instance I just use the lyric of a track and change everything else, the melody, the progression and instrumentation

@hectormayoral443

2 жыл бұрын

And if I release a "cover" that doesn't change anything but the instrumentation? everything else stays relatively the same, progression, melody etc... Would that still count as a cover?

how do yo edit your artist profile on Spotify or Apple Music with dittomusic?

@katvla1

3 ай бұрын

claim your artist pages

You should make video of ' How to withdraw money from your platform ???? '

I like this video

Great tips

@dittomusic

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks ❤️💥

@dittomusic

2 жыл бұрын

Hey it’s been a while, are you looking forward to the new videos?

@tharusha_chiran

2 жыл бұрын

@@dittomusic yes ❤️

Hey man, where is the link for releasing a remix that you mentioned 👏👊

@dittomusic

2 жыл бұрын

►Releasing covers, remixes & samples: What music license do I need? dittomusic.com/en/blog/what-license-do-i-need-for-my-music

I have a song with original lyrics on the David Bowie Fame instrumental, call So Dangerous, one of my best songs only have it on KZread "she's dangerous it's the way she walks not the things she says but the way she talks.."

Thank you 🙏

❤❤❤ thanks❤❤❤

This is "Lil Gaga" please I need to know if am releasing Album with 30 tracks to streaming platforms only, do I need licensing?

@dittomusic

2 жыл бұрын

You won't need licensing as long as all your music is your own creation. That means no samples or remixes of existing music - just all your own stuff.

@topbossbeats7304

2 жыл бұрын

@@dittomusic All the beat were downloaded from KZread from Ransom beatz, even the single I sent to streaming platforms only were we're flags to provide a copyright licensing

thanks paal

I wanna post song covers on youtube and I'm ok with copyright claims and not being able to monetise it...But will it result in the channel being taken down or not being able to get a play button ?

@dittomusic

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, no your channel is safe. It just means that money generated from any ads on your video will go to the original copyright holder of the song.

@ludicteddyanimations2990

2 жыл бұрын

@@dittomusic Ohh...Good to hear

Can we Release Remix & Mashups using Ditto ?

@dittomusic

2 жыл бұрын

Hey so this video is about Covers but when it comes to Remixes/Mashups & Sampling we will get some clarity on how this can work but in the easier way you will just need permission via licenses from the artists, labels or publishing companies in question

What if I'm from the UK, using a Chorus and melody from another artist, getting the vocals re-sung and making new backing music? I don't expect a reply from Ditto, as no one else has had one... but if anyone else can advise me that would be great! I credited the songwriters in my upload but it got flagged and Ditto emailed me about using samples :(

@zetamale

2 жыл бұрын

PS in this video "Cash money / Drake LP6" are listed as the copyright holders... I think this is incorrrect information as UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP, SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING, KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING AMERICA, INC are the publishers and GRAHAM, AUBREY DRAKE, SHEBIB, NOAH JAMES, SAMUELS, MATTHEW JEHU, LATOUR, RONALD, KORSAN, BROCK F are listed as the songwriters.

Thank You family

Damn ty

How to withdraw money ???

Can you be a little more detailed about the difference between a cover or remix? For example: if you want to slow down a song and change the genre does that become a remix? What if you change the instrumentation and you record an acoustic version? Is there a video where you talk about this in more detail? Thank you.

@alina.luna_

2 жыл бұрын

I personally did exactly that which is an acoustic slow down cover. For distribution I just submitted it as a cover not a remix

@zetamale

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto told me that I need a Masters License, so they clearly don't know what they're talking about.

@jigsound

2 жыл бұрын

What you described as "remix" would apply to "arrangement" instead. Arrangement has a clear definition (you can look it up on your P.R.O.'s website) and, technically you would need to ask for a permission from the original copyright owner before releasing one. However, in this day and age, the line between arrangement and cover has become quite blurry, and even as this "slowed down, acoustic cover, in a different genre" would clearly be an arrangement by definition, it seems that the copyright holders often turn a blind eye to you not having requested a permission for rearranging. The technical difference between a cover and a remix is that a cover is produced from start to finish by you yourself, whereas a remix contains samples, stems, or even the whole original audio-to which you have done modifications. In the case of remix, you would certainly need a master license directly from the copyright holder to use their recorded audio material (asking for permission would also apply to the case of covers, such where you made a derivative work to the extent of changing the melody or lyrics - in the arrangement domain, again!) This video by Ditto, however, only covers covers. 😁

i have 2 cover songs in our catalog

So how would you do this if your distributing to the UK, like YOU actually would be??

@zetamale

2 жыл бұрын

If you do get advice, it may be incorrect. I've been told by their team that my track can be released in certain countries without a mechanical license, that it can only be released with a Master License and that it can't be released at all because of their guidelines. Clear as MUD!

but without a licence at the stage of coosing the playforms you can't click Apple Music without clicking iTunes and you can't unclick iTunes without unclicking Apple Music 🤯

Im one of tiktok cover song makers,hope this will help me🙏

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Imagine Ditto making videos about things like this and discussing royalties while sitting on my royalties for 2 years. 😏

@yungaliamus6439

Жыл бұрын

Bro I don't know which distributor to sign up with.

@Seeimhollywood

Жыл бұрын

@@yungaliamus6439 search Ari's Hirstand or Ari's Take distribution he breaks down each distributer and he's a wealth of knowledge. I just wouldn't do it on Ditto. They tried to tell me that they needed to check plays, my subscription, and if everything was valid.... Imagine saying that 2 years later for some songs and 3 years later for others. They are a sham.

have not done cover songs , is this dude from brum lol

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Great video!!! thanks. Just one question, so you mentioned you have already paid a plat rate fee and agreed between the distributors and the labels for the song to be released on the streaming stores. How do we do that?