How to livestream your DJ sets on YouTube [WITHOUT copyright issues] ✅
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ส.ค. 2021
- Turns out that if you want to livestream AND keep a recording of your DJ stream online afterwards, there is currently only one option: TH-cam. In this video, Phil Morse runs through a 3 step copyright "test" that we use prior to all of our DJ livestreams, that - depending on the outcome of your test - you’ll know whether you can use all the tracks you wanted to use, or whether you need to avoid one (or more) of them.
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Super awesome tip! I have always wondered how to get this going, as I didn't want to commit to a subscription service yet until I knew it was worth the time. Also, I really only play for myself or a select few friends/family anyway, so it is great to know how to get around these things. Keep it up guys!! Love the content.
Glad to help :)
Always appreciate your great info Phil!! Thank you so much!
You’re welcome
Man!!! What a fantastic guide. Thank you so much. This has been super helpful. Cheers 😀
Glad it helped!
This is one of the most helpful videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you 😊
Glad to help!
Digital Dj Tips always with tips worth gold! such a simple yet clever workaround.
Glad it helped!
Thank you for this BRILLIANT video. I will certainly implement your idea with my next upload.
Good luck
Thank you Phil for that lifesaving tip!
You're welcome
this just gave me so much hope!! I LOVE KNOWLEDGEEEE
Glad to help
The secret is here🤪🔥🔥 thanks Phil! Always watched your stuff and continue to learn a lot🙏🏾🙏🏾
You're welcome, DJ Misfit.
Thanks for the video... very, very, very useful Information. And very clear and concise. Also the examples on videos that contains songs "noticed" by TH-cam and how to manage it, are very valuable. Indeed very good work. Thanks for sharing!!
you're welcome
This is so helpful, thanks!
No problem!
Going to try this, thanks so much!!
You are so welcome!
A great tip. Thank you Phil.
No problem Andy :)
Brilliant Tip! Thanks!!
You're welcome!
Thank you for the guide 🙏
My pleasure!
Thank you! Great info!
Glad it was helpful!
Super! Thanks For The Tips. Cheers
You're welcome
THANKS SO MUCH PHIL
No problem!
Hi man this is very helpful !!thank you 😊
Glad it helped!
Smart tip. Thanks
No problem!
FYI Guys, the tips he mentions in this video though in theory should avoid your live streams from being blocked, youtubes system often falsely still can block your live stream, even if the track is permitted to be uploaded with a yellow circle. Making it extremely difficult to prepare the right songs. And its also not the same for everyone. As a test I ripped a live stream dj mix from someone elses channel that ran on loop 24/7, I tried to live stream it as a test and wamn, it blocked my stream with the black screen of death meanwhile his runs just fine.
Yes, as we state, it is not failsafe. but it is the best we've got (and is how we do it).
Thanks for the heads up. Maybe avoiding major labels and subs would prevent it?
...and If somethings not on a "label" (now or ever) but the track was on a compilation album release then it would also have copywrite? Personally, knowing TH-cam I don't think its avoidable. Where is a good place to monatize dj sets?
@@EphemeralShine to be honest the best bang-for-the-buck is doing pre-recorded mixes, as you'll notice from the millions of views on my channel they do much better than live streams in the long run. The algorithm pushes them for years to come.
@@djnaydee Thanks for the info, im asking everywhere with various answers...do you know the quickest /cheapest way to convert phono jacks from technics to usb for a laptop?
Good idea
This really hampers the creativity
Mixcloud Live is the way to go then
Nice one!
Thanks!
Hi thanks for this tips ! so that mean for example James Hype ( his team I guess) test all his tracks before recording a boiler ? Thanks
Mad cool!
Thank you-
Cheerio 🥂
you're welcome Don
Excellent video, very helpful as every single tip I get from you guys. I have a question. Can I upload that video test in private and still get the songa analyzed or it has to be public in order for TH-cam to do that?
You can do it in Private.
@@digitaldjtips awesome thanks
Nice vid. What are the chances that the tracks (or at least some of them) change from being non-blocked to blocked in any period of time after publishing on TH-cam?
It definitely happens, but it's usually just tracks being fingerprinted that weren't before, not tracks getting your whole stream blocked.
Nice guide! Do you mind answering a quick question? What if the video description has links for donations or optional subscriptions like Patreon or something? Will TH-cam consider the video as monetized? Thanks again for sharing. Cheers!
No idea, sorry
Good post
You're welcome
Any tips if you use beatsource? Wouldn’t be able to drag and drop as music files are in the cloud not hard drive
Very valuable info! Thank you Phil! I am wondering: what if you wanted to go a step further and actually make that "test" set live for a day or two just to see if they gonna block it? Would that provide even extra confidence and eliminate that 1% of uncertainty? Do you have any info if affiliate links make copyright holders change their mind and block you later down the road when you are live or it does not make any difference? Thx!
You can do, but it happens right away - that said, they will block days, weeks, months, years in advance, as licensing changes. This is not a perfect solution but it is the best out there.
Thanks for this Phil. Gonna give it a try. Is the process still the same in 2023 or have any details changed we should know about?
Not that we know of!
great vid! In theory, this should work for a drummer livestream who plays to copywritten songs correct?
I have a decent audience but I dont want to get my channel taken down. I dont care about uploading the livestream after the fact.
Should do
So my controller has a built-in sound card can I just plug HDMI to my camera and go to work?
4:47 "if you want to replace...goodluck with that" man I feel that pain its so tideous.
Indeed it is
Thank you. I really want to make a mix that is not live and add ambient music in the background with a video to accompany. Ive seen alot of those type of music curated videos. Do you know if they have copyrighted issues?
You can always try it out, not sure what it's like with ambient music. Let us know how you get on!
Hi Phil I have a question. Maybe you can try it at the office or you already know but, Can the Evermix Box 4 work with the numark Mixstream pro. Thanks! ☺️
It is an audio interface, it can work with any audio input
also, i've been experimenting between twitch and youtube for various copyright things, and i'm starting to think youtube might be the next location for DJ's to start spinning their sets
It certainly has good reach.
Hi...excellent video...I was wondering if this is only true of uploaded your own material to TH-cam channel digitally, if this also works for if you are playing at a venue? Are there different rules for venues? Or if you go through this process before playing a request is that okay. Forgive the ignorance, I am like brand new and what clarity before doing anything. Thanks!
Venues have licences to allow public performance of music, so you're usually fine as a DJ playing in those places.
I remember watching this video. Is this still the recommendation in 2022 if I want to post relatively short DJ mix videos to TH-cam? Thanks!
Yes :)
@@digitaldjtips Thank you. Will give this a try....gonna test it, this weekend.
Hello digital DJ tips How to Livestream on TH-cam without copyright and when I avoid copyright I mean that I won’t see the word copyright under the video
that was the thing i wanet to hear xD i need to upload and check it xD was thinking the same xD
Cool
I'd be curious to know if there is an app that can alert a DJ if they are playing one of these "forbidden" tracks, so they can quickly skip to the next track! I know a lot of DJ's are crate digging and may not have a strict setlist they can instantly queue up and upload to test using this method.
No there isn't, would be great if there was!
Great content! I'm kind of in between the two sides. I think it's import for artists that their music is protect. That's why we have laws. And me as an musician myself I would not want to go back to the time when everyone could post everything he wants on YT like wild west stealing content without any border. I know it's though for DJs. They totally act within the law and YT is saying: "nope dope. please have a moment to manage 35 content id claims every mix you post."
But at the end of the day i think its more important to protect the music/art and the work of the people behind. Hopefully the algorithm will be developed
We can see both sides too.
Hi, I think the system has flaws, at least for me. But I can't figure out the cause, can you please help? It might be of some kind of utility for someone else.
Long story short, I wanted to upload a mix. A week ago, I dropped the track selection (as you suggest) on iMovie, edited with a simple image, rendered it in the lowest quality possible, uploaded the whole thing on YT. Only one track had a yellow eye (only for Russia).
Then I recorded the mix, dropped it in DaVinci Resolve, Edited with the video file from the dj set, rendered it in 1080p and 60 fps, uploaded on YT. This time, 4 tracks with problems: 2 with red eye (1 of which is the exact same one that gave me the yellow eye a week ago), 2 with yellow eye (for dozens of countries).
My first thought was "well, they must've changed the copyright policies for those 4 tracks in this week". So I tried another thing. This time on CapCut. Image, lowest quality possible, file audio of the mix, uploaded on YT.
Guess what: this time, the "copyright profile" of the video was the exact same one showed for the first test video of a week ago. The oddest thing is that it doesn't seem a problem of track identification: it gives the correct track ID every time. It just gives two different copyright policies for the exact same track. And it clearly isnt' neither a matter of time, nor a matter of the mixed version vs the original one.
The only thing I can think of is that there is more than one version for some tracks (kinda like original mix and radio edit..?) in the main source used by the algorithm, and at the moment of copyright detection, depending on the quality of the file, it identifies one version or the other (with perhaps one having copyright problems and the other one not).
I know it doesn't make much sense but nothing of all of this does. I mean, it's not a matter of time, It's not a matter of mixing, It might be a matter of video quality, but why in hell should it make youtube correctly identify the same track while giving two completely different copyright detections?! it's the same damn track!!
I don't know, I think I'm going insane. Anyway, I've consumed a lot of your content in the past months so thank you for all your work, I hope you or someone else can help
This happens lots to me
What I find is make a note of the copyright owners - usually WMG and another. Next time you do a test mix take out any tracks with WMG, solves most of my issues
Would this work the same if you wanted to upload a prerecorded mix instead of going live?
Yes
Ok phil so what if we shorten the time that’s blocked would that work or maybe remix it?
A remix may work but hard to say for every scenario
@@digitaldjtips What if you mix over an acapella?
Does this only work on YT or can it be used on TT or IG thanks
This is only for TH-cam
Hi phill. Thanks for this very clear video. My question: I uploaded a mix with the song "Sweet dreams" by eurythmics. My video is blocked because of this song. No problem, i Just cut IT out. But..... How is it possible there are lots and lots of video's on TH-cam with this song. I Just can't find the answer. Please help. Regards Walter
does anyone knows the answer??
Do you have any examples? Are the videos in question using samples or the full track? Are they remixes? I’ve read through other comment sections on this subject and *sometimes* the bots just flag something and ignore another with minimal to no logic.
Thank you! Great advice. One question (and i'm assuming the answer is no), Can you use beatport streaming tracks with this or do you need the digital copy? Thanks
It doesn't matter.
So does this mean if TH-cam lists the songs as “no impact” on all of them, can you monetise? Or is it better to just keep it non-monetised?
Most songs will be listed as yellow, meaning no monetisation - after all you do not own the copyright
#Ask Phil, does the non monetization rule effect super chats/donations?
Don’t know that!
Thanks for the tips I appreciate your efforts but as a DJ/Producer myself I really don't have time for music & anti social platforms drama and I really hope those aliens behind this nonsense will stop this drama because it is not beneficial for artists big or small neither for record labels (except for mega greedy music distributors) artists like me we spend thousands of dollars on music gear, samples, vocals, buying tunes from beatport etc.. to play it on club gigs. radio shows and live streams then we end up frustrated by such nonsense... I just hope it end up soon or at least to add audio finger prints to legally acquired tunes so it will not get blocked etc.... Happy Djing and listening to everyone
Well unfortunately you/we can't change it so it's either work with it or don't do it...
@@digitaldjtips Yes you are right. I was just expressing myself, thanks again for the valuable knowledge that you are sharing with everyone.
@@digitaldjtipsim sure mocairo8084 is aware of that lol cmon bro
Hey quick question, if TH-cam is unable to provide content ID for songs that I am using (about 20% of the setlist). Should I be fine? Or is it worth uploading the tracks again to check? Or is there another way to check for copyright issues?
also is there an issue with longer streams? As I didn't have any issues for the first 2hrs but after which i had problems (the list return 0 copyright issues when I uploaded a private video).
No hard and fast rule, but if it can't ID them, it's more likely you'll have no issues (for now at least).
@@digitaldjtips appreciate the fast response and the excellent video! Will give it a spin and see if it works! 🙌
Great guide, I watched and tried it out. I have several mix's on youtube all with varying copyright allowances. I tried a mix that had zero issues except can't stream in Russia. All was going well on youtube live as a test and then 45 mins in, wallop, the video is stopped as it had found a copyright issue. I think I was that 1% on that stream, tried it again the next day and I got banned for 1 week due to community guidance? No idea what that entails except that as part of my experiment to see what viewing figures I could get I called the mix "Ibiza live DJ mix", maybe that was the issue that I wasn't in Ibiza (wished I was though). So at present, would I trust youtube live to DJ on following an upload and checking copyright, Id say it is too easy to be that 1% with a likely stop of the stream mid set.
Twitch and Mixcloud Live are really the only ones where you won't get stopped for sure
Is there a way to actually just pay to use music? What if this isn’t a live set, it’s just a recording of a dj set? No one seems to have a video on this
@ digital dj tips.All though you can’t use monetisation with TH-cam,are you able to use buy me a coffee.or any other gifting services? sorry for questioning a post over 2 years old.but I’m sure you guys are the right people to ask these sort of questions
What if you're live streaming an event with other DJs and cannot use this method to test which tracks work or not?
You would have to test all of your tracks ahead of time, or not use TH-cam (or run the risk of mutes etc.)
and yet it happened a couple weekends ago. Not your fault, just youtube and dcma-ers making things hard. too bad, I really enjoy your live sets from crazy places :) Steves set last week was great too.
Nothing is foolproof! But this is the best way of minimising the risk.
I have two TH-cam accounts. I uploaded these same tracks into both of them. On the first account I see yellow icon for all the tracks. On the second account some of the tracks have red icon and TH-cam says that video cannot be seen and monetized. How is that possible that this same track might be blocked on one of the accounts and not on the others?
It's as much an art as a science, maybe related to previous copyright infringements? In truth, I don't know.
is it possible to monetize a dj mix if all copy rights issues are solved?
Yes but it is next to impossible to do that
after i stream live to youtube it always flags me, removes video and gives me a strike. How do I stop this from happening?
If you're taking these steps, sadly you cannot.
Good info but it still kinda sucks that this is what has to be done. My favorite sets I've ever done are 60% planned and 40% spontaneity. Hell I love doing a set where all I know is what song I open with and what I end with and then I just go for it.
Best off using Mixcloud then.
#ASK Hey PHILL! Can I just get my phone placing it next to the speaker and just play 30 sec of each song then just upload that? I mean if that works it would be marvelous
not sure why you'd want to do this, but no, TH-cam only needs 2 or 3 seconds to identify a track.
@@digitaldjtips what I meant is instead of making a videos for each and every song then upload that. my phone would do the video recording for me then just straight upload with. however must the uploads be individual videos? or can all the tracks be uploaded in one video? thx PHIL!!
Video cannot be monetized? Does that mean you won't get paid for your content?
you will never get paid for playing other people's music on YT, so the answer is definitely no on that.
Does this still work in 2023? Thanks!!
Yes
The biggest set in my life has a song that’s blocked in Russia…. only 2% of my audience…. Will it mess me up in the algorithm or will I be fine?
Will be fine unless you care about that 2%
@@digitaldjtips thanks kings
This video is 2 years old. Is it still working the same?
And is it different if you live stream or just upload a dj mix as a video? I have dj mixes as finished videos that I would like to upload.
Yes, broadly.
does this still work?
Yes, but it's never been perfect.
Thanks Phil🫡
You’re welcome
Has any DJ monetized on TH-cam with mixes?
No
Questions that anyone can answer please. 1. how is it i see dj house music with thousands of view and i only get around 100 views. am I uploading it to the wrong place on youtube? can someone answer please.
Because building an audience takes a long time, you can’t expect results overnight
@@digitaldjtips I have been on youtube for over a year now. But I guess your right.
So how can I place my video where they're are. Do need to have the same title as their video
It sucks you have to preplan so much and do all this first just to see which tracks are ok.
Yes it’s true - use twitch if worried
I had a livestream on another channel of mine get blocked during the actual stream, and a copyright notice & strike that said this content goes against TH-cam 'Spam, deceptive practices, & scams policies'.. and that if I do it again I will not be able to stream, upload or comment for 1 week. This was using music that I had previously uploaded like in this video and then livestreamed in a DJ Set so please be careful when streaming. I have also had a quite successful Channel for DJ streams get deleted for good because of livestreamed dj sets. I find Twitch has been great for livestreaming.
there are no guarantees, unfortunately.
Every last song on my list said blocked!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh dear! Well, at least you know.
👍👍👍👍
:)
I have a cousin that streams on YT, and he can't go longer than 2 hours and 30 minutes, as YT takes down his show, it is always at that mark.
We’ll never heard that before - might test that!
So no freestyling
Only with "approved" tracks.
[WITHOUT copyright issues] ?? All copyright from TH-cam has been apply anyway. Correct the title please. Your tips are only for heavy copyright claims (red ball), but ever YT putting a warning. Thanks. PS.: No one real DJ, want to make a 2 hour test video (edit, render and upload) to get what song are with red ball...
thanks for you feedback, we'll be leaving the title just as it is though.
They can regulate music no problem. Cant regulate anything else apparently
what you want them to regulate?
@@videoinsomnia you suck at reading comprehension
@@indegruv you're implying there is something other than music they should regulate. i'm asking you what that is. you could just answer the question but instead you want to be a little prick about it. guess it's normal for someone who can't answer a simple question to lash out.
if that's not what you meant to imply then i'm afraid it's you that has trouble expressing what you mean and should learn how to use language properly.
@@videoinsomnia 🖕😀🖕 is that language u can understand?
@@indegruv yeah, easily. it means you can't back up a single thing you say without melting down 😆 goodluck sadact 👍
Pretty sure TH-cam doesn't monetize live DJ streams while they're happening. Now they'll just say you're involved in 'spam, deceptive practices, or scams' if you live stream that has any copyright detectability on it at all. The issue is not them just blocking your live stream from being seen, but them canceling the stream entirely, causing your streaming software to crash (and often the recording), and giving you a violation flag. As much of a drag having pre-prepared sets is, even that's not enough anymore. Twitch is completely reliable, though, and FB will let current listeners continue listening and even save a stream that gets flagged. The only reliable way to get around YT issues is to simply upload your recording later.
If it's doing that now, then it has very recently changed, and if so, this is the first we've heard of it.
I don't understand why some labels are so anal about copyright. Don't they realise they need DJs to play their songs for them to sell and become popular???
Oh, don't get us started! 🤣
Nice 👍 happen to have any tips or tricks to avoid copyright via Instagram Live?
Not really no, most advice is hearsay and guessing games
Thanks for the 💎 you continue to drop helping out the dj community 🦾🦾
You're welcome.