Streaming
How to Get Your Music on YouTube Music
Google's dedicated music streaming service inside the YouTube ecosystem.
Visit YouTube Music →YouTube Music is Google's dedicated music streaming app, billed separately from the main YouTube platform but sharing the same content library and ad infrastructure. It generates royalties from both subscription streams and ad-supported plays.
Notes delivers your sound recordings to YouTube Music, registers your ISRCs through YouTube Content ID where eligible, and collects both the recording royalties and the publishing royalties that flow through YouTube's licensing deals with PROs and MROs worldwide.
How Notes works with this platform
What we do on YouTube Music
- Deliver. Notes ships your sound recordings to YouTube Music as part of every release, with credits and ISRCs included.
- Register. Your songwriter credits are registered with PROs and The MLC so the publishing side of every play is paid as well.
- Collect. Recording royalties from YouTube Music, plus the publishing royalties behind every play — performance and mechanical — are reconciled in one place, with no percentage taken.
What you earn here
Royalties YouTube Music generates
- Recording
- Songwriting
Your YouTube Music recording royalties reach you through Notes, and we register you with The MLC and your PRO so the rest is collected too — all paid to you in full, never a percentage taken.
- Recording RoyaltiesRecording royalties are what the master earns — the recording revenue your distributor collects, plus digital-performance royalties.
- Mechanical RoyaltiesMechanical royalties are paid to songwriters and publishers each time a composition is reproduced — including every interactive stream and download.
- Performance RoyaltiesPerformance royalties are paid to songwriters and publishers when a composition is performed publicly — on radio, TV, in venues, or via streaming.
Questions musicians ask
Common questions about YouTube Music
- How do I get my music on YouTube Music?
- Create a free Notes account, add your release, and Notes delivers it to YouTube Music with your credits and ISRCs attached. You keep your masters and your rights — Notes never takes a percentage of your royalties.
- How long does it take for my music to appear on YouTube Music?
- Most releases reach YouTube Music within a few days. Setting your release date a couple of weeks out gives you time to line up pre-saves and pitch playlists before it goes live.
- Does Notes take a cut of my YouTube Music royalties?
- No. Notes is a flat monthly subscription with a free tier to start, so your YouTube Music royalties are paid to you in full — nothing skimmed off the top.
- Does Notes collect my songwriting royalties too, or just the recording?
- Both. Alongside your YouTube Music delivery, Notes registers your songwriter credits with PROs and The MLC, so the publishing royalties behind every play get collected as well.
More streaming platforms
Notes delivers to all of these
- Spotify
- Apple Music
- Amazon Music
- Tidal
- Deezer
- Pandora
- SoundCloud
- Audiomack
- iHeartRadio
- Napster
- Anghami
- Boomplay
