How do you find music to post on your channel

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This is EXTREMELY risky, because even though the cover artist gave you permission to use the song, he or she doesn’t have the legal right to do so.

Cover songs still have to get permission from the original artist through a mechanical license. Otherwise, it’s an illegal cover. And even if the cover artist did get permission and a mechanical license, that license doesn’t give the artist the right to extend the original copyright to yet another party - you. There’s a good chance that both the cover artist and your video that uses it could get demonetized at best or taken down with a copyright strike at worst.

I’d suggest a thorough read of the article “Using Cover Songs On YouTube” on the LegalZoom Website. I’d post a link here but I can’t.

A short quote from the article:

Thousands of times a month, someone posts a cover song on YouTube. And whether the video is a live band performance or a toddler singing from her high chair, most of those cover songs are posted without permission from the song’s copyright holder—meaning they’re infringing someone’s copyright.

If the copyright owner complains, YouTube may remove your video. And if you’re a repeat offender, your YouTube channel—and all its data—may be permanently deleted. In rare instances, you might even be sued for copyright infringement.”
wow I didn't know that myself.. Well I play guitar myself and if I wanted to put a song I've played to my channel how bad can it go? if I am not playing the same notes? just modifying it somehow, but the melody could be still being heard, the orginal one...? what about that?
 

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wow I didn't know that myself.. Well I play guitar myself and if I wanted to put a song I've played to my channel how bad can it go? if I am not playing the same notes? just modifying it somehow, but the melody could be still being heard, the orginal one...? what about that?
If it’s an existing song that someone else wrote, you technically still have to get a license from the original creator to record a different arrangement of it. If you have a small channel, you might not get caught. If you do get caught, the songwriter could choose to monetize your video or could choose to have it taken down with a copyright strike. It’s the melody of a song that is copy written, so making a different arrangement of it doesn’t change anything about the law.
 

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If it’s an existing song that someone else wrote, you technically still have to get a license from the original creator to record a different arrangement of it. If you have a small channel, you might not get caught. If you do get caught, the songwriter could choose to monetize your video or could choose to have it taken down with a copyright strike. It’s the melody of a song that is copy written, so making a different arrangement of it doesn’t change anything about the law.
woooow... so the frequency of the tone that is produced in a given time range can be copyrighted ... People are awesome :D, they as might copyright the way someone is producing tone by speaking ._. Strange the world..