YouTube Music is YouTube's streaming platform. Too Lost distributes to both YouTube Music & YouTube Content ID.
When you distribute releases to YouTube Music, you can see videos on YouTube that contain your cover art, your songs & the song information in the description. This is normal, and these videos are monetized - so you will earn money to your Too Lost account when these videos earn revenue from ads and views.
YouTube Music publishes all the content they receive from distributors in "video art" format. This means that every single, EP or album distributed to YouTube Music will publish as an 'auto-generated' video using the Cover Art of the release as the video thumbnail and video content.
These songs are also available ad free to YouTube Music subscribers & on the YouTube Music app.
If you don't want your music on YouTube Music, make sure to uncheck "YouTube Music" as a delivery channel when distributing your releases.
Your art track video should say "Provided by Too Lost LLC" in the description.
Content ID video claims will say "[Merlin] Too Lost (on behalf of ____)". The "on behalf of" line will be your artist name or label name (the "Label name" information in the release uploader).
Merlin is the licensing body for the independent music sector. Too Lost is a Merlin member. You can learn more about Merlin here: https://merlinnetwork.org/
Did your video release appear on a different YouTube channel?
By default, YouTube Music will send the release to one of these three channels:
- "Various Artists - Topic" (Ie. Various Artists 1, Various Artists 2)
- "[Artist Name] - Topic": This channel is created automatically by YouTube. All auto-generated videos from one artist are stored here.
- Your personal channel: YouTube will prioritize the synchronization of auto-generated videos with your channel.