Started regularly posting reels on Facebook and Tiktok this month and got 200k followers on FB and 35k followers on tiktok so far, so that momentum probably helped.
Released a music video a week prior (Aug 5) on FB reels/YT/Tiktok before releasing the single.
No ad spending.
Nothing important. Just thought it's weird
For the longest time I got royalties from FB reels but couldn't find numbers like how it's done on Tiktok for Artists dashboard. FB/IG has been my biggest income generator so I was always curious about my numbers there.
I found out just today they have a dashboard for that.
If you have an FB page associated with the band name, you can go to the Professional Dashboard , scroll to the bottom to the Other section and then select Music Insights. You'll see how many reels have used your songs, which songs, and how many plays the reels have gotten.
The wild part here is I don't remember ever associating my songs to my FB page, which isn't even Meta verified.
Anyway, just sharing in case youve been wondering.
Released our EP Aug 5. By Aug 7 it only had 250 daily streams, which is painfully low for an EP.
Then we did a coordinated push using old recordings, behind the scenes, even life updates on Tiktok and FB starting Aug 7. A few reels on FB and 1 reel on tiktok picked up, with the best performing one at 3.5m views, and now all our music, even the older releases, on Spotify started picking up.
Zero ads.
I feel like I'm getting discriminated because there are other males in those groups. Is it because I'm Asian, and they're babies?
She's also the first ever first-generation Asian immigrant to become mayor in our state and as a fellow immigrant, it made me shake my head and think of just one thing:
Damn.
We really are taking white people's jobs.
The unearthly terror of standard color BDUs, I guess?
The woman I was on a date with told me, “I’m an INFJ. What are you?”
I didn’t know what that meant, so I said, “AT&T.”
She said, “No, I mean your personality.”
I said, “Oh… then I guess I’m more of a Verizon.”
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Apparently, she was talking about the Myers-Briggs personality test.
Which is actually pretty useful. It helps you quickly figure out whether your date... believes in stupid personality tests.
She didn’t laugh.
This is why I don’t date AT&Ts.
Like in my country, cooking rice without using a rice cooker is something everybody is expected to know.
I wanted to also say driving manual transmission but I think it's still very common outside countries like the US.
Two weeks later a comic used "juxtaposition" correctly.
AHA!
Reloading it takes longer than electing a new pope, and its TTK isn't the best, but it will let you keep firing for as long as you need to. Plus it actually sounds like an MG even when suppressed.
Growth is starting to slow down, but it usually takes maybe 3-4 months before it completely dies off. I've had a few other moderately successful videos since but nowhere close to this video.
Original post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SunoAI/comments/1t8q9oy/all_the_writing_revising_editing_and_inevitable/
As I said, there's a crowd for AI music. It just doesn't feel like it when you focus on subs like this where either people don't really care about your genre or haters just hang around to vent.
I live in the US and do standup comedy here as a sideline/hobby.
Whenever people ask who's the best Filipino comedian in the US to watch, I always say it's either Rex Navarette or JR De Guzman.
Last March I saw that JR was visiting our city so I just shot him a DM saying I'm happy to see a Filipino comic visiting since there's very few of us here (3 comics out of maybe 500).
To my surprise, after a few hours, he replied and offered me to host for him, but told me to message him again closer to the dates. I was stunned. I giddily accepted.
A month ago, I messaged him again asking if we're still good to go but I was just seenzoned. I felt a bit dejected but I understood that a lot of factors go into picking who opens/hosts for the shows and he's never really seen me perform onstage.
I decided I'll just buy a couple of tickets since I'd love to see him live with whoever wanted to go with me. I then messaged him it's fine if I can't host but I'm looking forward to his shows.
Then he replied and said he missed my message and couldn't find me again on his list BUT we're still on. I'm hosting 5 of his shows next week at the biggest comedy club in our state! SHET HAHAHAH
Never thought I'd get to work with JR!
I know it's not as big a deal as what people usually post on this sub, but for me it's a small dream coming true.
S> 2 tickets for JR De Guzman (rfs: IM PART OF THE SHOW NOW HAHAHAHAHA)
Just as a disclosure, I'm not an expert on AI music or youtube, but I think for what I've been doing since December 2024, I'm doing alright. I have a 74k sub channel that gets about 2 million views a month, and a few other channels. Latest channel I made started in Dec 2025 and got monetized March 2026. It's currently at 3.5k subs and earning average of 400 a month since it got monetized. I get a lot of questions so I'm condensing everything I say each time on this post.
Do not make “AI music for everyone.” Don't just post random genres for a single channel. You can pivot when starting but don't make it confusing. Private videos that are no longer in line with the direction of the channel. Rebrand the channel if you need to. If I sub to your channel I want the video I subbed on to be similar to content I'll get moving forward. Pick a specific genre, mood, listener, or use case.
Make your branding purposeful. Nobody knows you or your music and sure as shit nobody will care about a fictional artist you make. Stop pretending you have a big deal artist when you don't. Intsead, package your music, videos, and channels purposefully. Make people know what they're clicking immediately.
Examples: uplifting reggae, chill house for studying, emotional breakup pop, lo-fi rap for late nights, relaxing acoustic playlists, funny songs about everyday life, or 1-hour background music for work.
A viewer should understand your channel within seconds. You can add branding but don't make it front and center until you actually have a following. I didn't even put logos on my videos until people started reuploading my content.
Also worth noting that not all niches are equal. Some niches have stronger demand and less competition while others are the other way around. Some niches are staunchly anti-AI. Figuring out a niche you'll be happy to create music for is one of the trickiest parts of starting.
Try to mix up genres. Or use music for purposes they're not designed for. Worship hiphop? Uplifting industrial rock? Carve out a subniche to stand out. It's AI music's strength.
Do not mass-upload weak songs. Bad retention can hurt your channel.
Before uploading, check for a strong hook in the first 15–30 seconds, clean lyrics with no awkward AI phrasing, clear genre identity, good mix and volume, a memorable title or chorus, and a clear use case like relaxing, driving, studying, sleeping, or working.
Rule of thumb: do not upload a song you would not replay yourself.
Singles are useful for testing, but long videos often work better for music channels because people use them as background listening.
Few people who are on Youtube for music will select single song videos they don't know. They usually want a playlist or a long video that just plays continuously. Interestingly, videos that are too long will suffer from low AVD so you don't want it too long either. 45 min to 1 hour seems to be perfect.
The longer format gives people a reason to stay, replay, and use your channel as background music. In turn it gives you watch hours, and subsequently, more ad revenue.
What I usually do is create 5-10 songs, and then repeat them once or twice to get a 45m-1hr. After a while I just mix up old songs with new ones so I don't have to repeat, or create a lot of new songs.
Shorts are a waste of time for AI music. Full stop.
Thumbnails will determine how many views you will get. They have to stand out from everybody else. Be bright. Be loud. Be purposeful.
Use big readable text, one clear subject or mood, a consistent style, colors that match the music, and text that is readable on phones. Use Canva. If you want to use pro, you can get cheap licenses on G2G for a couple of bucks.
A simple formula is:
Big title + mood image + clear subtitle
Example:
<Image of pretty lady chilling on a rooftop>
MIDNIGHT CHILL
1 Hour Relaxing Music
Avoid realistic AI singers or fake performances unless they look excellent. Bad mouths, hands, instruments, and animation can make the channel feel cheap.
Better options include static cover art, slow zoom or pan, lyric videos, (fake) audio visualizers, looping abstract animation, and mood-based background art.
A polished static video is usually better than a bad animated one.
I personally use static images with backgrounds removed, then add looping stock videos in he background, add audio visualizers, particle effects, and dynamic text. Sometimes I get fancy and use looping AI videos via Kling. I don't need anything fancy because people who watch YT for music don't care about visuals all that much. Just make it stylish enough for them to stay for the 1st 30 seconds and then let the music hook them in.
Your title, description, tags, hashtags, and category should all point to the same audience.
Update your channel tags. They are used by YouTube specially for new channels.
For the videos, put three hashtags as the first three words of the description.
Example:
#LoFi #ChillMusic #StudyMusic
Original music playlist for relaxing, working, studying, driving, or background listening.
Tracklist:
00:00 Song 1
03:42 Song 2
07:15 Song 3
Created with AI-assisted music production, human curation, editing, and visual direction.
Keyword research is fair game. Study popular channels in your genre and look at their titles, descriptions, hashtags, video tags, playlist names, and thumbnail wording.
Using tag extractors on successful videos is fine. Do not copy someone’s brand, songs, lyrics, or exact packaging, but copying common searchable keywords is normal SEO.
Example title:
Midnight Chill - 1 Hour Relaxing House Music
Example tags:
ai music, original ai music, chill music, relaxing music, lofi music, study music, background music
Consistency helps YouTube understand your channel, but only if the content is good enough.
A good starting schedule is one long mix per 1-2 weeks.
Avoid dumping dozens of similar videos at once. Regular uploads are better than mass uploads.
Do not judge only by views. A video with fewer views but good retention may be more useful than a video with many low-quality clicks.
Watch CTR for thumbnail and title strength, average view duration for music retention, the retention graph for where people leave, returning viewers for real audience interest, comments for emotional connection, and traffic source for how YouTube is finding viewers.
Quick diagnosis:
Low CTR usually means a title or thumbnail problem.
Good CTR but bad retention usually means a music, intro, or visual mismatch.
Good retention but low impressions may mean a niche or channel momentum issue.
Use the data to decide what to repeat, improve, or stop doing.
Be transparent, but do not make “AI” the whole brand. Most listeners care more about the music experience than the tool.
Better branding:
Relaxing original music playlists
Weaker branding:
AI-generated AI music made by AI
Simple disclosure:
This channel features original music created with AI-assisted production, human curation, editing, and visual direction.
Let the niche and mood lead. Let the AI disclosure be clear but secondary.
Original songs are safest when starting. Covers, artist imitation, and copied melodies can create copyright or monetization problems.
Avoid covers unless you understand copyright and monetization rules, famous melodies or lyrics, artist names in titles, “sounds exactly like [artist],” AI vocals imitating real singers, bought views/subscribers/comments/watch time, and repetitive near-identical uploads.
Don't do sub for sub. Don't pay for any promotion service. Don't bot.
Shortcuts can hurt the channel more than they help. You get banned for this, you get banned for life, along with other channels you have that might not even use AI.
Original niche music + strong thumbnail + 45–60 minute playlist + searchable title + consistent uploads + analytics-based improvement.
Example first upload:
Title:
Midnight Chill - 1 Hour Relaxing Original Music
Thumbnail text:
MIDNIGHT CHILL
1 HOUR RELAXING MUSIC
Description opener:
#LoFi #ChillMusic #RelaxingMusic
Original AI-assisted music playlist for relaxing, studying, working, driving, or late-night background listening. Created with human curation, editing, and visual direction.
