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The video provides a comprehensive guide on recovering and re-uploading previously removed music albums to platforms like Spotify while retaining original stream counts. The creator demonstrates the full process, emphasizing the importance of maintaining consistent metadata, such as song duration and ISRC codes, to facilitate platform recognition and restore playlists and revenue. The video notably mentions the use of Boosterboss.com for cost-effective distribution solutions and specifics such as the project "Villainism" originally on TuneCore. Toward the end, Rob Level offers insights into his personal journey in the music industry, touching on the emotional aspects of financial success and the challenges of maintaining authenticity.
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In this part of the video, the creator explains how to recover and re-upload an album that was previously removed from Spotify, ensuring that the original stream counts are retained. They demonstrate by typing their old artist name and showing the re-uploaded album, highlighting that all the streams on the top songs have returned, even though the project was taken down four years ago. The speaker shares insider tricks used by major labels to protect music and details reasons why songs might be removed, such as fake promotions or inability to pay distribution fees. They demonstrate the re-uploading process, showing how it is possible to recover all streams and reiterating the value of this knowledge for other artists.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker explains the process of re-uploading music tracks to a distribution platform. They mention using Boosterboss.com for cost-effective solutions and emphasize the importance of maintaining consistent metadata. Specifically, they advise ensuring that the song’s duration remains the same to facilitate recognition by platforms like Spotify. They illustrate the process with an example project, “Villainism,” originally on Tunecore, and explain how to manage ISRC codes, which are unique identifiers for each track. The speaker highlights the necessity of using the original release date and maintaining the correct order of tracks.
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In this part of the video, the speaker provides a detailed tutorial on how to handle situations where your songs get taken down from Spotify and how to re-upload them to retain streams and earnings. They emphasize the importance of ISRC codes, which are unique identifiers for each song, and show how to find these codes through platforms like TuneCore and DistroKid. The speaker explains the process of copying the ISRC code and associating it with each song when re-uploading on platforms like DistroKid. They also mention the importance of using WAV files for higher quality and discuss the impact of re-uploading songs in restoring them to playlists and resuming revenue generation. The speaker highlights that if a song is taken down, it can simply be re-uploaded, ensuring continuity for streams and earnings, and provides tips on managing playlists and promotional strategies.
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In this part of the video, Rob Level addresses questions from his audience about his journey and success in the music industry. He talks about how he managed to pursue music as a career without succumbing to the pressure and how the financial gains can sometimes lead to feelings of emptiness and pain. He also reflects on the duality within himself, hinting at a Jekyll and Hyde persona.