FAQ

Yes, my cover tracks are free to use in youtube videos or twitch streams you want, I haven't applied any content ID so you won't receive any copyright notifications. But if you use them, I would just ask to quote my full name on your description of the video or wherever you choose to use my music.

However, if you make a stream on "Meta" platforms (Facebook, Instagram) you could receive a notice from Meta, telling you that my songs were used and sadly they could put down your video/stream because of that (because my songs are also uploaded to Meta for using them in Instagram/Facebook stories and reels), and I can't do much about it, sorry.

I don't consent the upload of my covers as they are, without a video. Meaning that they can be used as background for podcast video or gameplay but they can't be uploaded just to made them be available on that platform (also YouTube) one by one, just for the audio. If you instead want to include one or more of my covers in, for example, a youtube mix video of videogame covers with covers from other artists included, then reach out to me in any ways included in the "Contact" page.

If you want to use for twitch streams you could also use Spotify so you can also support me that way, thank you :)

Selling cover albums worldwide require a mechanical license and that need to be purchased and approved by the original distributor of the company of the game that has been covered (or the artist himself). Since the license is very expensive for every single track and I don't have full control on what I should earn and what % goes to the original artist, I opted not to get it. But then you would ask why I make them available for streaming on Spotify, Deezer and other minor services. 

I'm simply using a distributor "RouteNote" that allows the distribution of cover albums for free without license worldwide but needs to be restricted to certain music services, in particular: 

• Spotify, Deezer, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Nuuday, Anghami, KKBOX and JioSaavn.

You can also seeing various of my cover albums on other platforms: this is because I'm also now distributing to other music platforms but excluding certain territories, specifically: USA, Canada, Mexico, India and Pakistan

This is explained in the link below. Here is a complete list of the music platform where I release my cover albums excluding those territories:

• Apple Music, Amazon Music, Instagram/Facebook, TikTok, Youtube Music, Tidal, Napster, Melon, Tencent, FLO, AWA, Netease, Claro Musica, Gracenote, Kanjian, 7 Digital, Bugs!, Naver/Vibe, Kuack Media, Qobuz, Zing MP3 and Joox and others.

Every info can be found here: https://routenote.com/blog/upload-cover-songs/ 

When I started selling cover albums on Bandcamp, I acquired a limited selling license which is very difficult to manage and also I was earning less than I was spending so I opted to not sell them by putting the maximum selling price, which is 1000$ so nobody could buy it. I was using Bandcamp for reference purposes of my albums history which I was having 100% full control of, instead of the one distributed with RouteNote. 

Since selling cover albums on Bandcamp is illegal without a mechanical license, even though I didn't sold any albums because they were priced 1000$ each (being in a grey area), most probably Bandcamp didn't apporve this method and so my artist page was deleted/suspended because of that. So this site now replace what I was trying to do with my Bandcamp, which is to display all of my albums history sorted by date and displaying the correct release title name and album art, without the adjustments of my distributor RouteNote.

My favourite artist of all time has always been: Yoko Kanno

She is very well above everyone else, but all my other favourite artists are: Yasunori Mitsuda, Taro Iwashiro, Masashi Hamauzu, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Shiro Sagisu, Ennio Morricone, Keiichi Okabe, Ryūichi Sakamoto, Yoko Shimomura, Anthony Phillips, Joe Hisaishi, Jeremy Soule, Naoshi Mizuta, Nobuo Uematsu and many more.

I don't take "requests" (meaning that I must necessarily fulfill) because I want to be free to choose which covers I like the most to do and in that time period.

But, of course, this doesn't mean that you can't advice or message me any track/videogame ost that I should make in the future, for example: albums that I already made like Dragon Quest Collective, Suikoden II, Panzer Dragoon Saga and others come from people's advice, so every advice or message is always welcome.

• Strings: Cinematic Studio Strings + Solo Strings and other minor ones for layering

• Woodwinds: Cinematic Studio Woodwinds and other minor ones for layering

• Brass: CineBrass and other minor ones for layering

• Percussions: ProjectSam True Strike and other minor ones

• Piano: Native Instruments The Grandeur and other minor ones

• Choirs: Strezov Sampling Choir Essentials and other minor ones

• World Instruments: Best Service Ethno World 6 (Instruments)

Like I stated in the previous answer, I was having 100% control over my releases on Bandcamp, but with RouteNote I have to follow certain rules which are to not use popular game titles on release title and artwork (being seen as "Gaming the system"), so instead of Final Fantasy sometimes you can see just FF or names that are connected to the game (like for "Final Fantasy Tactics" you can see "Ivalice Tactics World").

Sadly I can't change that, sometimes they decide to approve my albums with the correct names, sometimes not. But you can see every correct name and artwork now here on this site.

UPDATE May 2024: At the moment I don't accept any request until further update.

Yes, I accept commissions requests for original videogame soundtracks, however I'm not very versatile with genres, so you can look what I perform best below:

• Epic battle tracks, dramatic, sad, melanconic, evocative. Example: Xenogears, Vindictus, Final Fantasy XI, World of Warcraft and Jeremy Soule styles.

What I can't do:

• Happy, celebrative, ads music, games for kids, electronic style, lounge style, anything involving drums. Example: Super Mario, Pokemon, Kirby, Animal Crossing styles (basically most of the Nintendo games).

I usually ask for: 55€ (60$) x 1 minute of music, depending on the complexity and quantity of instruments I can ask slightly more or less than that. But it will also depends on the project and deadlines involved around it, so reach me out and we can discuss :)