Youtube launches "Musicians Wanted" program for indie music-makers

YouTube has had some troubles in the past with labels asking them to remove music videos and generally giving them a hard time for users infringing copyrights. But users are still looking for music on YouTube, and now YouTube has found a way to embrace this and help out budding musicians in the process via their new Musicians Wanted program. Musicians and bands on the program get paid when their videos are played, even when they're embedded on other sites.

Not everyone can get in on the program; you have to be accepted, and you need to post actual videos, as opposed to MP3s with still frames. Also, it's US-only for now, which is a bit of a drag. I hope it goes global soon.

After the fold you can watch Pomplamoose, one of my favorite bands and one of the first to get on the program, introduce it. And you can read more about the program over at the official YouTube blog.

Tags: indie, music, musical-web, youtube