Until I Reach 1 Million Views and Monetization with AI Music [Episode 55]
My past songs are growing again. What I've realized since stopping daily new song releases.
A rock band active with AI music and AI visuals.
The BLACK WANDERLAND (Bura-Wan).
Aiming for 1 million YouTube views and monetization, I am recording the daily numbers and things I've tried.
Today is Episode 55.
Recently, I significantly changed how I manage Bura-Wan's YouTube channel.
Previously, my style was,
"Create and post a new song every day."
But now,
I release two new songs a week.
Instead, I post Shorts introducing my songs every day.
I have changed to this format.
And today, I got numbers that suggest this direction might not be wrong.
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📊 I've reached 179 subscribers
My current subscriber count is
179
Last time it was 176, so
+3 people.
Over the past 28 days:
* Subscribers: +29
* Views: approx. 20,000
* Total watch time: 85.6 hours
Considering the goal of 1 million views, these are still small numbers.
But compared to when I started, the number of people watching the channel is definitely increasing.
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🔥 It wasn't a new song that grew today
This part was interesting.
What I introduced in the latest Short was
"RED ZONE"
It's not a new song.
It's an original Bura-Wan song I posted before.
I turned this song into a Short video again,
and posted it with the caption
"Full version in related videos."
As a result...
1,224 views
On the dashboard, it's 1,227 views in about 16 hours.
Furthermore,
it's 2nd out of the last 10 videos.
The average view rate was
84.0%.
There are 4 likes.
It's not an explosive viral hit.
But I don't think view count is the only important thing here.
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"People will watch even if it's not a new song"
This was the biggest takeaway this time.
Until now, I thought
the channel would stop if I didn't create a new song every day.
So,
I would write lyrics,
create a song with Suno,
create images,
create AI videos,
edit,
make thumbnails,
and post to YouTube.
And the next day,
I would start from scratch to make the next song.
Honestly, it's quite tough.
Moreover, even the songs I worked hard on were just left behind once posted as I moved on to the next one.
Thinking about it now...
It was a waste.
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"Delivering" one song multiple times
I feel like RED ZONE proved that.
Even if people didn't reach it when the full MV was released,
there's a possibility they'll discover it for the first time through a Short weeks later.
If so,
instead of New Song -> 1 Short -> Next Song,
I should create multiple pieces of content from one song.
For example,
* Live footage of the chorus
* The most impactful lyrics
* Impressive scenes from the MV
* Vocal-focused footage
* The reason for creating the song
* Shorts from a character's perspective
* Directing to the full MV
You can create as many entry points as you want for the same song.
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🐶 Experimenting with "Dog's Feelings" too
I'm trying this method with my new song "Dog's Feelings" as well.
The first Short got
917 views
And another Short I made to direct to the full MV got
778 views
The full MV itself currently has
29 views.
Looking only at the numbers, the traffic from Shorts to the full MV is still weak.
This is a major challenge for the future.
However,
I intend to continue with the idea of "delivering one song multiple times."
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Stopping daily new songs isn't "cutting corners"
When I was creating new songs every day,
I had a strong belief that if I just increased the number of posts, I'd eventually hit it big.
Of course, I think that's one way to fight.
But now it's a little different.
By reducing new songs to two a week, I have more time to think about
"how to present each song."
Precisely because we live in an era where you can create songs with AI,
creating a large volume of songs is easier than before.
So, the difference might be in
"how you deliver them after creating them."
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Past songs aren't "old songs," they are assets
RED ZONE was exactly that.
To me, it's a past song.
But,
to someone who discovered Bura-Wan today, it's a new song.
This is obvious, but it's easy to forget when you're producing every day.
The channel already has many songs.
In other words, Bura-Wan currently has
a massive amount of unused material.
From now on, I will dig up not just new songs, but past songs as well.
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🎯 What I want to try next
From here on,
I want to verify "which past songs grow when rediscovered?"
Not just songs that simply had high view counts, but
songs with strong choruses,
songs with strong titles,
songs where the lyrics hit instantly,
songs that look good on video.
I will turn each into a Short and compare the numbers.
And one more thing.
Just getting 1,000 views on a Short won't reach 1 million views.
From now on,
Watch Short
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Discover Bura-Wan
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Watch another Short
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Watch full MV
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Subscribe
How to create this flow.
I will refine this further.
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Summary of today
Currently,
179 subscribers.
+3 from last time.
And the Short introducing the past song "RED ZONE" got
1,224 views.
Out of the last 10 videos,
2nd place.
Average view rate is
84.0%.
"Even if you don't create a new song every day, you can generate views by delivering past songs again."
At least, that possibility has become visible.
When I was creating new songs every day,
creating the song was the goal.
But now it's different.
Create a song.
Deliver it.
Deliver it again from a different angle.
If that still doesn't work, change the presentation again.
Use up one song completely.
New songs: 2 per week.
Song introduction Shorts: Every day.
For a while, I will verify if the channel really grows with this format.
Still a long way to 1 million views.
Currently 179 people.
But little by little,
from a "channel that makes songs" to a "channel that delivers songs."
Bura-Wan's way of fighting has changed.
Episode 55, finished.
On to the next, Episode 56.
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