Victor McKnight

Thank you all for the love on "Overdrive"! Means the world! I'm going to (hopefully) be recording the rest of my next original song, tomorrow! I'm thinking I'll release this late this month or in November, right when it's colder outside. :) Feels fitting.

2 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 206

Victor McKnight

*POINTING FRANTICALLY AT THIS*

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 45

Victor McKnight

I've been a little overwhelmed with recent events! The reaction to "Overdrive" has been wonderful... and the channel just hit 50,000 subscribers!! Thank you all SO much. I've been thinking of making a rare video appearance to properly thank you all. Though, I'm honestly not sure! Maybe I will... maybe I wont! 😅

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 242

Victor McKnight

please stream my new original song "overdrive" on spotify
open.spotify.com/album/3l6IWSSjioNj857i2HOVIq

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 118

Victor McKnight

i am very excited to release my new original song on the 22nd 😊 i really like how it turned out, even if it did take me a little bit longer than expected

1 month ago | [YT] | 109

Victor McKnight

Oooh! A new “Community” feature, where you folks can post about music on my channel! This could either be the best idea I’ve ever had, or the worst… 🤔

1 month ago | [YT] | 79

Victor McKnight

⚡ 9.22.2025 ⚡
with ‪@Kizakoto‬

1 month ago | [YT] | 87

Victor McKnight

Heya! I wanna quickly talk about my music usage terms on YouTube. This is a novel of text, so I apologize... ^^"

Over the last year and a half, I've been working hard at becoming self-published as a songwriter and music artist. "House of McKnight Publishing" is now a proper thing - and I'd like to ensure it can become a positive thing, as I retain a bit more immediate control over how my works are used. :) It's very exciting for me, and I'm learning a lot! But... it's also scary!

Usually, I'd have various groups representing my name to collect music royalties (money) on my behalf. Nowadays, I strictly have Screenwave Media managing my audio on YouTube (as you all know). Everywhere else, you can assume it's just me and my entity. Think of NateWantsToBattle and "Give Heart Records" for instance. Well, I do want to give a notice of a potential change in my music usage terms for each of my songs. A lot of their rights may change as I'm relying strictly on some new "portals" I'm registering my songs to.

As for my YouTube CSP, Screenwave Media has and will remain the folks that manage my YouTube audio for the forseeable future, but it's become clear to me now more than ever that there's always going to be other parties at play that are integrated with YouTube's system, behind the scenes. This includes other artist's and songwriters publishers (people that aren't me).

Here's where it gets strange; It's kind of an experimental time for me too. I'm unsure of how far this personal change of mine will be integrated in YouTube's current system. Content ID, whether it be for "audio" or "melody" (which are two different things in YouTube's copyright categories) can be very funky, and it's all a weird automated system that I can't always micro-manage without reaching out to a third party and subsequently waiting a few days for a reply on how to proceed. I realize that in hindsight, Screenwave (which I've usually directed people to) won't always have the immediate answers. I won't always have the ability to show proficiency in favor of creators.

I'm bringing this up, because I always want to make sure folks CAN use my music (when it's allowed) for their videos and live streams, but the more I've learned about music rights, the more I realize I can't really promise that, anymore. So... what does this mean?

...I have no idea.

I feel like the world's my oyster, and I have a LOT of decisions to make regarding song usage from hence forth. I've been considering removing the song usage terms altogether from future songs to invite more conversation, because to be frank - running into "AI extensions" of my songs is something I never thought I'd have to step in for (long story, but not really). If you ever have questions, I welcome you to ask me in the comments, or alternatively one of the email addresses left below.

If you ever run into an issue where your video is being claimed by 'ScreenwaveMediaMusic' for using AUDIO (specifically an AUDIO claim) that I put out, reach out to "copyright@screenwavemedia.com" and they will have a direct line to me.

Alternatively, if you ever run into an issue where your video is being claimed by 'House of McKnight Publishing' or BMI for using MELODY (specifically a MELODY claim), please reach out to "contact@victormcknightmusic.com". :)

Hugs n' love,
VM

1 month ago | [YT] | 127

Victor McKnight

Friendly reminder; you can join my Patreon as a $5 member to get your name listed at the end of my music videos, as well as acquire access to exclusive parts of my server where I commonly VC and host movie nights! :)
www.patreon.com/c/VictorMcKnight

1 month ago | [YT] | 45

Victor McKnight

Next original song is nearly ready, but I’m gonna wait a bit after the release of Sonic Racing CrossWorlds that way I’m not too overshadowed!

Also yes, it is super fun! I’m really digging it so far. :)

1 month ago | [YT] | 115