Can I use your music...

...as background music in my YouTube video, Twitch streams, school project, non profit game, other non profit project?

Yes.

You can also monetize your YouTube videos and Twitch streams.

Please include a link back to my track on YouTube in your description or the artist+track name on screen while it plays.

...as an instrumental for my song?

Yes, if it is non profit,

but:

You can NOT distribute the song with services like DistroKid, TuneCore, oneRPM etc.
You can NOT put the song into streaming and download sites like Spotify, iTunes etc.
You can NOT register it with any content matching services like AdRev, Audiam etc., or register it with YouTube Content ID in any other way.
You can NOT sell the song or license it to anyone

Will I get copyright claims or takedowns if I use your music in my content on YouTube/Twitch?

I do not Content ID-claim any of my music. I probably never will, but if I ever do, I’ll make sure there is a way to ‘whitelist’ anyone, who uses the music in their videos.

Your content could still receive copyright claims. This happens, because a few people recorded songs over my instrumentals and registered them with YouTube Content ID without my permission.

Because YouTube can not distinguish between the song recorded over my instrumental and the original instrumental itself, everything receives claims.

I’m working on getting these songs removed from Content ID, but I can’t guarantee you won’t get any claims at any point.

You should always dispute claims that show an other artist/song name that has nothing to do with my track.

You can download my tracks (released as Hephestos) and video game remixes here.

Tracks released as Amplitude Aether are stock music tracks and require a license to be used in videos and other commercial projects, you can license those on my Pond5 profile.