103K views in just 48 hours… Honestly, it still doesn’t feel real. I never thought I could achieve results like this simply by creating AI-generated music. It took me six months to finally see my first real results, and there were many moments when staying consistent felt extremely difficult. I’m not sharing this to brag. I just want to show you that it’s possible and that I genuinely believe everyone here can succeed. The biggest difference for me was discipline. At the beginning, it’s hard to keep going when you’re not seeing any results, but you have to trust the process and stay consistent. Your results may not come immediately, but that doesn’t mean they won’t come. Sometimes, it’s simply a matter of time. Keep working, keep learning, and don’t give up.

I’m honestly still in shock. I never imagined that one day I could earn an amount like this from AI-generated music. A huge thank you to Jesse Hull for his videos, his advice, and the community he has built. Thanks to everything I learned, I proved that this is truly possible with discipline, patience, and consistency. At the beginning, I was getting almost no results, and I thought about giving up several times. But I kept working through the doubts, and today, all that effort is finally paying off.

Hi Jesse! I just uploaded my first album today! Will be available August 2, 2026. Thanks for the inspiration and all you do!

I released an album with 14 songs a week ago and one single a few days later with Distrokid, and it is still not on YouTube. Yesterday I released an EP with 4 songs, and today it was on my YouTube artist channel. Did you try to release music recently? Maybe it is working again with YouTube.

For everyone asking me why their DistroKid payment is still processing, here’s what happened to me personally. My first payout was around $1,000, and it went through without any problems. Once I made my first withdrawal of more than $10,000, though, DistroKid asked me to verify that I actually controlled the artist and the social media accounts connected to it. They offered multiple verification options. I used Instagram, so I had to show that I controlled the Instagram account and that it was connected to the artist’s Spotify profile and message distrokid from Instagram. My advice is to create an Instagram for your artist, keep control of the login, and add that Instagram account to your Spotify profile before you ever request a major payout. A lot of you are getting your first bigger payments right now, so I believe some of you may be hitting this exact verification step. It does not automatically mean anything is wrong. You also need to understand that payments can take time. Mine usually arrive fairly quickly, but I’ve had withdrawals take up to 12–14 days. I even contacted DistroKid support about one of them, and they said the payment was fine and still processing. Could they be reviewing streams, auditing the account, or checking your information? Possibly. I don’t know, and neither do most of the people spreading theories online. The only thing I can confirm is what happened to me: once the payouts became larger, DistroKid required me to prove that I controlled the artist’s connected social media accounts. Get that stuff organized now so you’re ready when your payout comes.