Any tips to get more streams on streaming platforms like Spotify? I just put my first release up 2 months ago and I’m quite green.

I've followed a lot of advice from Tim and the group and have made dramatic improvements to the quality of my audio. I'm now at the point where I'm ready to make a plan for branding, videos, and promotion. First, I am currently working with a partner on a 5 song cover album and a 5 song original album for my band the Biscotti Boys. I want to release the audio and video for the songs gradually over a few months but is there a way for Distrokid to collect revenue from music videos on YouTube? Also how does it work with cover songs and YouTube covers? We wanted to do audio and a music video for all of the songs. Second, I've been playing out for 2 decades and know a ton of acoustic covers. I want to post them on YouTube for streaming revenue. How do I go about doing this legally and do you actually make money from it or does the original artist take most the cut? Heres a sample of a test recording I did earlier today. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qcnzDua3H26y26TGqzhGFeO-xIY3IMNy/view?usp=sharing Thanks everyone!

Another question. I have Distrokid and it puts all my tracks everywhere. But to use The Step Beats as an example, are the YouTube posts with singles connected to Distrokid or is that separate? Likewise do you create new videos for TikTok too? I feel like when I release something I have to do it on several platforms individually, but it feels like thats not what the pros do.