I was thinking of that, because if you're video has copywritten audio then the music should be muted rather than the entire video removed. I had no idea Ryan Farish had copyright issues, he was always lenient about his content being uploaded- actually he got recognition from Youtube.
As for numerous messages, same thing on my ThunderFever account. I got at least 20 videos removed because of copyrighted audio, and I guess I got so many removals that YT deleted my old account. I'm scared though, this not turning out to be a pretty situation.

Which Ryan Farish songs did they specifically remove? Some artists will have their videos removed depending on the record label- Birk's Law by Spyro Gyra is on a GRP label that is copyrighted but Feelin Fine is not on a label with copyright issues.