Generic content is an umbrella term to tag all the content that is generally considered not created by a real artist.
What kind of content/metadata should be avoided?
These are the main cases our Quality Control team will check:
- Misleading metadata. Such include movie titles, TV series, major mainstream figures, celebrities, etc.
- Genres. Avoid expressions in metadata, especially in artist names and album/track titles, which make explicit reference to genres. See: “Rock”, “Pop”, “Trap”, “Reggaeton”, “Latin”, “Hip-hop”, “Classical”, “Lo-fi”, “Electronic” etc.
- AI / Random MIDI generated audios. Avoid looped samples with no real artistic intentions detected and with false content patterns: audios of the same length, titles not related to the content, generic images, etc.
- Silent or noise track audios. Avoid using generic audio such as white noise or very low sounds.
- Generic artists. Generic artists such as “Chorus”, “Orchestra”, “Singer” or “Band” are not accepted under any circumstance.
- Basic musical terms. Avoid the use of expressions that make reference to instruments (i.e.: “Guitar”, “Piano”, “Drums”, etc.), musical concepts or structures (i.e.: “track”, “beat”, “song”, “base”, “album”, etc.).
- Explicit functionalities. Avoid the use of expressions that reference explicit uses for music (i.e.: “Music for Sleeping”, “Music for Relaxation”, “Music for Yoga”, “Music for Workout”, “Music for Your Baby”, “Music for Focusing and Studying”, “Music for Your Dog”, etc.).
- Artwork accuracy. When delivering artwork, please provide an original cover if possible, and do not use generic art templates.
- Ringtones. Albums, artists, or track titles must not include any generic descriptive language for designating artists or titles, such as “Tone”, “Alert Tone”, “Text Tone”, “Ringtone”, “Ringtone Version”, “Video Game”, “Game Music”, and so on.
What can happen with this type of content?
Depending on the severity of the content, it may be mainly rejected or not delivered to the following channels:
- YouTube Audio Content ID
- YouTube
- Apple Music
- TikTok
- SoundCloud
- META (Facebook / Instagram)
- Shazam (Apple Music)
- SoundExchange
- ACRCloud
- Audible Magic
- AGEDI
- BMAT
- Gracenote
- KDigital Media
If any type of activity related to Artificial Streaming is detected, if any release with this type of content is approved, it will no longer be allowed to be published on your platform; therefore, it will be rejected.
⚠ In general, we recommend avoiding this kind of content since it could be identified as fraud-related by our team, with its corresponding consequences. Please, check our Anti-Fraud Policy for further information.