#EXPLICIT MUSIC TAG HOW TO#

OK, let’s move on… What qualifies as “explicit” and what doesn’t qualify as “explicit”? I’m not going to go into a lot of detail about that but I will quickly tell you that if a parent sets their parental controls in iTunes to block explicit content and little Johnny downloads your show that is NOT tagged as “explicit” but it DOES indeed have explicit content – you’ve just made an enemy.įind out more about iTunes Parental controls

But more importantly: It’s used by the iTunes search filters to make the “parental controls” of the directory work.It’s a “heads-up” to potential listeners that they may get an earful of colorful language or topics in your show.The “explicit” tag’s main use is two-fold:

I covered this a bit in the last episode but let me quickly sum up… They’ll be at OR OK – let’s get going Why the “explicit” tag is important But in case you need to see the visual or re-check what I say, you can find all those sorts of things in the show notes for this episode. I’ll be referring to some very specific functions inside the Libsyn interface and the Blubrry PowerPress plugin – and being an audio podcast I’m going to do my very best to describe exactly how you can find them.

#EXPLICIT MUSIC TAG HOW TO#

Keep listening and I’m going to tell you how to do it using two of the most popular avenues – Libsyn and Blubrry.īefore we get into the details, let me say this: That way you can label that ONE episode “explicit” and the rest can keep their “no rating” or “clean rating” tag intact.ĭid you know you could do that? Label JUST ONE episode with “explicit” and leave the rest of your show non-labeled or clean? That might be a good time for you to know how to use the “explicit” tags the right way, on an episode-level. That’s cool if that’s what you want to do.īut what if it’s not as bad as all that? What if they only use one or two colorful words and they actually lend to the emphasis or context of what they’re saying? Some folks would beep out every instance. You may be right that you’ll never have to deal with this issue at all.īut what if some day you have a guest on your show who’s native language in the 4-letter-word? What are you going to do then? You may think this doesn’t apply to you… after all, you keep your show clean all the way around. Today’s episode is focused exclusively on the “explicit” tag in iTunes. They get to make the rules – and they do. They have created criteria you must agree to if you’re going to use their platforms to make your content available to people.įor some reason it’s easy to forget that web services like iTunes and Stitcher, and even Facebook for that matter, are THOSE kinds of platforms. BUT it’s only common sense to realize that people or companies who provide the platforms upon which you say what you want to say in the way you want to say it have THEIR right to limit what you say over THEIR platform.ĭid you get that? It’s THEIR platform.

Explicit music tag