To be eligible for monetization, your release needs to meet all of the following requirements:
Content must be sufficiently distinct from other content.
Content that is considered insufficiently distinct include, but are not limited to:
- Production loops
- Digital Instruments, drum strings, samples or any other copyrighted sounds (even from a licensed DAW)
- Soundbeds
- Sound effects
- Sound-alikes
- Karaoke recordings
- Classical music recordings of compositions in the public domain
- Meditation, yoga, or sleep music
- DJ sets, continuous mixes, or other similar compilations
Only music is considered to be eligible content.
Content considered not to be music include, but are not limited to:
- Spoken word recordings
- Comedy recordings
- Film recordings (that are not the musical score to a film)
- Speeches
- Prayer recordings
- Audiobooks
- Podcasts
- Nature or wildlife recordings
- Ambient sound recordings