Generic Release Policy

How to avoid the “Generic” flag and ensure your Boomy releases are approved ASAP

At Boomy, our creative tools — like automatic song and artist name generation, and cover art generation — are designed to make it simple to make your first release, but can sometimes cause problems with delivery to streaming services and stores. In order to ensure all Boomy releases are delivered smoothly, our review team flags some releases as “Generic.”

If your release has been flagged as Generic, it will likely be delayed or not approved by streaming services and stores.

How To Avoid A “Generic” Flag

Thankfully, it is simple to edit your release to remove the “Generic” flag. We’ve outlined a few helpful suggestions below to ensure timely delivery of your release to streaming services and stores.

1. Avoid the use of automatically-generated names

Be creative! While our auto-naming feature is useful for organizing songs in your Boomy Library, auto-generated song names, artist names, and release titles should usually not be included in releases submitted to stores and streaming services.

Instead, name your release and songs around a theme, purpose, or unifying idea. Look for inspiration in your life — your hometown, favorite games, current emotions, or popular phrases.

For your artist name, consider using your name or a name of something meaningful to you. Before submitting your release, it’s a good idea to search Spotify or Apple Music for your artist name to see if another artist is already using your preferred name. Submitting an artist name that is identical to an existing artist can create confusion on streaming services.

2. Design your own album art

While Boomy’s album art generator can produce great results, repeated submissions of AI-generated art can cause delivery problems.

Instead, design your own album art, ideally with the name of your album and artist in the art itself. Simple tools like Canva and PlaceIt allow for easy creation of custom album artwork. In Canva, simply search for the “Artistic CD Cover” preset. In PlaceIt, navigate to “Musician Templates.”

Make sure your cover art does not include any text other than your album and artist name, and avoid the use of brand logos. Be sure to export your artwork in a 3000x3000px resolution, since this is the minimum accepted by stores.

3. Consider adding vocals or auto-vocals to your songs

Songs with vocals are approved quickly, and with Boomy’s auto-vocal feature, you don’t even need to know how to sing!

Simply tap “Add Vocal” in the Boomy editor, select “Auto-Vocal,” and speak any phrase or upload a recording of your voice, and Boomy’s AI will write and record an original vocal line to your instrumental. Whatever you say will also make a great song and release title!

Examples of Non-Generic Releases

For reference, here are a few examples of releases that were not flagged as “Generic.” Note the creativity in the album artwork, song names, and original artist names.

Lifted by Yaharia Lovely Loves — https://ffm.to/jvv3y1z

The Monster by Neonutrion — https://ffm.to/q1yj0gk

Just You by TH3R3N — https://ffm.to/yl21yg

Scared for No Reason by Plague of Grackles — https://ffm.to/k2yawj6

Resubmitting Your Release

If you received a message that your album was not approved based on the Generic Release Policy, simply make the above changes and re-submit your release. If you believe your release was flagged in error, please reach out to help@boomy.com and we’ll help you resolve the issue.