no profanity

[milfus]

so theres an industrial rock listing i was thinking of trying to squeeze a song in for (as per being deliberate) and they said ala manson, korn, and ministry, and then said no profanity, so im looking for the rule here, no profanity at all, or no fcc profanity, like, is bitch ok? lude themes/violent themes/innuendos? not that im gonna like run wild with lyrics about raping and pillaging like a viking or anything, but esspescially with those ala's a little anger and some wildness goes a loooooong way in song freedom

[byllsong]

No profanity...oh #@%&*

[squids]

I'm guessin' they mean no swear words at all. But if you're not sure, you can call 'em and find out.Some libraries will make you do a 'clean' version of a song (no profanity) as well as your original version so you might wanna record both, jes in case, and submit a clean one when they ask and a regular one when they don't. Doubles your chances at listings.Loved "raping and pillaging like a Viking". Dude, I really gotta hear those lyrics. LOL

[milfus]

well just, how do you emulate manson/korn/ministry and not get edgy?thats like, write a song ala barry manilow, but it cant be loving or uplifting

[matto]

Well, these "no profanity" listings are usually for film/tv applications, so anything that wouldn't fly on a broadcast network is out. Where exactly they draw the line I'm not sure, so I would err on the side of caution...It's certainly possible to write in the style of the mentioned artists without using profanity in the lyrics, you just have to get a little creative...