We’ve spoken at length about what an incredible platform triple j Unearthed is for young, up-and-coming Australian musicians and bands, giving them a chance to have their music heard by anyone with an internet connection.
Absolutely anybody can upload a track, but what you may not know is that there are certain rules for Unearthed artists to follow and in fact your content can be “edited, removed or not published” if it breaks them.
The helpful folks at triple j Unearthed recently decided to remind artists of those rules, after they once again had to disqualify Breakfast host Alex Dyson from their current Unearthed Play School remix comp.
As some will recall, Dyson was banished last year for including too many samples in his Hermitude remix and this time around he’s been ousted from the competition for violating the intellectual property of a poet sampled in his remix.
In the interest of making sure musos uploading their work to Unearthed have the best chance at getting it heard both online and on air, triple j have shared a quick refresher on the rules of Unearthed.
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For starters, copyright, as you no doubt know, is very important in the music world, so make sure you don’t violate anybody’s intellectual property, which actually includes uploading covers, since that would be uploading copyrighted material.
Watch the potty mouth too. “We take this stuff really seriously, and we won’t approve tracks that violate laws regarding harassment, discrimination, privacy or contempt, infringe on copyright, are abusive/offensive,” triple j write.
You can check out the rest of the guide via the triple j Unearthed website or read the full list of rules here. It’d behoove any artist hoping to get noticed on Unearthed to familiarise themselves with the ruleset now.
