Podcast Music and Hosting
Podcast Music and Hosting
In the post-production process, you may want to add music to your podcast, and consider how you will share it with your peers, your professor or even the world.
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Adding Music
Adding Music
Adding intro music to the beginning of your podcast is an important part of your show. It sets the tone of the podcast and informs your listeners what to expect. If the music is upbeat and catchy, you will instantly attract listeners.
You can create your intro music using Chrome Music Lab: Song Maker or the 1010Music Blackbox (a portable compact sampling studio, available from the Library). Alternatively, there are websites where you can access podcast music. However, if you use music provided from these websites, then ensure you abide by the copyright licensing laws.
Here is the copyright licensing terminology you need to be aware of:
Free Libraries for Podcast Music:
1. Pixabay provides access to free downloads of royalty free music.
2. YouTube Audio Library holds a large collection of instrumental downloadable music (both royalty free and creative commons).
3. Free Music Archive gives access to an extensive library of songs (creative commons).
Hosting Your Podcast
Hosting Your Podcast
Once you have created your podcast, you will need to make it available online so your listeners can access it through an official hosting platform. This is a place where your show resides. A hosting platform also provides other crucial features such as a storage facility for your podcast episodes and an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feed for publishing notifications about new episodes.
If you'd like to share your podcast through official podcast distributors such as iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher & Google Play, you will need to create an RSS feed. To create an RSS feed, you will need to host your podcast using an online hosting platform. The platforms listed below are some of the most popular. All hosting sites require you to pay a monthly fee.
Libsyn allows you to create RSS feeds for your podcasts to host on iTunes & Apple Podcasts.
SoundCloud allows you to upload your podcast for free on SoundCloud, a music- and podcast-sharing site.
Spreaker provides five hours of storage on a free account.
Podbean is a podcast publishing and monetization service, providing free and premium hosting packages for individuals and businesses. Like Spreaker, Podbean offers a free account with 5 hours of storage, and additional storage for a subscription fee.
Spotify for Podcasters (formerly Anchor) is another podcasting publishing service created by Spotify. The service is free and allows podcasters to record, edit & distribute their content through the app. While the platform is very easy to use. PLEASE NOTE in exchange for hosting your content on its site, it reserves the right to use & distribute your content as it wishes. If you would like to use Anchor, please be aware that you are licensing your content to the company to use for an indeterminate amount of time.
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