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How to Create Custom Royalty Free AI Music for Your Podcast (No Experience Needed)
Read this step-by-step guide to create custom royalty-free AI music for podcasts with MusicGPT. Generate unique music for your podcast in any style, with full commercial rights for Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
In 2024, the National Music Publishers' Association took down thousands of podcasts using unlicensed music affecting popular shows like The New York Times, Slate, and iHeart podcasts.
Before this happens to you, you scramble for stock libraries spending 4-5 hours searching for the perfect sound track but end up spending more time managing music licenses and credits than editing the actual content. But even then some libraries only cover YouTube and social media, not podcast platforms specifically.
Instead, if you decide to compose your own royalty-free music for podcast, it will require you a fortune and a decade of experience.
Isn’t it?
Wrong.
Playing like a Mozart on electric guitar and remixing classics with pop? Your own music for your homegrown brand is not a dream anymore. No need to learn guitar or imitate Mozart or rent a seven-figure music studio.
MusicGPT is the AI music generator where you can create customized AI music for your podcasts for commercial use without any fear of demonetization by hosting platforms. Moreover, it can help you create music in different styles and genres. Read on to know how.
How to create royalty-free music for podcasts in different styles with MusicGPT
Step 1: Craft a prompt based on your podcast theme
Open MusicGPT homepage and head to the text generation box. If you want to generate music without vocals, click the “Instrumentals” tab in the menu.
The key to getting music matched to your podcast theme is being very specific. Start by defining your genre or style like “dark cinematic music” or “lively ambient music for workout motivation”. This sets the emotional foundation for the entire piece. Then specify the exact length you need, whether that is 15 seconds for a quick stinger or 60 seconds for a full intro music.
Next, list your desired instruments which include piano or acoustic guitar which leaves space for narration. You can also describe the mood or energy level to guide the AI's compositional choices.
For example, if you run a crime documentary podcast, you might type: "Dark cinematic ambient music for 30 seconds, building tension, pulsing low synth, no drums, mysterious and uneasy, perfect for cold atmosphere opening before narration starts."
If you’re hosting a tech podcast, here’s the prompt you need:
Clean modern electronic music of 25 seconds with subtle arpeggio synth, light acoustic guitar accent, optimistic energy, professional but not corporate intro music for tech podcast.
Comedy podcasts could use:
Quirky upbeat indie music of about 20 seconds with brass stabs and unexpected tempo change at 10 seconds, energetic and punchy intro music for pop culture podcasts.
You could also generate background sound effects for punchy lines in your podcast.
Step 2: Reference and refine
Upload reference files, YouTube links, or audio clips to guide MusicGPT toward your desired sound. Use the “Controls" tab to adjust prompt intensity and name your track for easy organization.
Now, MusicGPT will generate your soundtrack in seconds.
Step 3: Generate parallel variations of the soundtrack
Listen to it and if you want to generate parallel compositions hover over the track, click on the three-dot menu given on the leftmost corner and click the option “Attach to prompt”. This can help you create up to 16 parallel variations of the track based on your needs.
Here, you might create a shorter 15-second version for teasers, a longer 60-second cut for extended outros, or use the same prompt with adjusted energy levels or different instrumentals. You can also use MusicGPT as an AI workout music generator to create music for fitness and workout videos and podcasts. All variations generate at the same time, giving you multiple options to compare within two to three minutes.
Step 4: Evaluate and select
As you audition each track, consider whether the energy matches your show's identity, if the piece builds up perfectly for the podcast opening, or whether any frequencies clash with your speaking voice.
Need to tweak a specific track? Attach it to your prompt and refine using the additional tools in the "Tools" tab on the right. Here’s the listed features you could use:
Extend: Your track hits the right mood but ends too soon. Click “Extend”, specify a new length like 45 seconds, and the AI continues the composition seamlessly without jarring cuts.
Replace: If the instrumentation clashes with your voice. Use Replace to swap specific elements like exchange synth for strings, change electronic drums to acoustic music, or add piano while keeping the original melody and structure intact.
Remix: You found a winner and want alternatives for different episodes. Remix feature adds fresh flavors using the same core DNA while exploring different styles and energy levels.
Step 5: Download your soundtrack
Once you’ve generated the music, the soundtrack automatically downloads and you can see your downloads right there by clicking on your profile icon on the top right. You can also explore playlists on the platform to find your unique taste.
Step 6: Import to Your DAW
Open your Digital Audio Workstation, whether that is a free Audacity, Descript platform or a paid platform like Adobe Audition, Reaper, or Logic Pro. Create a new project or open your existing episode file. Import your soundtrack on a track positioned below your voice audio.
Step 7: Mix and edit
To generate free intro and outro music for your podcasts, fade in over 0.5 seconds and fade out over 2-3 seconds, keeping volume between -6dB and -10dB. Integrate background music for Spotify podcasts by dropping volume from -15dB to -20dB and apply a high-pass filter removing frequencies below 200Hz to prevent muddiness under voice.
If the track fights your voice, you cannot isolate instruments, return to MusicGPT and use the "Replace” feature to regenerate with "no drums" or "no bass" for a cleaner mix.
Step 8: Export Your episode
Once mixing is complete, export your finished episode. Use MP3 format, the standard for podcast distribution. Download at 128-192 kbps for quality productions. Before finalizing, conduct a quality check by listening on both headphones and speakers to ensure your voice remains clear and forward and verify that music never masks your voice.
Step 9: Publish your podcast with full rights
Upload your finished episode to your podcast host or directly to the platforms. The royalty-free music for podcasts you generated carries full commercial rights if you’ve created it using MusicGPT paid plans. No special marking is needed for AI-generated music, unlike some AI voice content, as your commercial license covers all distribution.
Start creating your customized music libraries using MusicGPT today
No need to rent licensed music that expires. No need to fear platform takedowns anymore.
Export finalized music segments as separate files for reuse in future episodes. Over time, you can build a complete royalty-free music library with a main 30-second intro, a shorter 15-second intro music for bonus content, a 45-second outro with space for call-to-action messaging and as many transition stingers as you need. Keep optimizing.
This helps keep your podcast current for your audience while maintaining engagement with the brand.
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