The Need for Safe Music

"What's the big deal?"  You might be wondering what we're talking about with this "Safe Music" idea.  We have seen a big change in the music that has been created over the last 10 years.  Instead of having to be careful not to play a handful of songs that have really explicit lyrics (generally cursing), we now have to be concerned with 40% to 50% of current popular songs having some level of inappropriate and/or explicit lyrics.  It's not always cursing that is the problem.  Generally, cursing is cleaned up in the music that professional DJ's have.  It's really more about the subject of the song.  We believe it is inappropriate to play songs for our younger audiences that promote violence, sexual promiscuity, use of alcohol or drugs, the degradation of women, and other generally antisocial behavior.  We believe that most of our clients, once educated, will share our concern and want to have input in what messages are being sent through the music played during their events.

To give you some idea of the extent of the problem we're facing, click on each of the links below to view the lyrics of some of the popular songs being played on the airwaves today and over the past several years.  Please understand that most of the cursing is removed in "radio versions" that professional DJ's have in their music libraries.  The content, however, is another matter as the subject of many of these songs simply cannot be changed.  (Caution!  Some of the lyrics in the songs below will be offensive to some viewers.)  Find out the effects of music and music lyrics at the link at the bottom of the page.