FREE MUSIC DOWNLOADS…KEEP READING TO FIND OUT WHERE!
Music is one of the single best ways to spice up your video and make it more entertaining.
So does that mean you can download the latest #1 hit tune off the Billboard charts and use in on your online video?
Nope, sorry.
Well, you can, IF you do not mind risking a lawsuit. And sue they will. Record companies have been known to sue small time, struggling public school system TV and Video Departments so obviously, no one is safe.
Royalty free music is the solution.
Royalty free music is produced specifically for use in video and audio productions. Generally, it is lyric-free and timed out to match common video lengths, :30, 1:00, etc.
Using royalty free music requires paying a one-time fee, then it is yours to use forever. Certain restrictions apply and the specific licensing agreements vary from supplier to supplier.
The only real problem with royalty free music is that sometimes it sounds like rejects from the “elevator” music category. You know, the kind of stuff that either puts you to sleep or makes you grab for your ear plugs.
Over the years, royalty free music has improved tremendously. An entire industry of professional musicians gravitated toward the field as demand increased.
I just found two incredible sources for royalty free music that I wanted to pass on to my readers. (More were added later to the comments section below.)
I don’t know about you, but with a name like that, I liked them immediately!
The other resource is Mike Stewart with two-buck themes.
Smart Ass Music is a group of pros from the UK with very impressive credentials in the big-time professional film scoring industry. Mike Stewart worked for years in the Atlanta Market.
I listened to about 25 different music clips on Smart Ass Music site just now and thought every single one was great. You know a royalty free tune is fantastic when you like it so much that it would sound great mixed in with the “real” music in your collection. For me, some of their blues tunes would fit right in on my iPod!
Not only was the music great, but I was impressed with their affordable prices. The price you pay depends on which level of licensing you need, they have three different levels. Fees start at about 25 bucks per song for the lowest level.
Now their BEST deal is a group of 15 tunes that you can download for FREE.
Kind of hard to beat that price! You can find the freebies by scrolling down about 1/2 way on their home page and looking in the center of the page.
But that’s not all! You can get a second free audio download package from Smart Ass if you go to this link too!
Now is that cool or what?
So if you are in need of some royalty free music for your online video production, I strongly recommend you check out Smart Ass Music. And they are NOT paying me to say that! (Too bad for me!)
Mike Stewart’s site can help you build an entire library of royalty free music. For just ten dollars a month, you get five new cuts. Mike is also a great resource for all things related to video production and online video marketing.
Thanks for reading Video Production Tips
Lorraine Grula
Internet Video Gal
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6 Comment(s)
By Mark on | Reply
I saw your post regarding smartassmusic and thought I would add a few sites with *free* royalty free music and sound effects.
On this page there is a collection of free royalty free music loops that are perfect of idents, stings or background music behind a voice-over. Avaialble for personal and commercial use, no strings attached:
Free Royalty Free Music Loops
This page has thousands of free sound effects to download and use, organized into easy to search categories:
Free Sound Effects
This blog constantly posts new royalty free music and sounds effects that are available for use in personal and commercial projects:
Royalty Free Music Clips
Musicloops.com isn’t free but has over 4000 tracks from some of the best composers on the internet. If you need a wide variety of music genres to choose and nothing but high quality stuff this is the place to go
Musicloops.com
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By Internet Video Gal on | Reply
Hey Mark
I checked out all those sites (briefly) and they looked good. I was afraid they would be spammy crap, but they looked good.
So thanks for the quality information.
Lorraine
By Mark on | Reply
My pleasure.
Since this is a video production tips blog
there’s another page that might be worth mentioning that has 10 free, Christmas themed video background loops available for personal or commercial use in any video production.
There are 10 of them in full rez, PAL and NTSC available for download.
They come in handy to add titles over or green screen or matted type elements.
10 Christmas Themed Video Background Loops
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By Internet Video Gal on | Reply
Hey Mark.
Wow! Those are positively gorgeous. I will be downloading them myself!
Thanks a million for the info. We always love free video production resources here at VPT!
Merry Christmas
Lorraine
By Music Video Production LA on | Reply
I have checked all those sites and are looked good.
I would like to thank you for sharing. You are putting very good effort into the stuff you post. Keep up the good work.
By Royalty Free Music Library on | Reply
Royalty Free Music Library is another valuable source for royalty free music of all kinds. We cover a broad spectrum of genres and styles. Licensing is simple and you can download your selections immediately.