Looking For Royalty-Free Music?

scouring the web for worry-free music with Renzie Baluyut.

I was working on a bunch of promotional videos just earlier on- nothing too fancy, just a few clips to promote our upcoming events. It's been some time since I've done any significant work editing video anyway. But it's always fun- I miss the days I get to do work on audio and video.

Anyway, for those of you putting vids together, with plans of uploading your work up on video services on YouTube, MySpace, Vimeo, etc., you know that one of the more important concerns is making sure you don't step on any copyright toes. Also great if you're in the business of creating and producing your own podcasts and video-blog entries.

There are a lot of great resources for all kinds of royalty-free music available online. One site I've managed to find is Kevin MacLeod's Incompetech.com. His work is licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0". Which generally means it's cool to use his music as long as you give him proper and due credit.

I've managed to get a good number of tracks from Kevin MacLeod's site. And I've actually found a particular piece just perfect for my video project. But just like any business-savvy netrepreneur, you will probably want to have several sources of royalty-free music bookmarked.

I hope to compile a good list of these sites soon for all to share and support. That's the least we can do for these forward-thinking musicians, artists and fellow entrepreneurs who have made our lives easier with what they do best.

Cheers, everyone!