Popular Royalty Free Music
There’s a difference between free music for YouTube videos and royalty free music. Free music is where you can just download the music for free, but it’s not necessarily free to use. You might face copyright issues. Whereas copyright free music means it’s just free of any royalty fees. You have to just once, to buy it, or get it free from other resources. Once you buy/get the track, you can use it for free in a video, without being charged for the music per a number of views.
Basically, free royalty free music online resources offer music that is:
- Completely free to download and use.
- No licenses to purchase.
- You can use for commercial purpose.
As you can monetize your video, and make money off their music for free. Though some sources require you to credit their music in the video description or the end slate.
So in the blog post we have listed down sites that offer you:
- Free royalty free tracks
- A searchable music library
- Easy attribution process
- A plethora of-of tracks, genres, and moods to choose from.
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So here are the 10 best sites to download royalty free Music for your YouTube videos.
1. YouTube Audio Library
- Most popular source for getting audio files from YouTube’s free music library.
- Music, sound effects that can be added straight away to your videos on YouTube, or download them to work offline.
- Hundreds of royalty-free music tracks and sound effects, searchable and can be filtered by genre, instrument, mood, duration, and attribution.
- Make sure you check if attribution is required. If it is then credit the artist in your video description.
2. Epidemic Sound
Epidemic Sound was established in 2009 with the sole reason for making potential outcomes and advantages around music in all stages – both for the ones who form it and the ones who use it. This is one of the best place to get copyright free music.
3. Free Stock Music
- True to its name. Big stock of free music.
- Hundreds of free tracks in a range of genres.
- Formats available in MP3, WAV, & AIFF.
- Free sign-up.
- No attribution required.
4. Incomptech
- One of the top sites for copyright free music
- Easy search and filter
- Hundreds of music track available as MP3 files
- Decent sized library
- Regularly updates new music
- Attribution required in a specific form
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5. TeknoAxe
- More than a thousand tracks, covering all genres.
- Music available in MP3 format.
- Citation required which complies with C.C. 3.0 license: A link to the TeknoAxe YouTube Channel, a link to the TeknoAxe website, a link to YouTube video where the music was used, or a link to the specific webpage on the site with track location.
6. Machinima Sound
- A wide range of tracks, genres
- Look for those marked as Legacy
- Available in MP3 format
- Attribution required under a specific licensed format
7. Josh Woodward
- He’s a musician who records a variety of music, usually with vocals.
- All music is written, recorded and produced by him personally.
- 10 albums, over 200 songs in total. This is the goto place for free royalty music for YouTube videos.
- Free for use, just give him the credit and promote his site.
- Sorted by genre, theme, and mood.
- Searchable by name
- Filter by length and tempo.
- Tracks in compressed MP3 format.
8. CCMixter
- Select track from the ‘Free for Commercial Use’ licensing option for copyright free music.
- Not the best searchability.
- But you can find some q
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9. Amazon
- One of the biggest music libraries.
- Not free, but really really cheap ($1 or less each track). You may find a few free tracks too.
- A wide range of categories and
- Over 30,000 tracks to choose from.
10. Synkio
- Different from other sites.
- You start with a brief survey, rather than browsing through a list of songs, genres, moods, etc.
- The Synkio team will get back to you with a selection of tracks that fits your idea and budget.
- Clear and simple pricing for each track.
- Plenty of quality music to take your YouTube channel to the next level.
Approaching Content Owners
Using these websites, there are millions of YouTube channels surviving on playing various genres of music on their YouTube channel and never received any copyright strike.
If you happen to like a music piece which you want to add your content for your Youtube channel, then you can approach the content owner directly. So, whether you want to use copyright free music for your parody song by a popular artist, cover it, or use it in your gaming channels, here is the easy way to gain access to the copyright material on YouTube.
1. Determine who the copyright author is
It doesn’t matter if an artist gave you authorities to use his song. The YouTube creator has to contact the agency where the artist’s music was distributed and ask for the permission.
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2. Check for existing terms of use by going on their website.
Many websites allow YouTubers to use their music and content for commercial purposes. For example, Blizzard entertainment allows their user community to use their games like StarCraft, Warcraft, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Diablo for free (conditions applied).
- To access the full list of gaming companies that are copyright friendly, check out this list curated by wholetsplay.com.
- If you are not able to find the terms of use then contact the artist via email or try to contact them for a mechanical license.
Movies clips –
When we talk about movies, then nearly all major film studios have set up their own licensing divisions. Most of these divisions allow for basic licensing through the studio’s website. Here are some of the links to the film studios.
Remember, YouTube will not accept the copyright permission through email. So, you ask them to send the copyright permission, ask them to send mechanical license documentation via email and also if possible, ask them to post that information on their website. Do follow-up the email just to make sure you have a fluid transaction.
On a closing note, here are some YouTube channels that provide free royalty music for commercial use. (Do check the terms & conditions before using)
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Top 10 Royalty Free Music
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Here are some top music sites that provides a huge library royalty free music for you to use on your online videos or any creative content. I have divided the section into 3 parts. Free sites/artists and paid ones. And always remember to credit where you got it from.
Free
Free Music/Soundtracks Sites
Offers all kinds of music such as pop, blues, classical, electronic, folk, experimental, jazz, rock, historic, soul, RnB, instrumental, hip-hop, pop, spoken, rock and country. Choose your favorite genre and download it to your hearts content!
Soundcloud is another great place to find royalty free music. Most artists will allow you to download while others require permission. You can find a lot of great music here.
You can easily download free music from these genres – acoustic, folk, cinematic, corporate, pop, electronica, funky, rock, world and others. The site is very easy to navigate so it all come downs to music selection.
Purple Planet is another useful site for soundtracks. Keep in mind that you cannot re-distribute their music to anyone else. You can only use them on your videos. Be sure to credit them as well. Some of their main category for soundtracks are reflective, light, heavy, comic, international and jazz.
Incompetech has a great selection of music and they offer music for African, blues, classical, contemporary, disco, electronica, funk, holiday, horror, jazz, latin, modern, polka, pop, reggae, rock, silent film, soundtracks, stings and world. The cool thing about them is they have a sub category that allows you to search the “mood”(suspense,relaxed,mystical etc.) of the music as well. Music downloads are free but you can also download the entire library which they offer for $49USD.
PacDV offers music sound effects which are free and readily available for download. This is very useful for video creators that need an ambiance noises such as the cafeteria or the highway. They also make it very easy for you to download. The simple thing they request is that you link back to them. Very easy! Just make sure you do!
They offer free classical music from composers and artists from ancient times. They sort them either by composer or by instruments. You can also choose to donate to them if you found them helpful. I think a lot of musical teachers and students will also find this a great resource since they offer music sheets as well.
Paid
Paid Music/Soundtracks Sites
Free Soundtrack Music(FSM)
Now FSM focuses more on soundtracks and has some nice categories. They group the soundtrack according to emotions, music genres, lead instruments, dramatic, based on composer and so on. You do need to pay $3.50USD for access to their library.
Partners In Rhyme(RIP)
Now RIP offers very high quality music and soundtracks, however, they are on the pricey side. They offer a variety of music such as piano, world and travel, tv show, commercial, horror, suspense, ambient chill, motivational and more. Each music cd they offer can go as high as $150USD. But then again, if you are willing to pay for quality, this should not be a problem.
Individual
Individual Artists
Always be sure to credit these artists if you use their music. Link to their Facebook or website. Help them out! They are giving us free music to use on our videos.
Tobu – Offers melodic soundtracks.
Itro – Electro House music.
TheFatRat – Awesome music for free for YouTubers!
Most Popular Royalty Free Music On Youtube
DoctorVox – Electro House music.
DanoSongs – Acoustic rock music.
No Cost Royalty Free Music
Moby Gratis – Free music for film students and non profit films.
