Need legit, affordable music for your online media productions? This guide walks you through what you need to know and points you to the sites of what you want. Included are legal download sites for both free and inexpensive high-quality music.
4. Why?
Music adds depth to a production by …
• Evoking emotion
• Setting a mood
• Creating a sense of pace
5. Obtaining music for your works (legally)
Creative Commons License
(Check which type it is before using)
• Non-commercial only You could also …
• Share alike • Ask a talented friend
• Any use, with attribution • Make your own
• No restrictions
6. Obtaining music for your works (legally)
Some free* download sites:
Incompetech – incompetech.com
Pacdv - pacdv.com/sounds/free-music.html
Free Music Archive - freemusicarchive.org/
Partners In Rhyme - partnersinrhyme.com/pir
/free_music_loops.shtml
Sonnyboo.com - sonnyboo.com/music/music.htm
7. Obtaining music for your works (legally)
Many are “pay once, use forever”
In ascending order of price …
Jewel Beat - jewelbeat.com/
(but still affordable)
Audio Jungle - audiojungle.net/category/music
Audio Micro - audiomicro.com/royalty-free-music
Production Trax (look for the “Economic Stimulus”
for cheap tracks - productiontrax.com/stimulus.php
8. Getting the music down to size
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2 Apply appropriate fade-ins and -outs
Note: your video editor may have
3 audio track editing capability built-in
9. Final step …
Sit back and enjoy the added dimension
of professionalism that music lends
to your projects!
