The Right Soundtrack Can Make or Break Your Video

by Kat

 Thanks to the availability of services such as YouTube and Vimeo, people all over the world have a chance to put audio-visual presentations out there for everyone to see. Those presentations range from sales videos linked to a “splash page” for purchasing a product to musicians wanting to get their work out there and using video services to forge their own path, and of course, all the other types of videos in between.

Given the emphasis on multimedia productions in the last decade or two, it’s not hard to realize that those multimedia productions require fantastic music. Why? It’s all about emotions. On the sales end of things, you can look at the hardcore facts about a product, including how much that item sells for in a retail shop, but let’s face it: humans are not robots. We are not “programmed,” as it were, just to memorize hard facts and make choices based on those facts.

We make snap decisions to purchase an item based on our emotions, our feelings. A specific type of music for a sales video taps into those emotions and feelings more effectively than plain words can do just by themselves. Much of those emotions are often based on past memories, sure, but a completely brand new song can trigger a particular kind of emotional sensation via the way the song is composed. If the soundtrack you use is happy, exciting and exhilarating, your intended audience is going to feel good about listening to what you have to say about your product.

Of course, not all videos are sales-oriented. Perhaps you’ve created a short movie, whether live action or animated. Naturally, you need music to match the mood of what’s going on in the story. For instance, if you’ve written a script that’s somewhat romantic, with a good deal of city-centered action mixed in, you’ll want a piece of music that reflects that blend—perhaps something bluesy or otherwise sensually jazzy. Or perhaps your story is very fantastical and ethereal, featuring nature spirits, for example. “New Age” and otherwise ethereal-sounding melodies are likely going to be the soundtrack that gets your videos viewed, “liked” and shared across social media.

But where do you get Royalty Free Video Soundtrack Music, you might be wondering? “After all,” you say, “I’m not a composer, and I don’t want to get in trouble using copyrighted stuff.” This is where Royalty Free Music sites like FreeMusicPublicDomain.com come into play. This particular website offers royalty-free music that you can download for your video, under two different types of basic licenses: commercial and FREE.

• Creative Commons. This is a very popular option for personal use, amateur video creation and other non-commercial ventures, as it’s free.
• Standard License. This is a helpful license to have if you plan on using a song in a commercial context, and the fee is a one-time cost of $25, without having to pay additional royalty fees afterwards.

All you have to do is select a category or genre, listen to the available songs within that category, and choose the song you want to download. From there you can choose the license that applies to your situation.

 You can also contact FreeMusicPublicDomain.com for custom Royalty Free Video Soundtrack music production services, if you wish to have a custom-created soundtrack for your video, especially if the available music just isn’t quite right for your project.

 Making sure the music for your current and future projects is not just legal, but also top quality, can make or break your efforts. Freemusicpublicdomain.com can help you ensure that your efforts are more “make” than “break.”

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Royalty Free Music is Priceless

Music is one of the most enjoyable things in life, and in movies, some of the most memorable scenes are made even more memorable through the songs that accompany them.  It is almost a cliché in the movie industry how Martin Scorsese takes every opportunity in his films to showcase his love of the song “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones, and who can blame him?  It’s such a great song.  And who can forget the awesome soundtrack to Pulp Fiction?

In the 80s, soundtrack music frequently topped the charts.  Against All Odds was a forgettable movie, but its theme song by Phil Collins continues to be sung in karaoke bars by people who weren’t even born when the film came out. Another example is St. Elmo’s Fire featuring classic hits like “Don’t you forget about me”. In the nineties, the movie Empire Records flopped big time yet created a monster soundtrack selling millions of copies.

These days, making videos is easier and less expensive than ever.  All you need is a reasonably intelligent mobile phone, and you can make one that gets viewed millions of times on YouTube.  You may be thinking about how your favorite songs could enhance your videos, but unlike the big movie studios, you don’t have the budget to pay the licensing fees to include copyrighted music in your videos.

Fortunately, there is plenty of free music that is in the public domain.  Unfortunately, most of it is unlistenable crap. (Did you ever think about the fact that almost all ice cream trucks play “Turkey in the Straw” because no one owns the copyright to it?)  Of course you’d be a turkey if you used that song for background music in today’s videos so you’ll need to find a better source than jingles from the 1900’s.

If you’re looking for some appropriate soundtrack music for your videos, whether you are making your video for a school project or whether it’s part of your bid to get your 15 minutes of fame on social media, check out one of the many Royalty Free Music libraries on the web.  Most are free, which means that anyone can use it for personal or educational use without having to acquire a license or pay royalties to the owner. It is not stealing and is perfectly legal thru Creative Commons licensing. All you do is copy and paste the song credit they provide to the end of your video. For those planning on making money on their commercial film or video, there’s a Royalty Free standard license which usually runs about $25 per song. It’s a cheap way to avoid copyright infringement plus you never have to pay royalties, even if your film wins an Oscar!

You might think that royalty free music for videos would all be boring or that the recordings would be poorly produced, but this is not the case at all.  It is true that most public domain music is classical but with royalty free music sites, classical is only part of the many categories of music you will find.  Choosing music for videos is one of the most fun and creative parts of video making; choosing the best free music out there without the risk of copyright violation is priceless!

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