Opensource Music?

November 13, 2013 7:32 AM

I have a video thanking funders that is scheduled to go live for National Philanthropy Day on Friday. I thought I had student composed and performed music to go with the video, but this morning I learned that I don't. Can you point me toward any on-line source for peppy, modern-ish (ie: not classical), instrumental music recordings that are free for public use?
posted by anastasiav to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Best answer: "Opensource" is probably the wrong term to use when searching for such music. Instead look for Royalty-free or production music.

Previously, with a more generic request for royalty-free music, more recently, requesting royalty-free stock music, and a third question about royalty-free sound libraries.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:58 AM on November 13, 2013 [1 favorite]

I needed a short instrumental piece for a project once and found something I liked in Music. I just dropped a note to the person who posted it and they were happy to grant permission for its use. I also gave proper attribution in the credits and a link.
posted by mikepop at 8:17 AM on November 13, 2013 [1 favorite]

You can search a variety of sites for Creative Commons licensed music.
posted by mbrubeck at 9:23 AM on November 13, 2013 [1 favorite]

Libre.fm will stream you a lot of freely licensed music. See http://libre.fm/listen.php. Might be a good way to find what you are looking for.
posted by johnsu01 at 11:33 AM on November 13, 2013