Comments on: License-Free Background Music

Question: License-Free Background Music

davereed — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:53:43 -0800

I'm looking for free and license-free background music.

I create small video and audio clips (just for fun, so far) and post them to Spymac.com.

There are some Examples here

I'm looking for fairly short music, most of my videos are less than a minute. I'd like to have access to a variety of styles, all instrumental. I have no problem with attribution, but I get little or no pay for these, so I can't afford to pay for licensing.

I can build something OK with Apple's GarageBand, but it takes me an hour to build something a minute long (not my area of talent or expertise).

So, Hive Mind, any good sites for cheap/free license-free background music? Maybe something with Creative Commons licenses?

Thanks,

PS: bonus points for some new rimshots.

By: phaedon

phaedon — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:28:29 -0800

Huh. This is a good question. There is definitely a lot of free-license music out there, I just don't know if its readily available on the internet, and easily sortable.

By: Merdryn

Merdryn — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:39:47 -0800

Googling "royalty free production music" comes up with quite a bit.

By: SampleSize

SampleSize — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:41:26 -0800

Why, the Podsafe Music Network, of course!

...okay, that may be just a little bit of a self-link there (it's my page on the site), but there really is a whole lot of creative commons music from many artists in many genres, all searcheable.

By: 10ch

10ch — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:42:14 -0800

Give archive.org a look-see.

By: SinisterPurpose

SinisterPurpose — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:05:38 -0800

Why, the Podsafe Music Network, of course!

You have to be a podcaster with a verifiable feed. Just a caveat from a podcaster with a verifiable feed.

By: Medieval Maven

Medieval Maven — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:17:43 -0800

We have used pieces from Magnatune for podcasts before. We have also had a little luck with Rumblefish - I think we paid $5.00 for the piece we got and we can do whatever we want with it as long as there is attribution (so far as I recall).

By: devbrain

devbrain — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 09:21:51 -0800

Check jamendo. Lots of CC licensed stuff there.

By: GPF

GPF — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:27:04 -0800

Seconding Magnatune. I'm a musician with music there and they are very artist friendly (if that factors into your calculus). Some music is free (considering your usage) and you can purchase other licenses online, too.

By: davereed

davereed — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:51:13 -0800

I like the Podsafe Music Network, but I'm NOT a podcaster. That makes signing up a little tricky.

Is there a way to use the music without a podcast? I mean, I suppose I could create a podcast via feedburner, but it seems like cheating...

By: victorashul

victorashul — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:19:47 -0800

Im not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but TheFreeSoundProject
has sounds and so does FindSounds

Also Animal Sounds has... recordings of animal sounds.