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Have you ever watched an online video or TV commercial and wondered how and / or where do they get the awesome, high quality music in the background? The individuals / companies behind the media had to acquire what is called royalty free music. What is royalty free music?

Audio files authorized by a customer for use in media related activities such as film, radio or television

This article was written to provide insight as well as suggestions on how to acquire the best royalty free music online. To get started, here are a few things to watch out for:

Sources with free audio download

Websites that provide free audio files usually come with a catch. You have to pay extra for the license. You can still download the audio files for non-commercial use, but the only way to avoid a possible lawsuit is to pay extra. There are also websites that offer free audio downloads without license information. I would suggest avoiding all of these sites if you are considering using their music for commercial purposes. You might be wondering “why would anyone want royalty free music?” Well, you would be surprised to know that a lot of these sites get their music from unreliable sources. Some even download copyrighted music and offer it for free.

Sources with poor reading quality

If you are looking for royalty free music online on a website where you think the playback quality is poor, you should probably go. It is true that some websites offer poor quality playback intentionally to prevent people from wanting to steal their music. However, you might find that they might not have a choice in this matter because the original audio file may already be of poor quality. Recently, the most trusted sources that offer royalty free music are using tagged audio files for track previews. What I mean by that is that they provide beacons or identifiers all along the track as this has proven in recent years to be the most effective way to prevent online audio theft. An example of this could be the website name repeated every four bars throughout the preview.

Sources that do not provide licensing information

Websites that don’t provide licensing information are unlikely to be trustworthy. If you are particularly careful, you can contact the owners of the website about this. Any reputable website should have a contact system; most have the name of the “Contact Us” link.

Sources that do not provide audio playback

This is perhaps the most important thing to watch out for. If a website can’t provide an overview of what might interest you, you’re probably wasting your time there.

So where should you look?

Ideally, the sources to use for finding royalty free music would be those that offer:

– High quality reading

– License options (like Standard or Unlimited)

– Variety

The only downside to using these sites would be that they can be quite expensive, and only for one audio file.

Of course, you should know that there are sources that provide affordable solutions for high quality, royalty-free audio. Feel free to visit my website for more information or if you prefer you can always explore different sources on your own. Hope this has been helpful.

Cheers.

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Source by Shane A. Thompson