Ahhh yes. It’s an editor’s nightmare when someone says they want a video and they’d like the music to be “Cool. You know, kinda like that song that does that thing? Know what I’m sayin’?” Or how about when the church asks you to create a video with a popular/licensed song, but you know that it’s not legal to do so. You want to make a great media piece, but you don’t want to break the law. What’s the answer? Oh thank Heaven for Royalty Free Stock music!
Of course, I must start out by saying that a lot of the royalty free music out there isn’t that great, but there are a couple of sites that have some pretty good songs. This can greatly enhance your production/edit and without breaking any laws. Here’s some great sites that can get you started:
1. Revostock (I previously posted about this site)
2. Shockwave Sound
3. Massive Tracks
4. Unique Tracks
5. Studio Cutz
6. Opuzz
All of these sites offer music for a very small price. You’ll need to read the fine print if you’re doing some mass duplication of your media, but other than that, these licenses will cover most productions. They have search terms, keywords, genres etc.
I have personally spent thousands of hours looking for the right music for our productions. These sites are a great help for quick, easy turn around for a small price.
Lastly, I want to stress that music is an extremely important element in your production. Each and every time Storme and I create a project, our music selection is taken very seriously. We have been fortunate enough to have some scores done that are created by a musician specifically for a particular video (for example, listen to the music in Jesus Is and Pray Where You Are). This is an enormous help to filmmakers because there are times, when the stock music world just doesn’t have it. So make good friends with a musician if you can, because if you can think ahead just a little bit, they can really add value to your media.
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