Where to download copyright free music for YouTube

Where to download copyright free music for YouTube

If you made a YouTube video yourself, but put background music taken without permission - there is a risk of losing monetization, getting a strike or blocking.

A smart copyright policy is what has allowed YouTube to survive to this day without drowning in a sea of lawsuits from copyright holders. Video-hosting started signing agreements with media giants - Warner Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music and others - back in 2006. In 2007, after the deal with Google, the Content ID system appeared.

In order to promote Youtube without worrying about copyright owners, it is better to take "copyright-free" music to create videos.

In quotation marks, because basically there are always copyrights, just of different types. For example, some creators may require those who copy and distribute content to link to themselves. Other creators let you do whatever you want, as long as the project is non-commercial. Others allow their works to be used even for commercial purposes without attribution. The main types of licenses are listed on the Creative Commons website.

For bloggers, editors, marketers and entrepreneurs, making their own content for YouTube, we collected 7 libraries with music tracks. Download them for free and use them in your video production without worrying about copyright issues.

Incompetech

Incompetech is the personal website of Kevin McLeod, American musician and composer. On it you will find about 1,300 tracks published from 2011 to the present.

Kevin's music is allowed for commercial use, but attribution is required.

You can search for what you need in the general list or collections. It is convenient to see the genre and duration of the work at a glance.

Audionautix

Audionautix is a library of free music by Jason Shaw, composer, producer and engineer. You'll find about 400 tracks on the site from the resource owner and guest contributors. As in the previous case, the music is free and allowed for commercial use, subject to attribution.

There is a keyword search, filtering by genre, tempo and character. The author especially emphasizes that the music is YouTube friendly. This means that there is a special arrangement with the video hosting: unscrupulous individuals who have claimed the rights to these tracks will not be able to do anything with your videos.

Free Music Archive

Free Music Archive is a large library of legal, quality and free music from WFMU, America's "free form" radio station. More than 125,000 tracks from 16 genres are uploaded to the site, with hand-selected selections. Unlike the two resources listed above, FMA includes audio files with different types of licenses.

Users can search for music by genre, song/album title, artist name, and license type. If you plan to use songs when creating videos for YouTube, check the appropriate box.

Freeplay Music

Freeplay Music is a music library that is positioned as the best on the planet. It was founded in 2001 by Scott Schreer, an American composer and producer.

In the base of over 50,000 tracks, free and free to use on YouTube for personal or educational purposes. That is, the library is more suitable for bloggers, as a business music will cost quite a lot - from $50 for a year of using one track.

Unlike the previous ones, this site looks nice and bright. There is filtering by genre, scene, and character. The music you need can also be found in thematic playlists, the latest added audio and the top of the most popular tracks.

By the way, you can start searching for free music for YouTube directly from the Creative Commons site. Write a request, check "Use commercially" if you want to download for business, and select a resource. Music is available, for example, on Jamendo, ccMixter, and SoundCloud.

TimBeek

TimBeek is the website of Dutch composer Tim Beek, the twin brother of incompetech.com. In the catalog of royalty-free music you will find about 170 tracks in 11 genres: ambient, horror, pop and others. The condition for unlimited use in commercial and non-commercial projects is a link to the author and the resource.

To download free music for YouTube, you can flip through the catalog page by page, sort tracks by genre or use the site search.

Musopen

Musopen is an online music library founded by composer Aaron Dunn in 2005 while studying in New York City. The site features the most authentic non-copyrighted music - public domain music. The catalog contains 40,000+ songs, mostly classics.

The site is modern and convenient. There is a filter by:

form (ballad, opera, sonata ...);
period (Middle Ages, Renaissance, 20th century...);
instrument (cello, flute, guitar ...);
composer (Mendelssohn, Bach, Rachmaninoff ...).

For those who are serious about music, there are sheet music. For entrepreneurs and digital professionals who want to de-stress and get in the mood for creativity, there's free streaming classical radio.

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