Royalty Free music. - Where to find it?

[Hamilton Steele]

Hello,

I'm searching for some Royalty free music. I've got the opporunty to put together a television show, with no budget, 100% of the responsibility to produce it and only directorial credit.

Ahh the things I'm willing to do for showbiz. Sometimes you have to get your foot in the door by wedging it underneath.

So, is there any place I can download a bunch of songs? The vision I have is music that is 1. "Techno" 2. "Blues" 3. "Hard Rock." And no all the elements don't have to in one song. (I actually can't imagine that) A couple of each genre is fine.

Of course I would be willing to give the artist credit. - Broadcast their URLs, CD names, etc.

[basschick]

i buy most of mine at http://www.shockwave-sound.com/ for a whopping $29 each song, but i've also bought some at http://www.fotosearch.com and both sites sell cd collections for pretty good prices.

[Hamilton Steele]

i buy most of mine at http://www.shockwave-sound.com/ for a whopping $29 each song, but i've also bought some at http://www.fotosearch.com and both sites sell cd collections for pretty good prices.

I just have to ask.

Is there any darn thing you don't know? Like I mean you appear to have an answer and link to every thing I need.

I am honestly impressed.

[gaybucks_chip]

i buy most of mine at http://www.shockwave-sound.com/ for a whopping $29 each song, but i've also bought some at http://www.fotosearch.com and both sites sell cd collections for pretty good prices.

Only issue with Shockwave Sound is what you're doing with the music. If you're selling DVDs, for example, and you go over a certain number of units manufactured, it gets a lot more expensive, 'cause their licenses aren't unlimited for that use... I had to buy an add-on license for one of our DVDs and the $29 purchase ended up being closer to like $100... still not a bad price to pay, though. But I'd double check what the license says for broadcast use.

[basschick]

hamilton - i've worked in adult on the web for going on 10 years, full time, and worked in adult print for a while before that. there are all sorts of things i don't know, but what i do know, i like to share with others. after all, we're all in this together

from shockwave sound:

"Our standard license gives you, the purchaser, the right to use and distribute our music as part of your own project. You may use our music for film/video/DVD, web- and Flash sites, advertising, training/instructional materials, games and multimedia, telephone on-hold, in-store, in-flight, restaurant, info-kiosk, etc. etc."

it goes in to say that if you sell over 5000 items, then it's an issue. http://www.shockwave-sound.com/licen...90ecf703cbe9f9

I just have to ask.

Is there any darn thing you don't know? Like I mean you appear to have an answer and link to every thing I need.

I am honestly impressed.

[citiboyz]

I worked in broadcasting for many years, and we regularly bought "production music" collections from a number of suppliers like Capitol Records, FirstCom, etc. Do a Google search on "production music", and you'll find a ton of it out there. We've been using Shockwave for a few years now, and we're very happy with that. Also, you can find some cool stuff at:

http://www.adultindustrymusic.com

http://www.soundslikesex.com

[basschick]

went to google and looked up "production music", but got the same sites that i've already used for royalty free.

something i'd be careful of when buying production music is to check the license and make sure it is royalty free. also if using a new company, make sure you can use their music with porn(if that's what you're doing) - some licenses don't allow it.

[Happysucks]

http://www.pdinfo.com/ - royalty free music you can use anywhere and any way you choose
http://www.pdmusic.org/
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

"Public Domain" - you should use this as your keyword instead of royalty free.

royalty free is mainly for those that find Public Domain items and then resell it.

[Hamilton Steele]

You guys are sooo helpful.

Thanks alot I appreciate it.

Now all I have to do is find some good guests and I might have a television show.

Do you think I might be able to Oprah or George Bush?

[Happysucks]

"based on original sheet music sources in the public domain "

If you know someone with a "music" keyboard or know how to read sheet music and have something like Fruity Loops (a music creation program)

You can make your own.

Music itself is protected by the bono act.

[basschick]

public domain is mostly classical - or what most people consider to be classical. nothing contemporary is public domain, and doing a search could cause you to download something someone believes is public domain - but isn't.

[gaybucks_chip]

Plus there are two different issues.

The composition itself might be in the public domain, but the *recording* of the composition is almost never in the public domain unless (a) it's an Edison cylinder recording produced in the late 1800s, and therefore expired from copyright (b) the copyright wasn't renewed when the copyright laws required that, or (c) the artist(s) that made the recording dedicated it to the public domain.

It's worth noting that if I record somebody else's (non-public domain) tune on a CD I sell, there's a compulsory license fee I can pay to the composer that will, when paid, automatically enable me to use the song. However, if my same recording of someone else's song is captured on *video*, then there's no compulsory license and I have to individually negotiate a "sync license" with the composer's representative.

For many years, "happy birthday" was thought to be in the public domain, but it is not, and now the descendants of the two women who wrote it make a tidy sum of money each year from the use of that song in movies and television, and they also collected a *lot* of money for infringing uses of the "public domain" song. (That's also why most chain restaurants don't sing "Happy Birthday" to their patrons with birthdays.)

Long and short: The use of royalty free music that you've actually read the license and been clear that it allows your particular use is a good idea. The use of music that's supposed to be in the public domain, as Basschick said, is a lot more iffy.

[Happysucks]

For many years, "happy birthday" was thought to be in the public domain, but it is not, and now the descendants of the two women who wrote it make a tidy sum of money each year from the use of that song in movies and television, and they also collected a *lot* of money for infringing uses of the "public domain" song. (That's also why most chain restaurants don't sing "Happy Birthday" to their patrons with birthdays.)

Just the words - The tune is public domain/ no fee, free. The tune is from the song "good morning to you"

as Basschick said, is a lot more iffy.

More so, a lot more research.