subject: Good Place for Music in your Videos [print this page] Good Place for Music in your Videos Good Place for Music in your Videos
When you've finished editing a video and the time comes to add some background music or music that will enhance the image the task can be daunting. It's hard enough to find a track that fits, but then you also need the right to use it. Whether you intend to simply upload your video to Youtube, use it for a website, a game, a TV commercial or a Movie you will need to get a license to use the music.
Getting the permission to use a song can be a long, complicated and expensive process involving negotiation with the composer or publisher and the performers and owners of the recordings and usually involves extra fees each time the song is used. You need to sign both a Synchronization License with the publisher and a then a Master License from the label and then if you release your project on a DVD you will also have to deal with further Mechanical License fees.
Fortunately there are sites that offer Stock Music also referred to as Royalty Free Music. They streamline the whole process so that you can instantly buy a track and start using it right away without having to worry about paying extra fees down the line, which makes everything much easier and far less expensive. Of course there can be some down sides to buying music this way. First of all, the quality of some of the music in stock libraries can be disappointing and too often filled with low quality synthesizer music and secondly the cost of a license in some sites can sometimes vary according to the type of project you want to use the music for, the country, the length of time etc which can make things more expensive.
Stock Music Boutique is a great site where you can pay one fee for a track and use it for an unlimited amount of time, anywhere in the world for any type of project. The library is still small but the quality of music is very high.
