- These are the best sites for royalty for your music
for your YouTube videos in 2024.
I'm gonna cover the top free options
as well as the top paid options.
And lemme know in the comments below
as I'm going through this video
as I'm showing you the sites, is there anything
that I missed that you like?
There are many places for you to get music for your videos.
But you want to make sure you're using sites
that have the correct license
and legit music so you are not having any copyright strikes
on your videos now, or potentially in the future.
The last thing you want is for a video to take off,
get a lot of views, and find out you get hit
with a copyright strike and you can no longer make money
from that video, or YouTube suppresses your video
and now people can't view it.
Let's begin with the free options,
then we'll move into the paid options
for you to consider in 2024.
First one is YouTube Free Music.
The best and most simple option is YouTube itself.
You can use a variety of music
and sound effects from YouTube's free library
in your YouTube videos.
Go to your YouTube studio dashboard
and scroll down to creator music.
It's that simple, you're in.
YouTube will even give you up to $15 in free credits
if you choose to purchase any music.
From here, you can see the free
and paid music section and sound effects.
You can filter out from genre, mood,
artist, duration, et cetera.
Now, before you go to the creator music section,
you need to be aware of these two important things.
First, there are different licenses for different tracks.
It's important you check the view usage details.
You simply do this by hovering over the end of the track
and clicking on the three dots.
Now, you can see if you can use this for your shorts,
the type of monetization that's allowed,
how long you can use it for, et cetera.
The other important thing to note is,
YouTube music is only for YouTube.
If you are planning on posting content
using YouTube's free music
to your other social media channels,
you need to be mindful of doing that
because you could be running the risk
of potential copyright strikes or issues.
Some other quick, free options for you to consider
as well are Tunetank, Uppbeat, and Free Music Archive.
These are great for you in terms of finding the best song
for the project you're working on,
along with the licensing you need to be mindful of.
I would also highly recommend taking notes on the sites
in which you are getting your music from
in case there are any potential licensing
or copyright issues in the future.
Now, let's look at some of the paid options.
With paid options, you'll have a far more extensive library
that you can sort and filter music out
to have a better searching experience.
Some of them are paid by month,
subscription, or usage basis.
Number one, Lickd.
Lickd allows you to use music legally
from songs you've heard on the radio
and your favorite artists.
Using songs like these without going
through a site like Lickd is a pain in the butt
because your videos will be copyrighted
and you don't want to go against any usage rights
that are set by YouTube.
One very important element
that you wanna make sure you do is,
link your YouTube channel to Lickd.
This will ensure that your channel is not in violation
of any copyright infringements,
and maintains a good standing on YouTube
because they work directly with the artists
and labels for your videos.
They also have a great royalty-free library of music
to choose from, not just commercial.
Another key important tip on any video
in which you're using a song from Lickd is,
you wanna upload your video as unlisted first.
That way, in case there are any copyright strikes
on your videos, they will be manually removed by Lickd.
This typically takes around an hour or so,
and then you're gonna post the video.
The creator plan starts at $15 a month.
And one of the perks with having TubeBuddy is,
you get 15% off.
You also get 20% off with this next site
that I'm about to share with you.
Second, Epidemic Sound.
Just like the others,
they make it super simple with licensing use
and the ability to search for music.
One unique feature they have is the find similar tool,
which allows you to pick a certain section of the song
and find similar tracks that are related to it.
There's also a mobile app, which in my opinion,
is phenomenal for on the go searching,
especially for someone who's creating Shorts on your phone,
this is huge.
You can start searching for songs on the go
for your next video, your next Short,
or any music you wanna use for other social media channels.
Epidemic Sound has over 35,000 tracks
and 90,000 sound effects from over 170 genres and styles.
As I mentioned, you do get 20% off just by having TubeBuddy.
In terms of the pricing, well,
there's two options for you to consider.
First is the personal subscription for $9.99 a month
that's billed annually, which gives you unlimited downloads
and Epidemic Sounds mobile app.
Keep this in mind with your subscription
because it's important.
You can only monetize with one channel.
The other option is commercial
that's billed at 24.99 a month, billed annually.
You can monetize up to three channels,
publish content for clients and other businesses
if you are using music
for more than just your YouTube channel,
and you can use this in digital ads.
Finally, Artlist.io.
Artlist has a nice-sized library
from over 18,000 songs and sound effects.
You can search by video theme, mood,
and the type of genre for the song.
This is something that is an absolute game changer
for a lot of creators because, let's be honest,
if you've ever gone to find a song for your videos,
you've spent hours, I mean, countless hours,
trying to find the perfect song for your videos.
This helps narrow things down
and makes the process of finding
that perfect song a lot more simple.
In terms of pricing, they have a few options.
First, music and sound effects, their social plan
for $9.99 a month, billed annually, which includes music
and sound effects for your social platforms and podcasts.
Again, only one channel per platform here.
Number two is the pro level of the music
and sound effects for $16.58 a month billed annually.
This gives you unlimited licenses for all social platforms,
podcasts, ads, client work, websites,
and broadcasting and TV.
The third option is with footage and templates.
This is 29.99 a month, billed annually,
which gives you access to everything I just mentioned before
and also video footage up to 8K resolution.
Again, keep this in mind,
if you are someone who does not have
the budget to be able to invest in music sites,
go with the free options.
Those are more than enough for you to get started
and to keep going with your videos.
If later on down the road, you do wanna upgrade
and you do want to invest in one of these, go for it.
But by all means, the free options are always the best.
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