if you're anything like me you're tired of hearing the same three royalty-free music tracks
every time you go into a brand new stream or worse hearing copyrighted music and knowing that
even if you like this streamer their days are numbered because they're getting banned
after all it's 2021 and we shouldn't still be having conversations about dmca and royalty free
after all those things have been around for years today i'm going to explain what dmca is since i
seem to get asked this every single day as well as give you some great places that you probably
and hopefully haven't heard of yet to get some amazing royalty-free music let's go
hey i'm Eljay with streamscheme.com i'm also a variety streamer over at twitch.tv/eljayem_
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before i jump into this video and show you guys where you can get some music to create a very
unique stream from everyone else i also want to throw a massive thank you out to own3d.tv own3d.tv
are your one-stop shop for all things streaming related and that's not just marketing jargon
they actually have a little bit of everything you want some dmca safe sound alerts for your stream
heck they even have a music service owned music there's a link to it in the description guys go
check them out grab yourself some sound effects some music heck even just a full animated overlay
and if you want to support us support them because they support the channel if you're here just to
find out some resources for music feel free to check out the time codes in the description but
first i kind of need to explain what dmca and a copyright strike is because a lot of new streamers
who just don't know now if you've been on twitch whether as a watcher or as a streamer for the
last eight months you've probably heard about this brand new never before seen thing called dmca the
digital millennium copyright act now this thing just came out of nowhere nobody saw it coming and
twitch they're the guys behind it that's why you see all these people saying twitch bad and shaking
their fists angrily at the sky because they're slapping these dmcas out left right and center
just hurting creators for no reason it's also probably why you've heard people say that youtube
is a much better place for streamers and content creators for example on twitch if you were to get
three copyright strikes that's right just three copyright strikes they'll delete your channel
whereas over on youtube if you get three copyright strikes they'll delete your channel wait
all jokes aside dmca and copyright strikes have been around for years and in the same
vein that they've been around for years royalty-free music and labels who have
been creating music for streamers and video makers have also been around for years i will
admit that youtube does have better ways to handle dmca and copyright strikes and there
are situations where they will protect creators for fair use but blaming people
isn't the way forward instead let's just figure out exactly what dmca and copyright strikes
are and how you can protect yourself from being banned without digging too deep into the dmca or
the digital millennium copyright act essentially all it does is stop people from using artists
work if they don't have the appropriate license to use it this means if you're going to use music in
your stream you need to make sure you have the appropriate licenses or rights to use the music
you need to do this by purchasing a license from one of the services we talked about today
or just going and using one of the free services we're going to talk about today and you'll be good
to go and now i know i'm going to get asked so i will just quickly say youtube premium and spotify
premium aren't the same as having a broadcast license to use music if you want to protect
yourself and you want to avoid being banned there is one simple way forward in this entire process
do not use copyright music without the appropriate rights and anyone who says just delete your vod
after or don't save your vod you're gonna get caught with your pants down if you think that
just deleting your vault is gonna get rid of the evidence besides on twitch and streaming
in general there's an even bigger problem than dmc and copyright strike when it comes to music
most content creators aren't using music in a way that actually gives them any benefit they're using
it to fill dead air but there's such a better way to use music is there a lull in the stream
maybe it's a bit quiet or maybe you're just finishing up the stream and people have kind of
gone into work mode music sets a tone and a mood it lifts people up and gets them excited
maybe you do want to feel dead air but you don't want to use the same generic background
low fire you want to use something that has some character and personality to it maybe you have
some nostalgia that helps you engage people when they join one of the places we're going to talk
about today game chops is literally that in a nutshell look let's just get straight into some
of the creators because i really want to talk about where you can get your music from but just
to reiterate guys if you curate your playlist and you work to make an amazing set of songs designed
to create emotion give people a feeling maybe just make them want to chill out and enjoy the
stream then it will go so much further i curate the music that i want to listen to on my stream
heavily to make sure that it fits the vibe and gives people the feeling that i want them to feel
and i know that it works because i see great engagement pick up when i use certain songs
or i just see us all chill out and vibe when i use other ones if you want to see any of those tracks
that i use by the way you can go to my chat right now and type exclamation marks song it'll give you
a full playlist everything in it is royalty free or copyright free whatever you want to call it
as long as you credit the people seriously check it out in that playlist you're going to see at
the very very start i have two particular musicians the first hyper potions and the
second is young bae i want to talk about high proportions first because honestly
these guys are so underrated and i know they've got hundreds of thousands of views and they've
made music for the sonic film and stuff but they are still underrated in the streaming community
if you go over to their youtube and look at any of their tracks and you scroll down check
the description it'll tell you exactly what you have to do to be able to use that song
and a lot of the time it's just credit them there are some songs up there that you won't be able to
use but it says it in the description if you can't i think the reason why people
love the high potion tracks in my playlist is because it gives them nostalgia they remember
things like old school nintendo or old school zelda or even sega games they're not directly
connected to these games but they're so heavily inspired by them and they're just fantastic tracks
that people can't help but enjoy themselves second up you'll see in the playlist is young bae now
these guys are fantastic i absolutely love young bae's music and the thing is he just gave everyone
permission to use it just tweeted it out and that is permission enough for you to protect yourself
they're very high tempo very boppy and very very very engaging for your chat they're incredibly
exciting for people the only reason why i considered not including them was because
when working with artists you never know if their record label is just going to turn around and say
yeah we don't care about that tweet but his music is kind of worth that little risk for
me i think and that tweets screenshotted and saved in a little folder in my computer so
if it gets taken down and someone tries to come after me i got my proof all right these two
creators start my stream off every single night in that exact order of that playlist and people love
it when 16 seconds hits on my timer people start saying hype people get excited because young bay
starts and it builds up to the moment when i'm going to transition and be live seriously check
out these creators they're incredibly underrated when it comes to streaming music but they'll do
amazing work to set that tempo and set that energy for yourself and if your stream but you've got all
your energy right and you're not going to be able to stay that energy for four hours five hours i
don't know however long you want to stream for so what do you put in between all the hype well
my go-to is game chops and also chill hop but i'll talk about them in a second first game
chops i don't understand why more people don't use it you name your favorite video game soundtrack
game chops has taken that and remixed it and then released it under their record label
so that has creative commons and then given everyone permission to use those songs as long
as you credit them yeah that sounds amazing i'll take that in a heartbeat i use their zelda lo-fi
pokemon lo-fi i honestly i just use everything by them because they're fantastic and the nostalgia
that's connected to it instantly connects with people when they jump into chat i have brand new
viewers join my chat and then go whoa is this gerudo valley remixed i love it and i go yeah
it is do you like zelda and the conversation starts you should check it out they got a lot
of different stuff over there but seriously stop wasting time game chops are so talented maybe you
aren't a gamer though or maybe just not feeling the style that game chops has then i recommend
you check out chill hop chill hop have been around for ages and they have so much content and so much
music for you to use all you have to do is credit them in the panels but that's easy to do and
with music this good i don't see why you would be upset about that they've got these fantastic two
hour long playlists as well with a particular vibe and feeling to them whether it's summertime vibes
endless sunday airplane mode these tracks are fantastic i really recommend checking out chillhop
as i said chill hop and game shops are free you just need to credit them properly which is on
their site i'm gonna cover a question i get asked every single video my twitter dms are literally
dead because of this question lj where do you get the music for your videos what is that song name
can i use it don't worry we will get there but before we do i want to throw it out if this video
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so you can get your stream looking nice and fancy okay all of the tracks on this youtube channel and
on every youtube channel i've had before today and on every brand video that i've done or filmmaking
challenge that i've done has come from two places the first atlas dot io it is a fantastic place
if you were looking for music the second and the place that i use much more often is epidemic sound
both of these are paid options you do have to buy a license or a subscription to use these services
but you're probably thinking why would i do that when you just outlined a bunch of amazing free
services because i want my videos to be unique i want my content to be unique i want people to not
think oh it's that same third most popular song from no copyright sound being used again and
not just that but when i use epidemic sound it gives me stems which means if i download a song
it usually comes with four or five files and each one is just a certain instrument if i want
just the bass guitar then i can just use the bass guitar it gives me the ability to break up a song
and change the melody and change the kind of feeling behind it throughout a video you'll
actually hear it if you watch back the last few videos randomly i'll just decide this
will do better if it's just bass guitar both of these services are incredibly flexible and they
can really fit any genre at all the reason they tend to go with epidemic other than those stems
is also because they have around 30 000 tracks and 64 000 sound effects that can also be used
as stream alerts if you want to and all 30 000 of those tracks are actually spotify compatible sadly
artless doesn't have a free trial but epidemic actually has a 30 day free trial that anyone
can sign up with as i said it's linked in the description after those 30 days you can decide if
the music was worth it if you're really using it and then if you don't want to upgrade or you don't
want to buy a license you don't have to neither of these guys have sponsored me or anything like that
i've literally been using artless and epidemic for years now across all of my filmmaking work
i just highly recommend them i don't think anyone else is producing music and tracks for artists as
good as these guys let's list off in a quick fire away a few more different services you can use now
i might not be using these guys in my tracks but i have used them previously and they're fantastic
first off pretzel rock i think you should all know pretzel rock by now there is a free version
and a paid version the paid version all it does is change that you don't need to give them credit in
the chat now i actually kind of like people who give credit in the chat automatically because
for me i get asked every five minutes literally what song is this where can i listen to this how
do i find this and i have to make a command for it so pretzel rock your free version it's extra
features that comes up with the chat attribution monster cat are just as well known as pretzel
rock i must say and not just because they tried to sell affiliate status to twitch streamers for five
dollars but because they have a lot of great music and they've been in this industry for so long now
they've managed to accrue a huge amount of tracks and genres under their banner now i know i joked
about them earlier but no copyright sound is a staple of this industry in this field if i hadn't
brought them up someone would have brought it up in the comments no copyright sounds are fantastic
the only problem i have is that they aren't very unique seriously if you go look at call of duty
4 montages from five years ago there's tracks from no copyright sound being used pretty much
constantly no copyright sound just simply requires some attribution credit to them which is great you
have to pay anything and they are really high quality tracks monster cat no copyright sound
and pretzel rock are fantastic for those faster paced games however if you are doing slower to
medium games i do think game chops chill hop hyper potions and stuff like that are a better
bet for you now the final and probably the most important royalty-free service that you're going
to need to know about and you probably already know about it because it has one of the hardest
working people in this industry creating it tirelessly making sure that you have dmca
safe music seriously i feel like i don't even need to mention them you guys know who they
are it's lily pichu with comfy beats now comfy beats isn't necessarily directly designed for
streaming but it's still fantastic and has some really great vibes i want to include this because
i think it's something that a lot of people have just never even looked at using go check them
out because they really will give you a certain feeling to your chat that i think a lot of just
chatting streamers and cozy streamers or slower pace streamers would really love so i think that's
pretty much every single royalty free service that i would recommend anything else out there chuck it
in the comments i'd love to hear it we'll be back next week with some more videos and content for
you though so please consider liking subscribing hope you have a great week guys i'll see you later
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