- I'm gonna give you five places to get music
that you can use in your videos even if they are monetized
without having to worry about copyright headaches.
And we're starting right now.
(upbeat music)
I'm Nick, this is video number eight
in the series on how to make videos for YouTube.
If you have not watched the other videos yet,
there will be a playlist link
and link to all of the other videos in the series
down in the description below.
I recommend that you go over there and you check them out
if you have not checked them out already.
Okay, so if you wanna use music in your videos
but you don't make music yourself,
you gotta have some resources where can go and get music
where you don't have to worry about
getting your videos down,
where you don't have to worry about copyright headaches,
you don't have to worry about your
monetization getting taken off of your videos
or your account getting closed or anything like that.
Before we get started, let me know in the comments below
where you currently get your music.
Okay, the first thing that you need to know
is if you are monetizing your videos in any way,
that includes ads, that includes sponsorships
or any other way that you can monetize your videos,
you have to get music that is free to use commercially.
Most of the music used in the space
is Creative Commons with attribution,
which, defined by creativecommons.org, means,
you must give appropriate credit,
provide a link to the license,
and indicate if changes were made.
You may do so in a reasonable manner,
but not in any way that suggests that the licensor
endorses you or your use.
As long as you follow these rules,
you are free to share, copy, and redistribute the material
in any medium or format,
adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material
for any purpose, even commercially.
Another thing that you need to know
about using music in your videos is
there's a common myth flying around that it's okay
to use 10 seconds or five seconds or three seconds
of a song in your videos.
This is not the case, this is not true.
If you use just one second of a song in your video,
then you're still violating copyright law.
Because of this, that one second
can get your video taken down,
it can get your ads turned off,
it can get your channel shut down
or any of the other horrible things
that happen to copyright infringers.
Another very important thing to keep in mind
when using music created by other people
is, sometimes, even if you're using music
that you're allowed to use,
that you are doing everything properly,
you're giving the right attribution and all of that,
sometimes your video can still get flagged.
The reason for this is the creator might upload
that same song to another platform
that works with YouTube's content ID system
and will get the video flagged.
But as long as you're playing by the rules,
then you should be able to dispute it
and get your video back live again
and not have ant other problems.
The first place, kind of an obligatory mention,
is the YouTube Audio Library.
To get to it, you go to youtube.com/audiolibrary
in your browser.
There, you'll see music
as well as sound effects that you can use.
You'll wanna look for the little Creative Commons icon here.
If you see it,
it means that you need to give the artist credit
in your video description.
To give them credit,
all you have to do is click the little down arrow
then copy and paste the required attribution
into your video description.
If you wanna use one of the songs
from YouTUbe Audio Library,
just download the song
and make sure, just to make your life a little bit easier,
that you put whatever attribution that you need to give
into a notepad or something
and just kinda store it with the song.
It kinda helps keep things organized
and it makes everything easier to track down in the future.
The second place for free music is SoundCloud.
I wanna make it clear
that you cannot just use any song off of SoundCloud.
In order to use a song on SoundCloud,
first, you have to create an account
and then type in the genre you're looking for,
select Tracks from the sidebar,
then you'll be able to see the little See icon.
You'll wanna click the text next to it
and choose the Use commercially option.
From there, you can download any tracks
with the Download button.
Just make sure when you use these tracks in your videos
that you give proper attribution where necessary.
Incompetech.
This guy has created a huge library of music
for creatives to use.
Just keep in mind,
just like everything else that we're talking about
in this video,
make sure that you give this guy proper attribution
if you use his music in your videos.
AudioJungle.
AudioJungle is a paid resource.
And the reason that I'm even listing them,
because they're a paid resource,
is because I use AudioJungle for all of my music
if I don't make it myself.
Here's why.
There's a smaller amount of people that are using that music
so it makes my content that much more unique,
the quality of music on AudioJungle is through the roof.
I mean, there are some artists on there
making some amazing music
in every genre that you can imagine.
I'm not saying it happens so much that it's a problem,
but there's one thing
that I really want you to keep in mind.
Anyone can upload a song into a free resource
and say that it is 100% original music created by them.
The downside of this
is they might not mention that they're using a sample
or another snippet of a song
that they don't have the rights to use.
With all of that said, the only downside is
when you download a song from AudioJungle,
you're only buying the rights to use the song one time.
So if you really like a song
and you wanna use that another time,
then you're gonna have to repurchase a license
for that song again.
The fifth place is ccMixter.
When you hit the site, go to the top-right corner,
click the featured text and click free for commercial use
from the drop-down menu.
Once you select the track you wanna use,
a window will pop up where you can download the file.
Just make sure to copy the attribution on the left
into your description so you can give the artist
the required credit.
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