it is such a times that gets so important finding the right music for your YouTube channel can be
like finding the freakin needle in this freaking haystack but this process doesn't have to suck
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for episode 9 the rise of Skywalker can we quickly acknowledge how sick this one shot was
but let's get right into it I always wanted to make a video on this topic because it's something
I spend a lot of time on and it's really struggle with in the beginning when I started with YouTube
and and this video I want to share a few tips and tricks as well as sources and the process
on how I pick my music for my videos but before we get into the new degree let's answer one very
very important question why do people love music music is auditory cheesecake for our brain that
transcends time yet cultures and it's a side effect of language actually music stimulates
most parts of our brain and has very similar new appearance as movement and you guessed it emotions
and this brings me to a favorite neurotransmitter dopamine dopamine dopamine dopamine dopamine
dopamine makes you feel good your brain releases it as a reward system for things that you need
for survival like food like cheesecake what scientists found out is that dopamine is also
being released when you listen to music but they have no clue why because it doesn't have
an evolutionary benefit although music doesn't have an advantage for survival there's a fire
station right next to us although there is no clear advantage to survival music can still
create emotions and help actually elevate your movies your videos personally I think music is
used best when it just subconsciously influences your emotions and your viewing experience and
basically tells you what you should feel so it comes as no surprise that composers like
handsomer or John Williams hashtag star wars make upwards of 2 million in scoring fees per
film and unless you know one of these guys and can convince them to make music for your youtube
videos you have to find other sources to find your music and that's what we're going to talk
about now there are a couple of places on the worldwide web where you can find copyright free
music that you can use without any problems on your YouTube videos so let me now share
with you a couple of options that I've been using extensively and give you my honest opinion on that
if you're just starting out on YouTube and you're not intending to make actually a business out of
it I think it's totally fine to use songs by your favorite artist it has the great advantage that
you know the song you know the structure you know the feeling of crates so the only thing you want
to check before you go and edit with this song is whether you can use it and there's a handy
dandy tool in the YouTube creator studio and I will leave the link below they can tell you if
you're allowed to use this song in your video or if there are regional restrictions to it I'm not
where I'm supposed to be I'm going in circles go in circles one other great place for you to look
for music when you're just starting out on YouTube is the YouTube audio library which you can find
in the crater studio again I will leave a link in the description below the great thing is that the
YouTube audio library is completely free and most of the songs you can actually monetize on the down
sides the quality of the songs doesn't really live up to my standards anymore that sounds pretentious
and on the other side also the search function is not great it allows you to filter by mood
and John where I believe it's a great starting point it's just a click away go and try it out
so now we come to my absolute favorite and just as a disclaimer I started working with them a
little bit but I think they are the best in the market right now and creators like Peter McKinnon
iJustine or PewDiePie they're all using them and this is epidemic sound it is a subscription-based
music licensing platform which allows you to download an endless amount of music and even sound
effects for $15 a month as a smaller creator what really stands out for me with epidemic sound is
the quality of the songs and also the regularity on how often they're actually uploading and adding
new songs to the library and with this wealth of quality songs you want to have a solid search
function an epidemic sound allows you to filter by genre mood movement places tempo and energy
that makes it so much easier for you to find the right songs moreover they also create regularly
great playlists in fact I have my own playlist launching there of songs I used in my videos and
I really love so don't check it out another two huge advantages of epidemics sounds are waveforms
and stems once you become a little bit more sophisticated in picking the right songs waveforms
become in very handy and I will talk about it in a little bit but also stems are a huge deal for me
stems allow you basically to dissect the song by instrument almost you could for example take out
the vocals or you take out the bassline you use it separately or use it just for an intro section and
then you like fade in the song it's an amazing tool and you can play around more creatively
with a song as it fits your video on the downsides music that you are getting from epidemics sounds
through the subscription is only licensed for YouTube Facebook and Instagram so if you want
to use songs for commercial projects you will have to buy a more expensive separate license for that
particular song and obviously the other downside is it costs money 15 dollars per month but to give
you a little bit of a taste I have an exclusive link in the description below for a 30-day free
trial any song you use an upload on YouTube during that trial you can keep and monetizing that video
thing to loose you just give it a go and try it out link in the description below
have a massive pause to see next source up is heartless and like epidemic sound is a
subscription-based music licensing platform where you can get your songs the amazing advantage of
artless is that any song you download during a membership is yours in perpetuity and you
can not only use it on YouTube but you can use it for commercial projects and anything you want to
use it for so I think this is a huge advantage of artless and that's one of the main reasons
why I subscribe to them the website design is beautiful comes with very similar search features
as epidemics sound mood tempo etc etc and playlist so on the downsides of artless you don't get any
sound effects and also the quality and quantity of the songs are a little bit lower than what you get
with epidemic sounds and yeah it costs money it's $199 per year but if you decide to sign up with
odd list I will leave a link in the description below that gives you two extra months to your
annual subscription and it's I think a nice bonus if you're planning on signing up with them anyways
so a little bonus tip if you have friends who are musicians collaborate with them it
has this amazing advantage of you getting a very unique song and also promoting your
friends work well obviously the only downside is that you will have to make friends who are
musicians alright so now that you know all the great sources that are out there on the
world wide web to find music for your videos let me share with you the process I use to
find and select the right songs for my videos sounds like a deal let's get into it so first
things first define the mood most of the times you already know what kind of mood you want to
create with a certain video or scenes so ask yourself what kinds of emotion feelings do I
want to evoke in my audience when they're watching my video and you can use most of
these tools I mentioned before to filter by mood and find the right song that fits your video
second one app is pace and pace pretty much like the mood is very much defined by your story so
if you have an action scene or sequence or very action loaded video you want to pick a fast-paced
song that really me like gets the adrenaline pumping and the heart rate up on the other side
of the spectrum if you have a sequence that is emotional and sad you wanna you want to pick a
slower song that hats gravity to your scene in your video real quick break here because we are
making popcorn game do our hands up at masky third pick a genre this more than anything is
a creative choice you make for your movie that is up to your liking but just keep in mind that you
don't want to get too niche because you don't want to alienate any audience yeah well now
that you define the mood the pace and the genre you can go out there and listen listen listen
why don't you listen listen listen you want to pay close attention to the song structure
and the nitty-gritty details of it and this is where services like artless and epidemics
sound come in very handy because they provide you with a waveform you can see them on the
first glimpse how a song is structured how way the outer parts are way it's like calming down
where there is a break so you can start coming through the songs and easier find those songs
that align with your narrative structure and your video structure as well and one bonus
tip that I picked up from Peter McKinnon and I think is so smart is that you want to pay a
particular attention and focus on the end part of the song because that will allow you to use
a song for a sequence and have a natural fade-out and that makes it so much easier
last but not least you likely end up with two three songs that you really like so you want
actually to listen to these songs while watching your raw footage to see which one really fits
best your edit and you found your song that you can use for your videos and impress the
audience out there out in the world and create an amazing video so now I'm curious if this workflow
works for you let me know down in the comment section below what sources you are using what
is your favorite song that you use for a recent YouTube video share that link with me with that
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