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- Music, it's one of the most important elements in a video.
Music can make your viewers feel emotion,
give more texture to your story
and save your video from being boring.
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But finding the right music for your YouTube videos
can be a big challenge.
Especially if you're trying to stay
under a budget of say $0.
That's why we put together this no fluff list
of our top eight sources where you can find
completely free music.
The links to all of the sources we talk about
will be in the description.
Lets go ahead and get started.
So we're gonna start with some of the most convenient,
most well-known and most accessible options
and then we're gonna move on to something
that you might not have thought of before.
So lets go ahead and start with the very easiest option,
YouTube's built in Audio Library.
If you're making videos for YouTube,
it doesn't get more convenient
than using the built-in Audio Library.
And also you can rest assured that none of these videos
will have any kind of copyright claim against them
because YouTube specifically marks them as free to use
for YouTube videos.
You access the library just by going to your YouTube Studio
and then if you scroll down on the left here,
the bottom tab will take you to the Audio Library.
So as you can see, they've got a few options
that you can use.
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Like I said, the benefit is that it's very convenient.
The con to this method
is that it's a little bit more of a limited selection
so you might not find anything you like
or anything that you wanna use
but it's a great starting point and it's great to pair with
some of the other options on the list.
That brings us to option number two.
And this one is going to be
your go-to choice if you're new to video editing
because it doesn't just give you
thousands of free audio tracks,
it also gives you free video templates
and free stock footage and it's super easy to use
video editor on your browser
where you can put all of your videos together.
That is Invideo.
So head over to Invideo.io
and then once you've created a free account
you can open up a project
and from here, you can add your own video clips to edit
and here is where you access the free music,
this little music tab on the left side.
So as you can see, it's organized by genres and moods
and then you also have access to some sound effects
which is really cool.
So this makes it really easy
to find what you're looking for quickly.
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The only drawback to Invideo is that if you do wanna edit
on a more hands-on video editing software
like Premier for example, you actually cannot download
these tracks to use there.
But if you're editing Invideo, this is perfect.
Next on the list, we have Bensound.com.
So as you can see, there's a lot of options here
and they have descriptors up at the top here
that you can click on
that'll bring you to some more options.
They do have a few paid options on here
but as you can see there's plenty of free ones
that you can listen to and download.
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So when you're using Bensound and some of the other websites
that I'm gonna mention next,
just make sure you're crediting the website
that you get the music from.
I'm gonna talk a little bit more about that later.
Next up is Mixkit.
This is another great one, pretty similar.
They also have videos and sound effects available
but if you wanna get to the music
you just click on the tab at the top that says Music.
This library is a little bit more limited
but it's still a great choice.
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Next on our list is Freemusic archive.org.
Now, as you can see on the homepage
they have two options here.
The PRO is gonna take you to some paid options
but if you wanna use the free option
just go ahead and click Search FMA.
And again, you can come up to the genres tab here
and click something that you're interested in
and that comes up with a whole lot of tracks
that you can listen to and pick one you like.
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So the music from the websites I just listed
is usually gonna be under
a Creative Commons Attribution License.
That basically means that you're free to use it
and you can use it as many times as you like.
The only requirement is that you give credit
to the source.
You can do that by putting a title on screen in your video
or listing the website where you got the music
in your video description.
All of the websites will give a little bit more information
as well so just make sure you're paying attention
and when in doubt credit the source.
Next step, I'm gonna share a few YouTube channels with you.
There are actually YouTube channels dedicated
to creating free music for other creators.
So lets go ahead and check a few of those out.
The first one we have is called Audio Library
Music for Content Creators.
They post new videos every single day,
so they have an ever-growing library of music
that you can use.
So this is a great option
because they just have so many different choices.
You're bound to find something you like
and they have a lot of really high quality music on here.
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They always put links to download the song
in the description of the video
which makes it really easy as well.
Next step is a channel called Chill Out Records
No Copyright Music.
I wanted to mention this one because it is a good source
for more kind of laid back chill music as the name implies.
I found that a lot of the free music on these websites
will be a little bit more upbeat, kind of electronic music.
So this one is a great option
if you're looking for something
that's just a little bit more laid back.
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As you can see they have a few different playlists
which are really nice.
And while they don't upload quite as frequently
they still are adding new music pretty often.
And finally, we have a channel called
Background Music Without Limitations.
They add new music to their channel at least once a week
and this is another one that just has
a lot of different options, a lot of different choices
so you're bound to find something you like on here.
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So these are all great options
and you can find even more of these channels
just by searching for them on YouTube.
So just go ahead and search free music for YouTube videos
and you should find a whole lot more.
Now that we've ensured that you never have to spend a dime
on music for YouTube videos,
lets do the same for stock footage and video templates.
If you wanna find out more just check out
these two videos on screen.
Go ahead and tell us in the comments
if you have any other sources for free music
that we might've missed.
Thanks for watching today. I'll see you in the next one.
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