If you need music for just about any type of project and want to be sure you are using it legally, then music licensing (and sync licensing) is your absolute music solution.
Projects could include but are not limited to:
- Movies
- Movie trailers
- Video games
- Video game trailers
- Advertising
- TV commercials
- Corporate videos
- Apps
- Television shows
- Public videos
- Website music
- Wedding video
Sure, you could make your own music if you are musically inclined and have the gear and the production know how, or you could even hire a professional composer to score music specifically for your project, but the easiest way is to license the use of music that has already been created. And there is plenty of it out there.
Music licensing websites make the process easy and seamless. They take care of all the legal side of things (most of which has already been worked out before the music tracks are uploaded to their sites by the artists), and it’s often as simple as finding a track that suits your purposes and buying the appropriate sync license or music license to use it in your project.
It doesn’t matter whether you need a short piece of music or something that’s more full length, artists that create production music designed for the licensing marketplace create tracks of all varying lengths. Some are less than a minute long while others may run for six or seven minutes.
All genres are covered as well, so if you need a dramatic and scary instrumental for a thriller scene in a movie, or something light and upbeat for a promotional video, you can find it all with music licensing.
Many tracks will have vocals while large numbers of tracks are created as instrumentals. Even the vocal tracks will usually come with an instrumental version in case the purchaser doesn’t want lyrics. And on top of that, many tracks are broken down into stems or select groups of instruments. So you really have a lot of versatility when it comes to licensing music and being able to use it effectively in your project in a way that really suits the scene and the mood.
License prices can vary from site to site, artist to artist, and depending on exactly what you want to use the music for.
One of the best music licensing websites around is Songtradr, because their whole process is super simple. They have one of the most accurate search tools, saving you a lot of time in finding just the right music to fit your needs.
I create dance music and cinematic music tracks designed specifically for sync licensing and I have my tracks available in the Songtradr catalogue. If you would like to see if any of my music is a good fit for your project, or to check out all the other great music on offer over at Songtradr, simply click on their logo below and you will be taken to their website.
I look forward to meeting you there.
Hi Daren.
After reading your post on music licensing, which was very nicely presented, I have a question.
Have you ever done soundtracks for gospel music? Before I could play the guitar; I had a gentlemen who made soundtracks for my original gospel songs. He went out of the business, so I haven’t been able to get soundtracts made for quite a few years.
Some people have been after me to make a CD; but my guitar playing isn’t anything special. I would prefer that I could have some soundtracks to make my guitar playing not be so noticeable. LOL. If you are interested in doing something like this, please PM me within WA. My profile name is JBrickley
I went to Songtradr and listened to some of your songs. They were very impressive.
Thank you.
Jeannie
Hi Jeannie,
Thanks for stopping by and having a listen to my tracks.
I haven’t actually done any gospel in the past, so I would have to research the style a little and determine if it’s something I could do justice to or not. Your project sounds interesting. Let me consider it for a bit and I’ll get back to you on it.
Cheers, Darren