Music to use in screencasts
We are regularly making some screencasts to demonstrate new functionality to our clients.
It would be good to have some nice, engaging background music playing throughout the show.
Are there any free tracks we can use legally?
5 Answers
Check out SoundCloud which is sort of like flickr for sounds and look at creative commons licensed tracks. You can also use the site to connect with artists and negotiate terms of use.
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-1 because sound cloud BLOWS – Frank 14 years ago
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@Frank. As long as you're going to vote my answer down, would you mind elaborating? – Zippy 14 years ago
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Because it blows... its not really a forum for purchasing stock music. – Frank 14 years ago
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But the question was "Are there any free tracks we can use legally?", it's not about purchasing stock music. Answer seems perfectly reasonable. – David Benson 14 years ago
AudioJungle.net - Best place to find this type of stuff, plus you can contact composers. The creators of the site also have VideoHive.com, which is a very powerful site for After Effects templates, which are great for presentations.
Good Luck.
Have a look at ccmixter, It's Creative Commons music.
When selecting your track, pay attention to the license though. Some tracks are CC-BY-NC (non commercial), others can be used also in a commercial context.
SoundClick has paid and free songs of high quality, just be sure to read the artist's description of what you can do with the music. However, there are frequently artists who give away music, or simply ask for attribution, which you can do at the end of the presentation/screencast.
