Film Makers Web Guide: Find Free Quality Music
So your making a show reel or an experimental short, where do you locate the music? Quality free music can be hard to locate on the web due to two reasons. Music is difficult to index for search and music equals money. But that shouldn't stop you, we have compiled the top 5 sources of free creative music found on the web.
Your first port of call should be the ccmixter website which understands a film-maker's needs for instrumental music. It's also a great place to remix work and find sound you can use commercially. Thanks to the work of the Creative Commons free music is becoming easier to discover on the internet. Their licenses enables creatives to provide work for free while protecting their rights while requesting a credit. Easy to understand they allow rights holders to authorize or restrict certain uses of their music, such as commercial use and derived works.
Another great place to find decent music under the creative commons is Jamendo, if your looking for a consistent sound across a lengthy film this site provides free albums. The album Fairytale for example is ideal for a fantasy movie.
You should never rule out popular mainstream artists. Nine Inch Nails and Moby are among those who have released fantastic audible landscapes. Digging around for less well known artists such as Silvia O can also be rewarding.
Work with existing artists and singers. Many musicians are looking for opportunities to showcase their work and YouTube is full of top acoustic talent practising in front of the camera. Music videos are also a useful way of showcasing your own film skills. The video for Oren Lavie's “Her Morning Elegance” was a hit on YouTube later earning a 2010 Grammy Award nomination for Best Short Form Music Video.
Team up with local musicians and make your own free music. Chances are some of your friends will be musicians, why not gather them together over Facebook and make an event of recording some free music? Don't know any musicians then why not try Meetup?
Where do you go to find quality free music on the Internet? Feel free to give your answer.
By Guest Blogger: Dan Lee
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