Ever been stuck for some good free music to use with student video projects? You're not alone. Iowa educators are lucky to have access to the Soundzabound library, but not everyone has access to a paid subscription like this. Recently, I came across a tweet by TechSmith's Camtasia for Mac account that reminded me of a great free audio library on YouTube. Here's how it works.
Simply navigate to https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music to get started. Here you will find dozens of free tracks that you can download and use in any project you care to create with no restrictions on copyright or anything else. Just make sure you select the Free Music tab at the top of the page to find the royalty free tracks.
Music can be sorted by genre, mood, instrument or duration to make it easier to find the style of music you need. Clicking the play button next to the title of the track can be used to preview any track before you download it, and the star on the far right-hand side can be used to shortlist your favorites. You can even see the popularity of a track by looking at how full its horizontal bar is.
When you find what you need, click the down arrow (highlighted below) to download the music to your computer for use in video editing software like iMovie or Windows Movie Maker. Finished videos that are then uploaded to YouTube will not be flagged by YouTube's Content ID scanner because it recognizes that your music is from the YouTube Audio library.
Simply navigate to https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music to get started. Here you will find dozens of free tracks that you can download and use in any project you care to create with no restrictions on copyright or anything else. Just make sure you select the Free Music tab at the top of the page to find the royalty free tracks.
Music can be sorted by genre, mood, instrument or duration to make it easier to find the style of music you need. Clicking the play button next to the title of the track can be used to preview any track before you download it, and the star on the far right-hand side can be used to shortlist your favorites. You can even see the popularity of a track by looking at how full its horizontal bar is.
When you find what you need, click the down arrow (highlighted below) to download the music to your computer for use in video editing software like iMovie or Windows Movie Maker. Finished videos that are then uploaded to YouTube will not be flagged by YouTube's Content ID scanner because it recognizes that your music is from the YouTube Audio library.
There are a wide variety of music styles here, so you are likely to find something to fit most student (or teacher) video projects, and with any luck, YouTube will continue to add more free music to this library so that the variety of audio on offer here continues to expand.
Other possible sources of free music for schools include Freeplay Music or ccMixster, but if you have favorite sources that you like to use, please share them in the comments below.
~ Jonathan Wylie, GWAEA Technology Consultant
Other possible sources of free music for schools include Freeplay Music or ccMixster, but if you have favorite sources that you like to use, please share them in the comments below.
~ Jonathan Wylie, GWAEA Technology Consultant
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