Music licensing terms like “royalty-free” can be confusing at times but worry not, we are here to explain! Simply put, royalty-free music is a license where users pay only one time and acquire lifetime legal usage of the music. That is why you can use royalty-free music in your YouTube videos, Twitch streams, or Instagram posts without worrying about license fees or other legal issues. High-quality songs can help you create stylish, evocative media. Low production tracks can make even the best video or podcast feel like a high school project.
Music licenses are the primary way artists can receive royalties for their music, by giving legal permission to someone who’d like to use their work. In general, there are six types of licenses that someone can use for various purposes. They are synchronization license, mechanical license, master license, public performance license, print rights license, and theatrical license.
The uses of original works can range from sheet music reproduction to theater productions all the way to jukeboxes and major motion pictures. Because copyrighted material needs written permission from the author to be used, people seeking to use the work must get a music license. In general, if you’re using a song something that other people will hear, you need a music license to use it. This license will include the usage and term rights, which determines how the song will be used.
1. Quality means everything to us
Any music can be licensed as Royalty-Free music. This choice for music licensing has strictly nothing to do with the quality of the music itself. The quality will vary enormously from one library to the other. The quality of library music has more to do with management policies, whether the music is hand-picked or not, whether composers are screened or not, etc.
Royalty-free music can be licensed at any price. You know the right music can make or break a project, so we work tirelessly (well, maybe not tirelessly, but really hard) to ensure you always have access to exceptional music through our library. Of course, our dedication to quality isn’t just for us — although we do care a lot about good music.
2. Hassle-free licensing and unlimited library access
A music licensing website wanted to charge based on the number of views their video received. How can anyone anticipate that? And why should the creator be charged more for making successful content? hat license lets you use that song on whatever channel(s) you want and rack up as many views or listens as you want.
3. Most of our catalog is wholly-owned
Above 50% of our catalog is wholly-owned. That means the license is exclusive to Beethoven — you won’t find these songs anywhere else. And we’re in the process of transitioning to a 100% wholly-owned library.
You should be safe about exclusive licensing for reasons:
*. It gives you access to a unique selection of music, which makes your work more original and more likely to stand out.
*. It protects you from legal action on behalf of music labels and publishers who have non-exclusive license rights to a given song.
If the artist isn’t the sole owner of the music labels and publishers also own pieces of any given song or sound recording. But that doesn’t stop artists from licensing songs to other organizations, like music licensing sites. f you need to be certain — whether for your own projects or for clients — that there won’t be any pushback to how you use songs, make sure to check out our selection of wholly-owned tracks.
4. You get real support from real people
Several times in life, things don’t go as we planned — like when you’re searching for royalty-free music. It’s during those times that we need a little help from our friends the support team.
Specially, we’ve got an entire team of support professionals who are on a mission to help you solve whatever royalty-free related issue you’re dealing with. If you’re browsing in the library, a support person is only one click away.
5. Our technology gets continuous updates
You need technology to create. And any worthwhile music licensing platform should do its damndest to keep pace with the times.
We’ve got a plan for that, too. Beatoven music technology team that focuses solely on creating new features, refining our current ones, and developing new integrations with the tools that matter most to creators.
