{"id":412,"date":"2022-02-11T09:29:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T03:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beatoven.ai\/blog\/?p=412"},"modified":"2022-11-22T18:27:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T12:57:24","slug":"beginner-blogging-how-to-properly-source-music-for-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beatoven.ai\/blog\/beginner-blogging-how-to-properly-source-music-for-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner Blogging: How to Properly Source Music for Videos | Beatoven"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever heard of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? He is one of the most renowned poets of all time, and he once said, \u201cMusic is the universal language of all mankind.\u201d Well, it turns out he was onto something! Music elicits emotions and makes anything more memorable, enabling you to convey your message more effectively to your audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We already know why music is important for video content. However, the problem arises in sourcing it. Since there are multiple categories of music, ranging from <\/span>royalty-free music <\/b>to Creative Commons license, and millions of websites offering them, picking the ideal category and platform is always challenging.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before we start explaining whether you should pay for music or not and which platform can be trusted, it is important to know the fundamentals of different music categories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Understand what do these terms mean\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n
  2. Royalty-free music<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Royalty-free music <\/b>is a type of music licensing in which you have to pay a one-time fee. Once you successfully make the payment, you can use the track as many times as you want and as long as you want. This makes <\/span>royalty-free music <\/b>an attractive option for budding <\/span>music video creators<\/b> who don\u2019t have the big bucks to back them up.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n