soundcloud legal to use in my video?

[Todd Terry]

If the tracks are sampling hit songs I wouldn’t touch them with a ten-foot pole.

I think this is a case of someone saying something is cleared when it actually isn’t.

T2

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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com

[Joel Pollock]

any suggestions where to get some good “club” music that i can use in my video? the stuff on audiojungle is a bit cheesy.

[Joseph W. bourke]

Hi Joel –

Take a look at the stuff Sony creates for its ACID music studio. There are collections of all types of music, and most of it is quite good. They also offer a weekly freebie. There are production cuts available:

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/productionmusic

As well as loop toolkits, many of which have free samples – beats, samples, guitar parts, and a lot more:

https://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/loops

All of the sample libraries have clip samples which you can download for free, so if you’ve got some means of putting them together in a multitrack package (I use ACID Music Studio 9, which is quite inexpensive, and powerful). I also sometimes use Audition, which does the job as well, although not with the powerful looping and time adjustment tools of ACID.

Bear in mind that when it’s free, there are often two possibilities – it’s stolen, or it’s garbage. With the Sony tracks, they’re trying to get people to buy their library collection by giving free samples, so it’s fine to use it, and the recording quality is very nice (always download the .wav files).

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com

[Joel Pollock]

thanks! i just registered on sony but i don’t see any freebies?

[Joel Pollock]

i found it. thanks.

[Joseph W. bourke]

Hi Joel –

You have to do a bit of digging, but in addition to the free weekly 8 pack, there’s also a bunch of free sample downloads with each sound library – you click the Samples button, and then a window opens up with 5 or 6 different samples in different formats that you can download.

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com

[Jonathan Ziegler]

Dunno if you are a Mac user, but try using GarageBand. There are hundreds of built-in clips of all different types. I use these to build layered audio for my stuff all the time – lay down a bass track, drums, a guitar, some funk, whatever and voila! Instant hit music! 😉

It was mentioned to try Acid, too – it’s also a great app, but I haven’t used it since I went Mac.

There are also a ton of free music sites out there, too. Just search Google for free music and you’ll find a ton. Consider paying a small license fee for some music – many times, this can help eliminate the issues about what is royalty free, copyright free, creative commons, etc.

Look at stock agencies, too: Pond5 and iStockphoto sell great stock audio and they have a really large number to choose from.

Save early. Save often.

Jonathan Ziegler

http://www.electrictiger.com
520-360-8293