

The conditions which can be applied to each piece of music vary. As a user of YouTube myself, I wouldn't ever see any need to go in there at all, as I don't generally want other people dictating advertising on my videos. When browsing this category, if you click to open the track you will see a description of how you can use the work. It's their music and they have the right to decide how they want it used. For example, they may apply advertising to any videos which use that music and posted to YouTube. Here we have a range of music which cannot be monetized, because the folks who have put it there will be applying their own conditions to it. The next tab is the Ad-supported music tab. All of the music in this tab can be used in videos which you may be monetizing on YouTube, but since this is very unlikely in your case, this is less likely to be relevant to you. It will be fairly easy for the content to quickly become tired through use, and many of the tracks may just quite simply not be suitable for your productions, but it is a good starting point to look for something. The number of tracks available is limited but may well grow given time. The horizontal line shows how popular any particular music track is. You can use the music in your production and the video will not be flagged by YouTube's now powerful copyright protection engine. This is the most interesting one, as here you can download royalty free music for your production. There are three "tabs" that you will need to know about.įirst, there is the Free music tab.

Alternatively, just Google "YouTube Audio Library" and you can't miss it. If you navigate to your "Video Manager" page, then on the left navigation there is a section called "Create", and under that heading you will find a link to the YouTube Audio Library.

If you are a habitual poster of video content, then you'll probably know your way around the YouTube Dashboard. Here you can listen to and then download free music for your video productions.įinding the YouTube Audio Library isn't always intuitive to everyone. Within the YouTube "Create" section there is a link to the YouTube Audio Library. Google however has a solution for some folks that may or may not be appropriate or helpful in your own productions. You simply cannot drop in any music, post and hope for the best as the potential lawsuit resulting from incorrect use of copyright music could be enormous.

One of the hidden costs of any video project (and the least expected from a client point of view) is licensing music to go along with the video.
