Background Music for children's video & story

If you are thinking of creating a children’s video or story, the first thing you should keep in mind is the evolution of the digital world.

For books, the written medium is living a rather hard time as a consequence of the digital revolution that is taking place in our times.

In that sense, children’s stories are not an exception. It is so much the growth of storytelling on the internet that a new concept has appeared: audiobooks.

What are audiobooks?

An audiobook consists of recording the history of a book read aloud.

This trend is growing by leaps and bounds in recent years, to the point of significantly increasing the number of audiobooks in the current market.

These audiobooks can be distributed through YouTube and also through other platforms that, seeing the great success of this new form of narration, have decided to do business with it.

In addition, audiobooks can incorporate, apart from the voice of the narrator, different sound elements, such as music and sound effects, which make them much more entertaining than traditional books.

Where to buy the right music?

Today I bring you a platform that will allow you to download unlimited music: Envato Elements .

In addition, by using the music offered by this website you will be exempt from paying the abusive fees of the PRO’s (Performance Rights Organization) of every country (BMI, ASCAP or SESAC in the US or PPL-PRS in the UK for example).

Legis Music

At Legis Music we have decided to launch three exclusive plans this 2023 so that our customers can access royalty free music easily and cheaply.

What these plans have in common is that you only have to pay once to get them, allowing you to enjoy the songs unlimited for life and have the peace of mind of not having to worry about copyright claims in the future.

So, you can choose between the three plans, the one that best suits your needs: Starter Plan , Personal Plan and Business Plan.

However, if you are looking for Podcast music, we recommend the Personal Plan, which will give you plenty of songs to use in your personal projects.

As you can see, if there is one thing our licences stand out for, it is timeliness.

Envato Elements

Envato Elements is an online marketplace that contains a large number of songs and sound effects with their respective licenses.

One of the advantages of this platform is the specific classification of its content, since searches can be filtered by musical genres, moods…

So you won’t have any problem finding the right music or sound effects for your children’s story, play or video.

In fact, there’s a song search category called “kids”.

Thanks to its monthly subscription, you can download all the songs you need without worrying about anything else.

What’s their price?

The subscription price is $16.50/month and has the following advantages:

• Access to all tracks
• New songs added every week
• Unlimited downloads
• Unlimited use in all your audiobooks
• No copyright or royalty claims
• Completely monetize your videos and audiobooks
• Cancellation at any time

Why to put music in your children’s story?

If we were to analyze the amount of business in which music exerts positive effects, surely it would take days to be able to do so.

One of the first effects of the use of music for children’s stories is their introduction to the musical world.

In this way, kid’s stories can be another way for parents to bring their children to music and create interest so that they are then attracted to play some kind of instrument.

In addition, music also has a very important didactic factor.

In fact, there is a lot of scientific research that says that music increases the chances of remembering.

Therefore, this can be a very good option to help children learn to read, improve their writing skills, increase their vocabulary, etc.

On the other hand, music, together with sound effects, are capable of increasing children’s imagination processes, to the point of creating an environment of propitious realism so that they feel as if they were truly living the story.

However, the functions of the musical aspect go beyond providing realism to the story.

And that this is also capable of generating emotions depending on the moment of the plot in which the narration is: fear, joy, intrigue, etc.

This generation of feelings may or may not be accompanied by the same voice of the narrator.

Everything will depend on the level of strength you want to give to that particular emotion.

How to manage this sound aspect in your children’s stories?

When selecting a type of music for your story you must take into account different factors:

If we look at the target of this type of story, obviously we will speak of people who are usually characterized by a rather innocent personality.

For that reason, music for children’s stories tends to be pretty as well as simple.

These types of songs usually have a rather basic and direct message.

In addition, they are usually characterized by the repetition of words and melodies.

There are songs that have faster or slower rhythms, although, according to various studies, both speeds have positive effects on the development of brain functions of children.

Usually, songs have a message to transmit. Some of these ideas transmitted are so obvious that they sometimes go unnoticed by adults.

However, many of these songs are able to make the message consciously or unconsciously in the minds of the little ones, which increases their perception of the real world.

Even so, the selection of songs to use is the most difficult when it comes to managing music for children’s stories, because, if you look at the process of simultaneous combination of voice, music and sound effects, this is usually quite simple and easy.

In fact, there are thousands of programs that offer many facilities to make such a mix, such as Audacity.

However, we must recognize that there are moments in the story where it is better to only listen to the music, that is, without making any mix with the voice.

In this way, the feeling or emotion that the song transmits at that moment will be increased.

Conclusion

With this article, I think that the importance of music in children’s stories has become quite clear.

However, music is not the only element to consider in this type of content, since sound effects also bring much realism to the story.

So, if you are thinking about preparing a children’s story, do not hesitate to enter the digital world through audiobooks, as this will make it easier to reach a greater number of people and, as a consequence, to obtain a greater number of income for your children’s stories.