Buy Music for Commercial Use

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When using background music, it all depends on what we define as “commercial use“.

First things first:

1. I want to buy royalty-free music or jingles to use in commercial projects or Youtube

If you want to use those royalty-free songs to add background music to a video, an ad or other artistic creation or product (app, website, audiobook…), we find two distinct cases according to your needs:

In the first scenario (1), is necessary to have the explicit permission of the people who wrote the music (composers, lyricists, and publishers) and people who represented and recorded it (artists and record labels).

This means you may have to contact more than one organization just to get permission to use the music and you have to pay a certain amount of money, which is usually a high amount for famous songs.

In the second scenario (2), things are simpler, since there are many specialized Internet marketplaces where the licensing rights are sold or websites with free songs under creative commons licenses.

You will find different licensing prices depending on the scope of the project in which you’re working because it will not be the same to buy a song and use it as background music for a Youtube video channel or to use it as the soundtrack of a movie.

Buying the song entitles you to use it for your own use and enjoyment, never to add it to another commercial project. But purchasing the license does.

We took the time to classify the best websites on the Internet to get royalty-free music, which will save us time and money without sacrificing quality:

EPIDEMIC SOUND

There are monthly payment services for which you can access a library of more than 300,000 royalty-free songs.

Best known is Epidemic Sound, and that’s why the most famous YouTubers and big channels use it.

Pricing starts at €13/month and you can monetize your videos without any further problems and you will never receive a copyright claim from YouTube again. And you can try it during 30 days for free.

AUDIOJUNGLE

AudioJungle: Currently it is one of the favorite marketplaces for artists when it comes the time of creating and polishing many of his professional works. In our opinion, AudioJungle offers songs and sound effects with the highest quality of the entire Internet.

Songs can be used by $29 for a standard license and most sound effects cost $1. The main difference with other websites is the rigorous review process of the new songs that are added daily.

Now they have also released a second monthly subscription service called Envato Elements, through which for only 14.50€ per month we can access most of their music library and have unlimited downloads.

In addition, this site has the best search engine through which we can find our songs by simply typing a keyword or mood that interests us.

2. I want to use background music to play in my stores

If you want to use background music for your physical business without worrying about paying fees every month and at the same time play well-known music from Spotify you can use the Soundtrack Your Brand platform.

No special installation or hardware is needed, just a computer or smartphone connected to the Internet to access their service.

Their price is always fixed and independent of the square meters of the premises and is $26.99 per month or its equivalent in your local currency.

They also offer a free one-month trial period so you can verify their excellent performance without any compromise.