Re: Music for Movies online

Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 16:34:42 +0800
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"PJR the JR of PJ" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> > Freeplay music is only completely free as long as yours is not a
> commercial
> > project, i.e. you have no expectation of commercial gain. As soon as you
> > make any money from it, you have to pay them, and it's not that
> inexpensive.
> > There are other cheaper sources out there.
> >
> > Gary
> Okay - then what & where are they?
Many of them are quickly findable through a Google search. I researched
quite a few recently - with such terms as "Royalty Free Music" AND got a
quote from Freeplay, which I am - actually - going to take because I liked
the music a lot and my client for that job accepted the price. I remember
that among the cheaper ones, one was called Q-Music. Another was called
Sound Ideas. Another, Shockwave Sound. There was one site that operated on a
kind of subscription basis. And the Smartsound software also has some pretty
nice tracks, from which you get rights for a wider variety of uses. Many of
these sites also provide you with the chance to hear the music and check
that it's not too cheesy.
I like Freeplay's music a lot, but if people read the usage restrictions
closely, they'll see they should negotiate terms for many uses if they are
going to use it legitimately.
Gary