Background Music For Vlogs

So, where to legally get background music for vlogs?

One of the biggest questions and concerns in today’s content creators is how to put background music in your vlog or video content legally.

As we all know, the main difference between a blog and a vlog is that the one is distributed in video format, while the other is shared through writing.
As YouTube grows as a platform, many YouTube content creators have chosen vlogs to be the main source of their income.
The Youtube Partners program allows users to monetize their content and earn a lot of money with it.

Let’s start!

Where to get background music for vlogs legally, so you won’t get copyrighted?

Mainly you have about three options to get copyright-free music.

• You can pay an composer to create background music for your vlogs or your videos – the cost of this can be pretty high.
• Use music under free Creative Commons licenses – it usually won’t work for you, as most of these songs can’t be used for monetized .projects (that means you can’t earn money from youtube content).
• Use Royalty-Free music – for the creation of a vlog is the most recommended.

There are many sites where you can buy a single license or subscription to use their Royalty-Free background music for your vlogs legally.
Each one of them has its rules and prices.
You can read more about marketplaces and their rules on our post Background Music For Videos- Ultimate Guide

What means COPYRIGHTED?

Copyright is a form of intellectual property law that protects the original works of an author. This plays a big role in determining who can use music created by a specific author. Using music in your vlog background without permission is violating copyright law. There could be issued a copyright claim by the author. Then your video could be taken down, or striped of music. Without permission or a license, you can’t use music in your video background.

What is Royalty-Free music?

We all heard of royalty-free music. Sites as WaveToys music and much more use this term.
Is this music free?
No, Royalty-Free music is NOT FREE to use. This term only means, no matter if your video gets 5 or 5 million views, you pay for the music license only once. Before that, you had to negotiate the terms with the composer and pay for each view. As it is in ”sugar-free” Cocke. You still have to pay for it, it only means is free from sugar, not free to take.
You can read more about Royalty-Free music in this article, where we go into details about Royalty-Free music and what it means.

Why should I purchase a license or become a subscriber on one of the Royalty-Free music sites?

First of all, we all know how much music is important in our day-to-day life. It can get us through our ups and downs.
In the same way, it’s important as your background music for your vlogs. Whit music, you can easily demonstrate how you feel at a certain point of your vlog. With music, you can get closer to your audience. Get more reactions from viewers, and that helps you in your YouTube algorithm. You get more likes, more comments, more views, and your channel grows.

Second thing is, you risk a Copyright strike or even legal actions of authors you are using music from illegally.

Can you get away with using ”stolen” music? No, not really. It can take some time for the YouTube algorithm to recognize your music as stolen, but eventually, it will recognize it. Because, when you publish something on YouTube it generates a computer trail in the form of an algorithm. In that way, materials uploaded to YouTube are indexed. As soon as there is a coincidence between algorithms, an alert is sent to YouTube’s control systems. The control system then notifies both the offender and the injured party of the improper use. After that, your vlog or video is taken down, muted, or even worse, there are legal actions on behave of the author.

What kind of music to choose?

The great thing about background music for vlogs is that it can help you to set the mood!
If you are confused about which song to put in which part of the vlog, the best advice we can give you is to follow the mood of the video! Are you are excited, working out, or energetic, consider upbeat music for your vlog background. If you talk about something more sensitive or sad, consider something ambiental or melancholic to put in your background.
We have an article to help you out, and answer your question on how to choose the right music for your video!

Conclusion

With a subscription or a single license buy you get great quality music!

When you have a great story to tell your audience, music must be great too!
If the music is low quality, the video will suffer. So, the best, cheapest way to avoid that is to go to Royalty-Free background music websites or their YouTube accounts. Listen to the music their offer, choose the site you like the most, and get started!
Don’t let poor-quality music downgrade the content in which you pour your heart and soul.

Don’t forget to subscribe on YouTube, so you don’t miss great royalty-free music and offers in the future!

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