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Archive for June, 2011
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
This new collection of royalty free music “1980′s” takes you right back to the decade that taste forgot. Music from the 80′s, it’s brimming with confidence, it’s guitar pop/rock, it’s glossy ballads, it’s packed with authentic signature 1980′s synth and drum sounds. Listen to full length previews of 1980′s (follow the link) – perfect to capture the mood of the 80′s! Featured tracks include…
1. Power Story : 3′ 48″ Confident and powerful 1980′s pop/rock theme, big guitars and fat keyboards, huge snare drums. Composer: Gavin Courtie (PRS) / Liz Radford (PRS), Publishers: Notepad Music PRS (UK)
2. Thoroughbred : 2′ 34” Power chords and drum rolls introduce this energetic, happy rock track, propelled by a driving guitar and bass riff, a short bass and drums break lead to a final riff with added lead guitar theme. Composer: Michele Vanni, Publisher: Michele Vanni
3. The Hour Of Triumph : 2′ 27” Success and achievement, orchestrated, proud and triumphant. Composer: Dynamedion, Publisher: Dynamedion GbR
4. Auto : 2′ 36″ Soaring guitar melody over solid rock track in the classic 1980s style, uplifting and positive. Composer: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK), Publisher: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK)
5 L.A. Nights : 1′ 29″ Driving through the West Coast of America at night, lights and busy streets, distant mountains, with electric piano and guitar, an easy drum rhythm but still with energy. Composer: Gavin Courtie (PRS)/ Liz Radford (PRS), Publisher: Notepad Music PRS (UK)
6 Red Alert : 49″ 1980s action danger music, big orchestra and cascading congas, screaming tyres leaving tracks in the dirt. Composer: Gavin Courtie (PRS) / Liz Radford (PRS), Publisher: Notepad Music PRS (UK)
7 Ocean Road : 3′ 10″ Clear, fresh mid-tempo pop style-a-like of feel-good songs from the 1980s, bright, positive vibe. Composer: Gavin Courtie (PRS) / Liz Radford (PRS), Publisher: Notepad Music PRS (UK)
8 Slow Dance : 3′ 38″ Slow, smoochy pop ballad from the 1980s, big strings and electric piano with fretless bass and light rhythms, the last dance of the evening. Composer: Gavin Courtie (PRS) / Liz Radford (PRS), Publisher: Notepad Music PRS (UK)
9 Rock Back : 4′ 07″ Old-school house track, drums from 808 with synths and percussion, 1980s clubbing atmospheres. Composer: Spencer Doane PRS(UK), Publisher: Spencer Doane PRS(UK)
10 Reggae : 1′ 38″ Happy reggae groove with bass guitar, organ, drums and percussion, occasional distant male vocal. Composer: The Futz Butler, Publisher: Paul Sumpter PRS(UK)
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Stock Music
Stock Music, also known as production music or library music, is music that’s written specifically to be licensed and used in television, film, radio and other medias. Publishers specialising in stock music will make their music catalogue available to media producers, together with a relatively straightforward pricing structure allowing the media maker to use the music in their productions. The price the media producer pays will vary according to the use, generally the larger the eventual audience the greater the fee. The composers of the music are happy to let the publishers do this on their behalf, since they share the licensing fees with them.
Stock Music Libraries
In the past this system was very different to licensing popular music, or classical recordings, where the media producer would have to gain the consent of the artist as well as their publisher in order to use their music. This could be a time consuming and expensive business, which was one of the reasons why using stock music was an attractive alternative. In more recent years however, this situation has started to change, and major record companies are more often making their popular music available for use on TV for example, even providing re-mixed instrumental versions to encourage their use. Likewise the fees charged have become more aligned with traditional stock music libraries. This is all because record companies are now trying to find new markets for their music, since their traditional revenue from selling CDs has reduced greatly due to digital online music.
Digital Stock Music
Stock music publishers have had to change as well, and their music is now mostly available via websites and digital downloads, where a few years ago they distributed their music on CD. The Internet has also enabled many new stock music businesses to start up and succeed, and as a result there are many different levels of music licensing offered by these companies, depending on their business model. So as well as traditional stock music libraries owned my major music companies, there are many independent businesses (such as www.royalty-free.tv) , and new licensing models such as royalty free music.
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Creative Commons Music licensing and Royalty Free Music licensing can often be easy to confuse – aren’t they doing the same thing after all? Whilst that’s sometimes the case, there can be important differences in the details, so it’s always good advice to check the license terms carefully whichever method is being used.
Creative Commons Music
So what is Creative Commons about anyway? Creative Commons Music is a simple way for artists and musicians to license their music for other people to use in various ways, by choosing a ready-made Creative Commons license. This license will allow for the music to be used in various ways described in the license. The idea is that because it encourages people to use and distribute music easily, so the musician or artist gets to have their music heard by a wider audience. But it’s still easy to get confused – some people think that Creative Commons means it’s OK to use a piece of music however they like, which is usually not the case. There are many different types of Creative Commons Music licenses, so it’s always important to check out exactly what the license terms are. You can see the full details of Creative Commons licensing at creativecommons.org.
Royalty Free Music Licensing
Our composers at www.royalty-free.tv also license their music directly, but as Royalty Free Music. We’re sometimes asked if that’s also the same as licensing under Creative Commons. The short answer is that it’s not exactly the same, but there are some similarities. For example, our royalty free music license does allow the music to be used in many ways, such as TV or video soundtracks, music on hold, podcasts to name but three (for the full list check out our royalty free music license). So would it be easier all round to use a regular Creative Commons license instead? We don’t believe so, simply because there’s no advantage to be gained. Creative Commons is essentially off-the-shelf licensing for creators to license their work easily. Our license is custom-designed to meet the needs of media producers, so it’s actually easier for us to use our own license instead .
Creative Commons Music vs Royalty Free Music
Does this mean we don’t agree with Creative Commons, or that we think it’s not a good idea? Of course not! We think Creative Commons music licensing can be a great way for artists to spread and promote their music, whilst still controlling their rights, and anything that helps artists and musicians has got to be a good thing  Likewise, royalty free music licensing is a simple way to license music directly to media producers and people who need music for their own creative projects. There is no “one cap fits all” solution to music licensing, it’s important to choose the license that works best for the uses that you need.
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Monday, June 20th, 2011
Public Domain Music
People often assume that because a piece of music is very old, and everyone knows it well enough to hum the tune, then it’s in the public domain and is OK for anyone to use as they choose. It’s an easy mistake to make, but it could be costly if you include the wrong music in your media project and assume it’s Public Domain Music when it isn’t. So how do you make sure you only pick music that’s safe to use, when you want public domain music?
Music Copyrights
Music has various rights attached to it, known as copyrights. Public Domain Music is simply music that has has no rights attached to it. This could be because the rights have expired over time, it could be that the rights over has placed the work into the public domain. It could even be that the rights never existed, for example if a folk song was created way back in the mists of time and no-one knows by whom. So what are the rights to look out for with music, before we can be sure a piece of music is in the public domain?
1 – the authors, i.e. the composers who wrote the music, and the lyricists who wrote the words.
2 – the publisher, who will have a share in the rights, usually alongside the authors
3 – the Mechanical rights. If a public domain song is released on CD, the fact it’s an old song doesn’t mean the recording is Public Domain – copyright exists in the CD recording too.
For a piece of music to be considered as public domain music, each of those rights must not be active.
Safe Public Domain Music
So if you’re looking for some public domain music, let’s say a classical work for example, there are a few points to consider. Firstly can you assume the author’s copyrights have expired? With an old composer (Mozart, Beethoven etc.) that’s not a problem. But remember that copyright exists for many years after the composer dies, so a composer who died in the 20th century will still have copyright present on their work. Next, publishing, surely with Mozart this wouldn’t be a problem? Usually not, but many classical pieces are published as written arrangements, and publishing copyrights may well exist in those arrangements. Finally the mechanical rights, and why you can’t just use a CD of your favourite symphony orchestra! Copyright exists in the actual recording (the master recording you hear on the CD), so it’s not possible to use that particular recording, even though the composer’s rights may have expired long ago.
So what’s the solution to our classical music problem? The best is to use a recent royalty free music recording, where the mechanical rights have been licensed directly for royalty free distribution. There are many websites with such music (including www.royalty-free.tv).
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Monday, June 20th, 2011
As well as having 1000′s of full-length royalty free music tracks, we also
have a great range of royalty free music loops, including some free music loops
for you to try.
What Are Music Loops?
Music loops are a simple way to take a short piece of music and make it last
a whole lot longer. So what exactly is a “music loop”? Put simply, it’s a short
piece of music that can be repeated over and over. The clever part is that the
music loop is designed to do this seamlessly, in other words you won’t be able
to hear the join (as a gap or even a click), instead you hear one long continuous
music track. A typical use of a royalty free music loop would be in the soundtrack
to a video. In video editing software, it’s simple to take the music loop file,
and lay several copies of it end-to-end in the soundtrack. As the video plays,
the music loop gets played over again, making a smooth continuous soundtrack.
Free Music Loops
There are many places to buy music loops on the web, including royalty free
music loops from websites like our own www.royalty-free.tv. We also have free
music loops to download and try, just so you can see how easy they are to use.
Our free music loops are available if you visit http://www.royalty-free.tv/rftv/free_mp3.htm
Why Use Music Loops?
One of the main reasons to use a music loop instead of a full length piece
of music is because the file size is very much smaller. This can be used to
great advantage where bigger file sizes would be a problem, for example as music
on a Flash website. A longer piece of music might take some time to buffer and
load in a Flash animation, but a royalty free music loop can be ready to start almost instantly
because it’s so much quicker to download.
Where To Find More Music Loops
It’s easy to find more music loops by visiting http://www.royalty-free.tv/rftv/frameset.htm
and selecting “loops” from the dropdown “length” menu you’ll see on the left
of the screen. Click “Search!” and you can choose from the many hundreds of
royalty free music loops we have available – have fun!
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Monday, June 20th, 2011
 Races & Chases Headlong chase music, hurtling race tunes! Funky and funny, playful and lively, “Races & Chases” is perfect for Gaming, Comedy and Children. Every track on Races & Chases album collection is available to preview (follow the link), and all these royalty free music tracks are available to license and use in multimedia projects. Featured tracks are:
1. Get That Dang : 3′ 10″ Headlong chase music for kids or comedy, always full speed, fun and energetic, happy and confident. Composer: Bjorn Lynne PRS(UK), Publisher: Bjorn Lynne PRS (UK)
2. In Pursuit : 2′ 48″ Funky chase music, middle section very percussive, drums create feel of action, then back to funky riffs. Composer: Vincent Varco, Publisher: Big Sound Music (ASCAP)
3. Cowboy Kartin’ : 3′ 26″ Kids driving, travelling, gaming theme, steady medium pace, electric guitar melody with piano over drums and bass. Composer: Bjorn Lynne PRS(UK), Publisher: Bjorn Lynne PRS (UK)
4. Pig Detective : 3′ 05″ Fast and funny kids theme, brass and drums with dramatic detective feel, occasional pig squeal, tense section at end. Composer: Bjorn Lynne PRS(UK), Publisher: Bjorn Lynne PRS (UK)
5. Fun and Frolicks : 3′ 25″ Lively childrens action theme with electric guitar solo, drums, bass, a little banjo and keyboards, keeps rolling along in a happy, bouncy way. Composer: Bjorn Lynne PRS(UK), Publisher: Bjorn Lynne PRS (UK)
6. Hide and Seek : 1′ 55″ Cheerful, bouncy orchestral piece, comedy or kids TV, picked strings and flute with woodwind. Composer: Joe Williams (PRS), Publisher: Perfect Solution Music (BMI)
7. Wacky races : 3′ 30″ Funny childrens race soundtrack, energy and drive, different landscapes, constant motion, cheerful and catchy. Composer: Bjorn Lynne PRS(UK), Publisher: Bjorn Lynne PRS (UK)
8. The Coco Race : 3′ 37″ Playful African race music for kids, energy and drive, light and exciting with steel drums and percussion, occasional male vocal. Composer: Bjorn Lynne PRS(UK), Publisher: Bjorn Lynne PRS (UK)
9. Running Naked : 40” Strange, quirky kids action music, big mix of sounds and instruments for animation and comedy. Composer: Alex Khaskin (SOCAN), Publisher: Salieri Music Inc
10. Run For Your Life : 1′ 49” Animation and comedy action music, fun tension and drama with chase rhythms, changes to confusion at end, instruments begin to collide. Composer: Alex Khaskin (SOCAN), Publisher: Salieri Music Inc
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
 Swinging Jazz, sometimes mellow and conversational, sometimes full ahead swinging and fun, Jazz Swing is an album to get your toes tapping! Featuring lots of great live performances, this collection of jazz tracks can be heard in full here, and is available to license for use in media projects from TV to video to movie. Tracks featured include…
1. A Hands On Approach : 3′ 08” Swinging, straight ahead, aggressive, assertive jazz quintet, with piano, bass, drums, vibes, acoustic guitar. Composer: William Peklinsky aka Skip Peck BMI, Publisher: Skip Peck Music BMI
2. Old Cars I Have Known : 3′ 59” Mellow and cheery jazz, with piano, guitar, bass, percussion and drums. Composer: William Peklinsky aka Skip Peck BMI, Publisher: Skip Peck Music BMI
3. Nicole : 29″ Cheeky French swinging jazz, marimba, piano, drums and a double bass roll along with a smile on their face. Composer: Gavin Courtie (PRS) / Liz Radford (PRS), Publisher: Notepad Music PRS (UK)
4. All The Way : 1′ 36” Light swinging jazz with unusual 12-string acoustic guitar intro moving into a cool, happy piano, bass and drums section and a little saxophone riff. Composer: Colin O’Dwyer (ASCAP), Publisher: Linco Man Music (ASCAP)
5. How Could I Have Known : 3′ 08” A jazz conversation of what might or could have been, featuring piano, acoustic guitar, bass and drums. Composer: William Peklinsky aka Skip Peck BMI, Publisher: Skip Peck Music BMI
6. Give Me One Good Reason : 3′ 27” Inquisitive and conversational jazz swing tune with piano, vibes, bass and drums, good pace and movement. Composer: William Peklinsky aka Skip Peck BMI, Publisher: Skip Peck Music BMI
7. Heart Love Flower : 3′ 17” A very laid back jazz swing tune that creates new interest every two bars featuring piano, bass and drums. Composer: William Peklinsky aka Skip Peck BMI, Publisher: Skip Peck Music BMI
8. A Monumental Undertaking : 3′ 30” Smokin’ jazz quintet play this happy toe-tapper, one to sit back and enjoy, with piano, vibes, guitar, bass and drums. Composer: William Peklinsky aka Skip Peck BMI, Publisher: Skip Peck Music BMI
9. Good To Be Home : 2′ 59” Fun, playful jazz piano trio playing swing melodies into the night, happy vibe and ends with a smile. Composer: William Peklinsky aka Skip Peck BMI, Publisher: Skip Peck Music BMI
10. You’re Really Somethin’ : 2′ 57” Fast, smooth, breezy jazz quartet flying though an intricate melody and improvisations with piano, electric piano, bass and drums. Composer: William Peklinsky aka Skip Peck BMI, Publisher: Skip Peck Music BMI
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
 The sun’s out, the summer’s here in the UK, what better time for some energetic happy rock, melodic electric guitars… Feel-Good Rock all the way! This collection of confident epic-rock, optimistic all-action rock and riffs contains 10 themes, plus commercial-length cuts, loops and stings (see the track listing below). Hear full length previews for every track at http://www.royalty-free.tv/royalty-free-music-cd/rfcd0178.php
This album is available to use in media projects with our usual royalty free music license, and features the following tracks…
1. Tornado Alley : 3′ 28″ Thrills and spills in this positive and feel-good rock, energetic and driving drums with melodic electric guitar solo over, lifts to tense middle section then back to strength and good vibe. Composer: Gavin Courtie (PRS) / Liz Radford (PRS) Publisher: Notepad Music PRS (UK)
2. Frat Party : 3′ 00” Energetic, happy rock tune that could keep you dancing all nite long, powerful guitars and bombastic drums drive this inspired track. Composer: Michele Vanni, Publisher: Michele Vanni
3. Lawyers in Love : 1′ 29 A light rock tune with an optimistic mood, electric and acoustic guitars create a confident and positive feel and good pace. Composer: Michele Vanni, Publisher: Michele Vanni
4. Ozzie’s Girl : 3′ 23” Happy and energetic contemporary rock tune, features a catchy guitar line, a sizzling guitar solo and a bombastic end. Composer: Michele Vanni, Publisher: Michele Vanni
5. Ruff Stuff : 2′ 19″ Melodic electric guitars with energetic drums create a happy, confident and assured rock track. Composer: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK), Publisher: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK)
6. Just The Way It Goes : 3′ 23″ Confident, epic rock ballad-style instrumental, big guitars on chorus, freedom and love, feel-good. Composer: Dan Gautreau, Publisher: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
7. Coming Home To You : 2′ 32″ Feel-good contrast of acoustic guitar sections with electric guitar soloing sections, pop / rock ballad style, softer verse with bigger confident chorus, no vocals. Composer: Dan Gautreau, Publisher: Lynne Publishing (PRS)
8. Listen Up : 1′ 51″ Dynamic, positive hard rock, optimistic with a strong, heavy groove and great vibe. Composer: Paolo Bolio (SIAE), Publisher: Perfect Solution Music (BMI)
9. Speedfreeks : 1′ 52″ All action rock guitars over fast and crazy drums, energy and excitement, racing and speed, challenge and adventure. Composer: Gavin Courtie (PRS) / Liz Radford (PRS), Publisher: Notepad Music PRS (UK)
10. Racing in D: 3′ 01” A three voice harmony guitar melody drives this bouncy, happy instrumental, a blistering guitar solo darkens the atmosphere a bit. Composer: Michele Vanni, Publisher: Michele Vanni
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Friday, June 10th, 2011
 High energy menacing Metal, killer guitar riffs, aggressive Grunge, Punk rock, through squeeling guitars with tense, energetic fast rock action. Perfect for action and danger, “Extreme Rock” is great to use for high energy, extreme situations.
All the tracks are royalty free, and licensed to use in audio/visual productions with our usual royalty free music license. You can listen to every track in full-length versions at http://www.royalty-free.tv/royalty-free-music-cd/rfcd0181.php. Featured tracks include…
1. Disturbed Skater : 3′ 11” Dark, menacing metal, killer guitar riffs and sinister synth melodies, after a softer verse the track explodes into a powerful chorus.
Composer: Michele Vanni, Publisher: Michele Vanni
2. Sciophobia : 1′ 35” Dark and disturbing punk rock, strong aggressive guitar and bass play uncompromising riffs with feeling of violence and disorder.
Composer: Dynamedion, Publisher: Dynamedion GbR
3. Outer Limits : 2′ 27″ Totally rocking out guitar track with big attitude, huge stadium sounds from electric guitars and drums, heavy and exuberant solo.
Composer: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK), Publisher: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK)
4. Alien Matrix : 3′ 26” Metal meets electronica, builds up from an eerie intro to a full blasting rocker.
Composer: Michele Vanni, Publisher: Michele Vanni
5. Go: 2’47″ Squealing rock guitars over heavy band, full on action track with an aggressive, challenging edge
Composer: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK), Publisher: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK)
6. Nitro Glycerine : 3′ 43″ Hard, heavy, aggressive grunge rock main theme creating an aggressive, dark feel, disturbing electric guitar solo over low bass guitar riffs with a punchy drum groove.
Composer: Bjorn Lynne PRS(UK), Publisher: Bjorn Lynne PRS (UK)
7. Speed Action : 1′ 58” Tense, energetic rock suiting racing, speed and aggression, all action and excitement for sports and gaming.
Composer: Dynamedion, Publisher: Dynamedion GbR
8. Meteor : 2′ 24″ Grungey, positive teen rock guitar theme, stops and moves to a mellow break in the middle, high energy action.
Composer: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK), Publisher: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK)
9. Never Ever : 1′ 24″ Alternative hard rock, distorted electric guitar riff drives an unsettling track with occasional stops, dramatic and dark.
Composer: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK), Publisher: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK)
10. Escape Plan : 2′ 06″ Alternative hard rock with full on guitars, steadily increasing riff over strong drums, building excitement.
Composer: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK), Publisher: Matt Bosworth PRS(UK)
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