Where Do I Find Music for My Podcast? Podcasting Q&A [159]

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So today's question is all about how do I find music put into my podcast?

And you know, it's one of those questions that I'm like, oh, I haven't really thought about that in a long time of how to explain to get music onto your podcast.

And I love using music because it really sets the tone to your podcast.

Now I want you to think about why this matters.

Really.

It's bringing a whole nother level of feel, an emotion to your podcast.

You can use it in your intros, in your outros, as you're introducing your show or you're leaving the show.

You can also use it in and out throughout your episodes in transitions and different segments.

If you think about NPR in the way that they do their podcasting, which is so dreamy, or any kind of narrative podcast, the music is going to set the tone for a different layering of experience for your listener.

Now I want you to consider the tone of your own podcast.

Is it serious?

Is it relaxed?

Is it inspirational?

Is it funny?

I want you to choose music that matches the vibe of your topic.

For example, upbeat tracks work well for energizing intros, while softer tracks might have that feel of more of a reflective segment.

I'll give you an example with my own podcast.

My first podcast is called Holistic Hearts Podcast and it's more of a reflective, inspirational, sometimes very meditative podcast.

So I'm very specific on it.

Being slow, being calm, being relaxed and making sure that it's bringing people into a space space where they can take a deep breath.

Now here with podcasting Q and A inside a Podcast coaching podcast is the more upbeat.

I want you to be inspired I want you to be motivated, I want you to be encouraged.

So I'm going to pick more fun, upbeat music.

Now here's the second question, or really the answer to the main question of how do I find these pieces of music that I can use?

Can I just use any old song like I really love Beyonce's song or, or Taylor Swift song?

I would love to use that.

Unfortunately, we cannot do that.

You have to buy a copyright and to do that for most artists that are on the radio or they are well known, it's going to cost you a lot of money.

So we want to look for places that we can buy royalty free music tracks.

So there's things like Audio Jungle, Sound Stripe.

Now both of those, I'm going to put them in the show notes so you have access to that for yourself and to check them out.

I personally use Soundstripe.

It's one of my favorite ones that I've used for many years.

Um, you can buy a content license, meaning you can put it on your podcast episode and it's good to go.

So easy peasy.

Now if you don't want to pay for it, which is what soundstripe is doing is you're paying a fee to use these pieces of music.

It may not be Taylor Swift, the Beatles, whatever, but you're also finding good quality music that may be not as frequently used.

So that is the benefit of finding something like Audio Jungle or Soundstripe to help beef up your intro and outro to another level.

Okay, so the free options, there's YouTube audio library, which I believe and somebody might have to correct me on this, but you can only use it on YouTube specific and then there.

Another suggestion would be free music archive.

There's two free great options.

Another option too is to go into the public domain library and look under music and anything that was published pre 1928 you can use absolutely free without having to buy any kind of license, which is super cool.

The importance of having licensing is because you don't want it to get pulled or taken down because of legal issues.

Royalty free means it's free to use in every case.

It's going to be a little bit different.

So make sure you understand the specific license that you are purchasing or the free license on the other options for free music.

Okay, so as you are picking out your music, make sure you just use a little tiny chunks here and there.

I have seen a lot of people not.

Well, maybe not a lot of people.

I have seen some people a couple of years ago where they would do their entire show in music without changing the sound levels and making sure that it was balanced with your voice.

And that can be a little tricky for your listeners.

So make sure you go back and listen.

Make sure it sounds sounds great.

Make sure it's fading into your real episode or to your main episode, or fading in and out during your transitions.

Well, and again, making sure that you have the right to use that music.

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