The Music Share Project

2008-09-06T07:59:00.000-07:00

The Music Project

There are so many creative and talented musicians on Youtube. You could surf through the videos all day and never reach an end. Many of these musicans are also trying to get their names out there and get their music heard. So here I will list those musicians who are taking part in this project and are willing to discuss music sharing with you.

Users: In order to use any of the following artists songs you're agreeing to properly credit and link them in your video. First and foremost you need to contact them and have a discussion with the artist on what you'd like to use their music for. You may simply be looking for a backdrop to your vlog or something more extensive, like a collab. They may also be available to do custom work or vocals. You won't know unless you ask!

Musicians: Share your talent with others, get the credit you deserve and get your music heard by a wide range of people. Get involved in the project, have your name added to the list! Email me at askcarrielee@gmail.com. Provide your youtube link, any other links you'd like to include and a brief description of your music style! You will get to okay every use of the songs you are providing! The users will have to contact you for approval, credit you can provide proper links! Please, share this with other musicians you may know that might be interested!

Featured Artists:

Tammpon
http://youtube.com/Tammpon
I love this guy and you'll love his stuff, check him out.

Mike Brown
http://youtube.com/slippereal
I've used Mike's music many times... He's a very talented artist.

Rottarius
http://youtube.com/rotarrius
No vocals, great background music, all original work, I've used his creations a hundred times!

Lamiyah Slimani
http://youtube.com/lamiyah
A beautiful, talented young women with an extraordinary voice.

OttoSharp
http://www.myspace.com/ottosharp
Life long musician, Indie rock... very cool stuff.

Ralph Engle
http://www.ralphe.co.nz/
http://youtube.com/ralphengle
Has some very cool techno, electronica beats, background music, loops and even battle scene music.

David Kearney
http://youtube.com/gocatdave
Catchy, retro-melodies with modern, twisted lyrics. A strong influence of both the original vintage 50's, rockabilly, doo wop styles and their later punk-infused spinoffs like The Ramones, The Cramps, and The Misfits. Some techno-industrial-psychobilly, and a lot of solo singing with a ukulele!

Mel
http://www.youtube.com/encinitasmel

Root Doctor Abe
http://youtube.com/rootdoctorabe
http://rootdoctorabe.com
A very good friend of mine and equally talented artist. "Root Doctor Abe" is the WINNER of
the 2008 UMA Best Reggae/Dancehall Artist Award. The Red Carpet event took place at the world famous B.B. Kings in Time Square, NYC. This is the second time winning this award and it's a back to back win for the one and only Root Doctor Abe.

Other Valuable Resources:
These are just a sampling of sites that are out there... If you would like to add to this, you are truly encouraged to do so!

Royalty Free Websites... Free Use

Incompetech
Kevin MacLeod is a very familiar name to most video makers on Youtube. Incompetech.com
has a wealth of styles and genres from which to choose all of which are licensed under creative common licensed. I would suggest making this your first stop when seeking music for videos. These song are free for the user provided you are creditng the creator properly with links. A optional $5.00 donation is appreciated but not neccessary, I personally encourage it.

Royaly Free Instrumentals
This site has very cool background music, mostly hip hop, rap and dance tunes. Great if you're looking for something to actually put vocals to. And it's really free, just download!

Find Sounds
I use this site all the time. Thousands of free sound effects and even well known character voices. One of my favorites.

Creative Commons
Creative Commons (CC) is a non profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. By clicking the link above, it will take you to a CC search engine. Here you can search for music, photos, videos, etc that are all licenced under CC. If you search "music" you know that all the sites listed will allow you, in some way, under their terms of use, to use their music for your next project!
This is a great resource for musicians who want more control over whats done their your music without restricting it to the hassles of copyright laws!

Royalty Free Sites, Pay for License

There are hundreds of sites that allow you to actually purchase the rights to the track or album. Once these licenses are purchased you can do whatever you want to with the tracks and use them over and over if you want. This is just a brief sampling of sites, you can easily google royalty free music and find dozens of sites on your own.

RoyaltyFreeMusic.com
This site allows the user to buy individual tracks (starting at $9.95), purchase whole albums (starting at $99.95) and subscriptions (starting at $299.95) that let you use any song within the site. With this site you are purchasing the right to use these songs. This site also has a variety of stock background music that is actually available for free.

The Music Bakery
Good tunes, over 70 categories of music to choose from. New stuff uploaded all the time and you have the option of previewing any song before buying it. Individual tracks start at $14.95, 60 minute albums at $59. This site also offers sound effects starting at just $1.98 each.

Stock Music
Lot's to choose from, music for tv/film, digital media/web, podcasting/radio. But we're talking serious cash. Individual tracks starting at $29.95 or 10 tracks for $199.95. Remember, once you buy them, they're yours to do whatever you'd like and you can use them over and over, you own the rights.

Partners in Rhyme
This site is very similar to the three previous sites mentioned, it also has free sound effects available for download.