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Royalty free music, everybody knows it exists and a lot of people use it. But what exactly is
it? And why use it?
Royalty Free Music -- What is it NOT?
There are a lot of misconceptions about royalty free music. So first let me tell you what
it is NOT: royalty free music is not the same as FREE music.
Some royalty free background music IS free, like my free royalty free music at BackgroundMusicForFree.com,
but for a lot of royalty free production music you have to pay. Nothing wrong with that,
composers also wanna make a living ;) .
Pay Once, Use Forever
The important essence of real royalty free music is that you only have to pay once (or
nothing). After this single payment, you can use the music forever, without extra invoices
every year, or for every copy you make, or for every medium you use.
Why Use Royalty Free Background Music?
So why use it? Because you save time and money when you do:
* You save time because you don't have to fill in cue sheets and can use your time for
things you do like. * You save money because with music that is
royalty free you pay only once instead of every year or for every medium you use or
for every copy you make.
Beware Of Partly Royalty Free Music!
So it is indeed very smart to use royalty free music. But beware, not all royalty free
music is fully royalty free. A lot of music that is sold or can be download as royalty
free is only partly royalty free.
And this means that some day you suddenly might receive an extra invoice of several
hundreds or thousands euro's or dollars, depending on how you used the music and where you live.
For instance, in The Netherlands you have to pay a couple of hundred euro's each year
when you use music that is not royalty free on the Internet.
Genuine Royalty Free Music
In a future blog post, I will explain the difference between partly and genuine royalty
free music. And I will teach you how to recognize genuine royalty free music.
For now, it is enough to know that all music at RoyaltyFreeComposer.com and BackgroundMusicForFree.com
(FREE royalty free music) is GENUINE royalty free. And that means you only pay once (or
nothing) and can use it forever.