out of the blue

Looking for some great music to use with your website that doesn’t have all that legal mumbo jumbo attached to it?  Well, I cannot entirely eliminate the jumbo, but I can help you out…check out Jamendo!! It’s a great site that has thousands of artists and their songs all available for YOU to use.  The catch?  All songs are licensed under CreativeCommons.  What is CreativeCommons you ask?  Basically it’s a free way of licensing your music that allows others to use your music for free, provided that they follow the restrictions that you place on it.  The most lenient of these licenses is the Attribution license.  It allows anyone to use your music (for commercial or non-commercial) provided that they give you credit.  It’s THAT simple.   There are a lot of CreativeCommons licenses, so it’s best that you read about them BEFORE you use Jamendo.  So to tidy up this article for the lazy:

Do you want to put music in a video or website you are creating?  Yes?  Continue…

1.  Go on to CreativeCommons and read about the different types of licensing and what they mean.

2.  Go to Jamendo and pick out your music using the simple CC Icons on the side of the site as your guide.

3.  Use the desired music and credit/license it appropriately.

Hope this helps!!