On July 4, 2022, I issued a 3 minute video overview of free music for YouTube videos. Here's a summary of the links I discussed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxqZPEedwAw
I use music both with my business videos (such as intro music) and for my entertainment videos, which might have soundtracks that are all music, no narration.
Business Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/brucequinn
Personal Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQFeWyTpzYGJbYc1vXg7GZQ
Since I've seen videos describing other people's nightmare problems with copyright (even causing YouTube closure), I'm careful with copyrighted music.
Links mentioned - Notes that each website may have its own rules. For example, I think Uppbeat has (1) registration, (2) several free downloads per month, (3) each download must get its own code link which you must display in your video notes. Check each website for current rules.
https://unsplash.com/ photos https://www.pexels.com/ photos videos https://pixabay.com/ photos videos music; many ads for iStock https://www.rawpixel.com/ Rawpixel has a "public domain" setting which serves up historical pictures (as well as modern ones). https://mixkit.co/ Mixkit is related to "ENVATO" subscription media resources: ( While poking around free sites is fun, an ENVATO subscription may be practical for regular creators. Circa $20/mo. )
https://www.envato.com/ https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html https://audionautix.com/ Entry point for Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture/arts-culture-resources/legalmusicforvideos/ For Creative Commons, public domain, see also IMSLP https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page And see https://freemusicarchive.org/genre/Europe/ https://uppbeat.io/ https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/ https://www.freesoundmusic.eu/ https://www.youtube.com/c/FreesoundMusic My "YouTube Music Studio Mix Tape" sampler of some YouTube music (unlisted video). Note if you open the text box on this video, it's time indexed for each track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lw9AEFs5Qo
In the video, I also discuss that your editor may have music options. (In my editor, Filmora 11, I click the top bar for AUDIO which accesses both music tracks and sound effects). In YouTube, if you have a YouTube channel, click on your channel in upper right, then select YouTube Studio. Now, go to the far left and scroll down until you see Audio Library. Here, you have a few hundred tracks good-to-go for YouTube videos (some require written credit in your notes).
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Side notes.
For interesting and lively videos on how modern composers used computers and instrument synthesizers, see Guy Michelmore:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMHG0rJtVF1LohiP63FJakw
Not directly related to copyright-free, but examples of really nice music found on YouTube - guitar -
Here's a lesson from "Active Melody," the first 60 seconds are a nice tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=bhFiongPpbQ
