Saturday, March 26, 2011

Resource Of The Week: Incometech- Truly Royalty-Free Music

This week's Resource Of The Week is truly a gift to those of us who need access to music for our projects. Whether you are creating a book trailer or videos for your blog/site, Incometech is one of those site's that will have you drooling over what is available.

Incometech is the creation of Kevin MacLeod, a very talented and generous music composer. Here are the bullets for why I think you should bookmark this site now:

  • When Kevin says his music is free to use, that's what he means. He only asks for attribution, rightly so. Check out his FAQs for yourself.

  • He is talented- very talented; and he creates all the music on his site himself. Check out this sample I downloaded from his site: Clenched Teeth, Action category



  • His library of music is vast, but well organized.

  • You can search by "Genre" and by "Feel" (Click on the screenshot in the pic to see his simple search engine interface.

  • While he is very generous with his talent, he does accept donations on his site. All he asks for is $5 and you will get what others might charge hundreds of dollars for. And the donations are voluntary.

  • Yes, he takes requests! In the unlikely event that you can't find the perfect score for your project, Kevin does have a service where he will write the piece you are looking for. Of course, this is a premium service, but it's nice to have this option.
If you're looking for music, or think you will ever need to, then check out Incometech and look around. I bet you'll thank me for introducing Kevin and his site to you.

Oh, and one other thing... for the record, I don't know Kevin, nor am I an affiliate of his. I'm just a fan who is blown away by his talent and generosity, a fan who wants to share this resource with you.

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Tony Eldridge is the author of The Samson Effect, an action/adventure novel that Clive Cussler calls a "first rate thriller brimming with intrigue and adventure." He is also the author of the Twitter marketing book, Conducting Effective Twitter Contests.

3 comments:

Bill Peschel on March 27, 2011 4:33 PM said...

Good deed! I used Kevin MacLeod's service for my video promoting "Writers Gone Wild," and he has a lot of great music to choose from, in a wide variety of moods. I used one piece to open the video, so a few seconds' listening will show you how it can be used in the wild.

Tony Eldridge on March 28, 2011 12:57 AM said...

Thanks for your comment, Bill! I loved Kevin's piece that you used in your video. It's amazing how music sets the tone for the whole video.

Jewelbeat on May 20, 2011 9:11 PM said...

Do check out http://www.jewelbeat.com/ for a good selection if music to use for your projects. Thanks.

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