Question / Help [Request] What's a good source of truly free music?

[DryRoastedLemon]

Hey there guys.

I'm looking to find a truly free source of music that I can use on my stream. Apparently Jamendo radio doesn't contain exclusively free music (according to YouTube). Next time I stream I might try SoundCloud, although the content quality over there is very much hit and miss. On the other hand, it might be a good way to advertise some lesser known musicians. Anyway, I'm just looking for some good quality free music source. Preferably an internet radio station.

 

[Krazy]

OCRemix.org

 

[dodgepong]

Here is a OCRemix Radio station: http://ocr.rainwave.cc/

 

[XeiZ]

Afaik you still have to at least put a text up that says this music is by ocremix, most of the tracks have it in the title anyway but not all.
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ This is a place with lots of okayish/good free stuff.
Monstercat has a formular on their page to get permission (and from what i know they give everyone permission, this is more of a "let us know please") and they also have lots of different music under their name.

 

[FerretBomb]

Actually, go read the OCRemix licensing terms. They have a number of requirements that must be met before you're allowed to use them on-stream. Including requiring a link to the ocremix.org site, as well as displaying the title on-screen whenever the track is playing, and not being able to edit the ID3 info or filenames (even for neatness/uniformity with the rest of your collection).

Still a good free source, but not something you can just use however you like, either.


Also as a non-free source, Danny Baranowski has said that he's OK with his music being used on livestreams; if you own the Super Meat Boy or Binding of Isaac soundtracks, they make great fill and bump music. His personal site has a number more atmospheric tracks. His bandcamp has more than reasonable prices for his albums (even if they aren't free).

 

[dodgepong]

Good to know. There are not very many music sources that are free. Personally I don't even bother streaming music unless I already have explicit permission. For example, I wanted to use Metroid Metal on my stream for something, so I emailed the creator and he said it was fine (but it wouldn't have been fine if I hadn't asked).

 

[Krazy]

Actually, go read the OCRemix licensing terms. They have a number of requirements that must be met before you're allowed to use them on-stream. Including requiring a link to the ocremix.org site, as well as displaying the title on-screen whenever the track is playing, and not being able to edit the ID3 info or filenames (even for neatness/uniformity with the rest of your collection).

Still a good free source, but not something you can just use however you like, either.


Also as a non-free source, Danny Baranowski has said that he's OK with his music being used on livestreams; if you own the Super Meat Boy or Binding of Isaac soundtracks, they make great fill and bump music. His personal site has a number more atmospheric tracks. His bandcamp has more than reasonable prices for his albums (even if they aren't free).

These requirements are not actually that big a deal, very easily met.

 

[DryRoastedLemon]

Actually, go read the OCRemix licensing terms. They have a number of requirements that must be met before you're allowed to use them on-stream. Including requiring a link to the ocremix.org site, as well as displaying the title on-screen whenever the track is playing, and not being able to edit the ID3 info or filenames (even for neatness/uniformity with the rest of your collection).

Still a good free source, but not something you can just use however you like, either.

From their content policies I'm getting the idea that all I need to do is that I need to show the name of the track, the artist, and the text "OverClocked ReMix (http://ocremix.org)". This is basically what I was already doing with Jamendo, so I think I should be good.

Thanks for the suggestion, you all :)