 Hey, need music for your videos? Tired of getting copyright strikes for the Backstreet Boys tracks you used in your latest video? Well, look no further. Today, Mike covers royalty free options so you can start rocking and stop striking. What is up everyone? My name is Zesty Mike and today we're going to talk about music. One of the most common questions I get asked is what is the name of the song inside of my videos? So I decided to devote today's video entirely to that, with copyright infringement being one of the leading causes of channel deletion, it is very important to find royalty free music that won't get you in trouble. Now of course, if you're a freedom partner, you have a vast selection from music from places like fixed or position music or epidemic sound. And of course, on top of that, there's lots of other different royalty free sites where you can use their music for free as long as you credit the creator of the song. However, that is not what I do. What I like to do is work directly with the artist. I seek out smaller artists who have a lot of talent and potential. Now if you weren't going to deal with this artist, you are the only one who has access to said music. And working on a deal most of the time can be as easy as simply giving credit to the author. Now let's compare this to a site like Incompetek where everyone has access to it. Got to the point where I was using the site where I could recognize each and every song and actually remember the name of the song that was used in the video. I got fed up with it and that's when I decided to start working directly with artists. I personally prefer working with the artist because it gives you unique works of art that other people haven't heard before. On top of getting unique works, you're helping another starving artist. You don't have to worry about copyright strikes or third-party infringement and you get new batches of music whenever they create new material. I'm currently working with a producer named Ken Waters who makes background music or beats for other people's songs and if they're commercial free then he sends them off to me to use in the videos as long as I credit him in the description. So if this is something that you think you might be interested in, do some scouting, look at your local talent, see if there's anyone you might be interested in working with locally and if that doesn't work, check Facebook or YouTube and you'd be surprised at the amount of talent you can find that's unnoticed. Another option that I did for a while is actually create my own music. If you're like me this idea sounds really scary, however it can be quite easy if you take the easy way out. The easy way out is by using royalty free loops. Now you can purchase packs of loops or you can actually purchase software that comes pre-loaded with a bunch of different loops to choose from. Me personally I use a program called MixCraft. This program has tons of great beat packs and loops and the cool thing is you can even import your video into it and score your music directly onto the video. And if you're fancy then you can add your own sounds using a keyboard or even a virtual keyboard. So in short the answer to the question what is the name of the song used in your video? I can't really answer that because these aren't actual songs that have actual names. Again there's background tracks that are used for other stuff and I have the rights to use them inside my videos because we worked out a deal with an artist. So if you're looking to go further into YouTube or build your brand then you might want to look into working directly with an artist so you can start personalizing yourself in a more unique fashion. And who knows if you're lucky they might be able to make stuff specifically for you as well. Anyways guys that's it for me today if you want to see more of my tips and tricks you can click the link in the sidebar and if you want to see more of me you can click the link down in the description to visit my channel. We run a daily vlog channel where we put a lot of effort into it and lately we've been trying to do a lot more. I'd love to see your guys' input on that and of course guys I'll see you next week. See ya. Impulse is produced by the Freedom Network. Ever wanted to earn revenue from your videos? Freedom offers a great partnership program which includes access to hundreds of thousands of audio tracks, sponsorships with great partners and most importantly a no lock in contract. You can leave it any time for any reason. We accept everyone both big and small. For more information click here or visit the link in the video description.