 What is up folks and welcome back to another video. As you can see, I have a little Christmas light behind me just because Christmas is coming soon. So the video I just saw was shot on my iPhone 11 Pro Max here in Zurich, Switzerland, where I currently live. Now there are many elements that need to come together to be able to create a good video. One of the most important components is music. I find that music is half the viewing experience compared without. Music evokes emotions in people and depending on what music you use, it can make the viewer feel a certain emotion like happiness or sadness. That is why music is so crucial when creating your videos. You want to convey the right mood to your audience by choosing the right music to match with your videos. Now finding good music can be challenging. That is why I teamed up with Audio, who is the sponsor of today's video. Audio is a brand new music licensing platform for creatives that offer a lifetime music licensing plan, which includes full commercial usage. So in other words, you can use their music for a lifetime for any of your projects. And the great part is they keep adding music to their library. So in this video, I will talk about what's great about using their music and also show you how to use the audio platform as it's very intuitive so that you can find the perfect music for your videos. So let's get started. So the Lifetime Music Catalog is currently available for $299, but if you stick till the end, I have a discount code for you, which you will get $100 off from the Lifetime membership. This is one of the most affordable licensing platforms on the market because not only do you get music for a lifetime, but they also provide good music. So the video you saw in the beginning, the music was from Audio and about 95% of the sound effects were from Audio as well. Now I wouldn't do a sponsored video with Audio if I didn't believe in their music licensing platform. And this limited offer is something I find really important to share with you guys so that you can benefit from it as well. Other platforms are more restrictive. There are music licensing platforms out there where they just allow you to use one song for one project. Sometimes you even have to pay per song, which can get really expensive, whereas with Audio, you can download as many songs as you like. You can use the music in any of your videos, be it for YouTube, like I do, for commercial use, podcasts, or privately, you don't have to worry about copyright issues. The only distribution that is not covered under the subscription license is broadcast television and theatrical release, which most of us small creators probably won't need. If you do, you can simply contact them for the additional distribution. Audio currently adds high quality music every week around 50 to 100 songs. They currently have 4,000 high quality songs in their music library, and they keep adding new songs every day so it's an ever-expanding library. Let me now walk you through Audio's music licensing platform and show you how I search for the right music. So this is Audio's website. As you can see, it looks really intuitive. They also worked with some big brands over here, and the first thing I do when I search for music is I click on browse and select music. And in that music, you have different folders and like genre, mood, elements, energy, and all that, that will help you find the right music. So for genre, I can, for example, click on cinematic and electronic and that will sort of give me a selection of songs to choose from. And the great part is you also see the waveforms which helps identify if there's a crescendo in the song. You also have these dollar signs, which is important if you want to monetize your videos on YouTube, so make sure to look for the dollar sign. Most of them have it, but just to keep in mind. The next thing you can do is select mood. So maybe you wanna go for a more exciting or epic mood. So in the element section, you can also select the type of instrument or maybe you want some ooze and Oz in your song. So here you can select the energy of your music. You have vocals, also the duration, which I sometimes use, you know, if I'm shooting like a really short clip, I can just drag it back and just select maybe 30 seconds and it will just show me. And if you just want instrumental, they also have a selection for that. Another way to get the instrumental is if you click on the artist, usually they have their instrumental in their album as well. So as you can see, if I play this and I can skip it by clicking on the waveform. So that's pretty nice. So I can also add it to my favorites if I select the heart. And then I can go to my favorites over here and it will automatically put it into that favorite folder. So another great part is you can add the songs to your playlist. You can just select new playlist and then type the name of your playlist. I already have two playlists right here, vlogs and YouTube. And this is great because sometimes I like to use the song multiple times for my YouTube videos and I don't have to look for it again. So to download the song, just click on the down arrow and then you can select the project type. So this is for YouTube, select advertisement and select the distribution, which is internet and click on create licensing. And then you can select download now. So once you download the song, they also provide you with a PDF copy of the license, which protects you against claims. So in the sound effects section, you have cinematic collections, which I find really great. I checked out the aura, which I thought fit pretty well for my video and they have some really high quality sound effects in here. You're also able to select different categories like whoosh, weather, water and all of that great stuff. So let's for example, click on whoosh and here again, very intuitive. You can do a narrow searched or select duration. Mostly I go with the narrow search for the opening door transition. I selected sci-fi. So you have this. I think I use this energy well. Yeah, exactly. Which sounds pretty great. And to download the song, it's pretty simple. Again, just click on this and select download and you're good. If you want to search for a sound effect, you can select search all and you can just type in the sound effect you're looking for. So audio offers three price options. The first one is the music and sound effects subscription for $199 per year. Then there is the lifetime music membership for $299. Again, this is a one-time payment, which is available for a limited time. But if you use the code holiday alongside with my affiliate link, you get $100 off, which will then only cost you $199 for a lifetime subscription, which is great. And then at last, you have the lifetime sound effects membership for $199, which you pay one time to get unlimited access to every sound effect they have in their audio catalog for life. As far as my experience goes with using the platform, it really has a lot to offer, especially with their current lifetime membership offer. A lot of my YouTuber friends did a similar review and think likewise. Let me know in the comment section below what you think about audio. If you find any value in this video, make sure to leave a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel so that I can keep creating valuable videos for you guys. Make sure to follow me on Instagram, at bennettgrazer. And if you're interested in some of my other filmmaking tutorials, make sure to stick around and watch these two videos to level up your filmmaking craft. Thank you so much for watching and I will see you in the next video guys. Take care. Bye.