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What is Royalty Free Music? If you are a professional in the music industry, then you would have heard of royalties. This is when retail industries or the radio has to pay a fee to the music creator for broadcasting the music in its original format. In royalty free music, the creator sells the music for a one time fee, which means that you don't have to pay to use it in any forms of media such as music, internet or advertisements etc. It is usually of high quality and its popularity is increasing with time. How to find Royalty Free Music? The best way of finding royalty free music is to go to online websites. Beware that there are many websites that claim to sell royalty free music but are of poor quality. Usually, you have to pay a license fee to use the music before downloading it, if you are thinking of using the music in a commercial setting. You must always check the licensing information in their terms and conditions section, or if you are not sure contact the owner of the website. Some websites deliberately tag their audio files, meaning that they reduce the quality of the music to prevent theft of their audio property. If the website cannot give you a preview at all of any of their collection, then it is likely fake and not an appropriate site to visit. Other websites contain collections of where the royalties have expired or under a Creative Commons License, meaning you can download them freely without any charge. Sometimes, you have to give credit to the source of the music creator as part of the condition. These are fantastic sites to use as you can then use these in your music or films without any worry of copyright infringement. Examples of such sites include Public Domain 4u (http://www.publicdomain4u.com), which features music that are in the public domain. Other sites include Musopen (http://www.musopen.org) and ccMixter (http://ccmixter.org). Conclusion Royalty music is a valuable asset for the music professional or for those looking to use music in their music or film scores. They are either bought with a one-off fee, given for free with permission from the artist or works which have expired or now in the public domain. Searching for these music is easy and mostly done online in various websites. When you download, always be aware of the quality of the music -make sure you get high quality playback and do not forget to check the licensing conditions.