Free Music Archive – Free Music Archive lets you search by the type of Creative Commons license you’re willing to work with, or you can filter out only background music in the public domain.
GerryMusic – Gerry Music offers free background music for personal use with Creative Commons attribution.
Incompetech – Incompetech offers background music with different styles like jazz, rock, classics, macabre and more and tracks are available free of charge with proper attribution.
Internet Archives NetLabels – Internet Archives NetLabels offers tracks produced by independent virtual record labels.
TuneTrack – TuneTrack Commercial is a collection of royalty-free tracks with one-time license fees.
Opsound – Opsound offers free to use the music for any purpose, but commercial users should request permission from the creator.
BeatPick – BeatPick allows you to license a song indicating what you’re using it for, which dictates the cost of the license.
Jamendo – Jamendo offers different tracks for different types of video ads, including Facebook, YouTube, radio and TV.
MagnaTune – MagnaTune works directly with artists and states that 50% of the license fee goes directly to the music’s creator.
IMATunes – The German IMATunes offers royalty free tracks without costs “now and in the future”.
Source: Larry Kim
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