If you are making food videos, music is a very important component of your final product. While the sounds of bowls and spoons clanking is normal, you don’t want that in your 1 minute recipe video. The music can and should reflect the recipe. When choosing tracks, I look for songs with 140-180 bpm (beats per minute). I want an upbeat feel to my videos. The music you choose really is a personal preference. While most people don’t really listen to your music on Facebook or Instagram, it’s still a part of the video that can’t be left out. If you don’t won’t to shell out a bunch of money to get a license for a few songs, you can find royalty free music on one of the 3 sites I am listing.
- You Tube Audio Library – You can download any of their music for free for your videos if you have a You Tube account.
- Bensound – Bensound allows you to download some of the music for free. There is a great selection of free music. You are required to disclose that you are using his music under The Creative Commons License.
- Purple Planet – Purple Planet is another site similar to Bensound. They have a lot of great tracks that you can access for free as long as you cite that your got it from the site.
More free music libraries can be found on video editing software. Filmora, Animoto, and Camtasia all have free audio libraries. My only hangup with using those is that you may get flagged on YouTube or Facebook for copyright infringement. It takes less than a day to clear up, but it still takes up time. That has personally happened to me several times on Filmora. I have no experience with the other software programs listed, but it’s a possibility to be aware of when choosing an editing software program.
What music platform are you using? Do you have any to add?
Author: Betsy Ramirez
Betsy is a registered dietitian/nutritionist, homeschool mom, & fairy tale junkie, who loves getting crafty. Being on my bike and lifting weights are my therapy. Thinking outside the box is my jam!
Thanks for sharing! This is super helpful.
Thanks, Amy! So glad it helps!
This is so useful! I haven’t done videos yet, but hope to soon, and this information will come in handy. Thanks for sharing!
Glad it will be helpful to you, Marie! Thanks!
This is great and super useful! Thanks for sharing!
So glad it helps, Kristina!
Pinning for later!! Thanks Betsy! Always such great tips.
So glad you found it helpful, Stacey!
The first two I recommend in my course, but the 3rd was new to me! I’ve shared it with my Video Basics students. Great list!
Thank you, Regan! Yes, Purple Planet is a great site that is often overlooked. So glad you found it useful!
Fun! Thanks for sharing!
I hope you find it useful, Katie!
Thank you! I definitely will be checking these out!
Thanks, Holley!
Thanks for sharing, Betsy! This is often an afterthought but so important. It would be horrible to go through the work and post a video only to have it deleted for copyright infringement!
You are so welcome! Yes, it’s not fun to be flagged. I hope you find these useful!
Thanks for sharing! I haven’t made any videos yet, but it’s on my list to do – this will be super useful when I do!
I am so glad you found it useful, Brittany! Thank you!