Promotional Video Music

The promotional video that we are producing will be put up on the college's website and as such needs to feature music that is completely copyright free, avoiding any risk of it being taken down due to copyright strikes. We decided to browse on Soundcloud, specifying our search to account that specialise in royalty free music.

'Alumo' is one of those accounts, creating a variety of music from jazz, ukulele, dubstep and hip hop.

This is his bio on soundcloud, which runs through his remit and and his accolades such as providing music for Sony, CBS and BBC. This made his music the perfect option for us because not only does it eliminate any worry of copyright strikes, but it assures us that he is a reputable source and what he says is the truth. 

The track that we chose to use is called 'Away With You' which he classifies as 'Chillhop", a subgenre of hip hop with a laid back approach. The main reason we chose this song was because the tempo was just right for us. Some of his tracks were too bouncy and high energy, and others were slightly too relaxed and would serve better as background music. The track seems to be influences by Kanye West's early career, as it features a lot of pitched up vocals which West made famous in the mid 2000's.

This is the description of the song, which confirms that it is copyright free and is allowed to be used in videos so long as you are not making money off of them which is not something that we will be doing. There is an option to buy a commercial license if we were to monetise the video however. The one condition for free use of the track is that we credit Alumo in the description of wherever the video gets posted which we will make sure the client is aware of.