Course: Audio Recording and Podcasting

Enhancing Your Audio with Music

 There are times that you might wish to enhance your audio with music. Podsafe audio can be legally used in a podcast and freely distributed online for others to download. There's actually so much podsafe music online that you can spend hours sifting through it.  Spend all the time you want ... AT HOME ... in class you will only have a limited amount of time.  There are just a few rules that you should be aware of.

According to Copyright and Fair Use Laws you may not use music tracks that you are copying from a CD (even if you own it)  You must use Royalty Free Music.

You will find this type of music on the docserver amorgan/Hand-out/Royalty Free Music.  You can also locate Podsafe music.  Podsafe music is a term used to describe a recording (usually musical) that is not governed by copyright restrictions.

The Podsafe Music Network (www.music.podshow.com) actively recruit musical recordings artists who want their music shared through podcasting. Naturally, where ever you get music tracks, you should ALWAYS at the end of your podcast show tell your audience where you got the music and who the artist is.

You can also mix and create  your own music using Audacity.

Questions?