{"id":1088,"date":"2018-04-30T12:25:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T10:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2020-08-09T15:45:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T13:45:51","slug":"stock-music-library-royalty-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/general\/stock-music-library-royalty-free\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a royalty-free stock music library?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1183\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/home\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1183\" title=\"royalty-free music for timelapse videos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/GEMAfreie-Musik-f&#252;r-Timelapse-Videos.jpg\" alt=\"royalty-free music for timelapse videos\" width=\"361\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">royalty-free music for timelapse videos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stock Music is an affordable alternative to the use of well-known music in a promotional film, corporate video or commercial spot.<\/p>\n<p>It has been produced specifically for the use in audio and audiovisual productions. Stock Music is also very often used as background music in stores, hotels or airports. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/search\">Proud Music Library<\/a> offers licenses for sound systems to use the music as background music.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-911\" style=\"width: 351px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/search\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-911\" title=\"Royalty-free Music for airports\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Background-music-for-airports.jpg\" alt=\"Royalty-free Music for airports\" width=\"351\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Background-music-for-airports.jpg 2472w, https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Background-music-for-airports-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Background-music-for-airports-1024x309.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Background-music-for-airports-768x232.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Background-music-for-airports-1536x464.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Background-music-for-airports-2048x618.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Royalty-free Stock Music for airports, hotels and malls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the past stock music was delivered on CD in the Red Book audio format to allow easy cueing and rapid synchronization. Today, simple download a stock music track online. The most tracks that are provided by <strong>stock music libraries<\/strong> are registered with a collecting society, for example, ASCAP, BMI, SOCAN, PRS, SIAE, PRS and APRA. For this there are extra fees for the public performance or mechanical reproduction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Start to search directly here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.proudmusiclibrary.com\/en\/search\/\" method=\"post\" target=\"_blank\"><input style=\"padding: 5px; width: 400px;\" name=\"track_name[]\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" \/> <input style=\"padding: 5px; background: #1F559F; text-transform: uppercase; border-radius: 7px 12px 7px 12px;\" name=\"do_submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\" Search now! \" \/><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Proud Music Library you will find plenty of royalty-free stock music. About 1\/3 of music (about 10,500 songs,\u00a0 Feb. 2018) is completely royalty-free stock music (PRO-free) and as such also featured.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 38px; left: 200px;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stock Music is an affordable alternative to the use of well-known music in a promotional film, corporate video or commercial spot.<\/p>\n<p>It has been produced specifically for the use in audio and audiovisual productions. 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