Music Resources

Music and Sounds

Everything on the World Wide Web is automatically copyrighted, including music and sounds. Even though it's fairly easy to find sounds on the web, you may or may not be able to legally use them. See the Notes on Fair Use. There are 4 categories of music and sounds listed below: Royalty-Free Music--Students and teachers may use this music for non-commercial, school-related projects without paying a "royalty" to the creator. You can use this music for in-school projects, web pages, and projects to be viewed outside of school without permission,though you should still credit the source. "Free" Music and Sounds--You can use these songs and sounds without asking for permission for in-school projects, web pages, and projects to be viewed outside of school,though you should still credit the source. "Free" Music and Sounds, with Restrictions--You can use these songs and sounds for in-school projects and in most cases web pages and projects to be viewed outside of school as long as you carefully read and follow the "usage guidelines" on each page. You should still credit the source. Copyrighted Music and Sounds: Use of these songs and sounds is limited by the "Fair Use Guidelines." Notes on Fair Use: The "Fair Use Guidelines" say you can use 10% or 30 seconds of a copyrighted sound/song, whichever is less, for: school-related projects in-school projects (such as presentations given in school), but NOT on web pages up to 2 years after the completion of your project Have fun!

Royalty-Free Music:
	RoyaltyFreeMusic.com Sound Effects	These tracks and sound effects may be used in personal, non-commercial projects, as long as credit is given and a link is provided to RoyaltyFreeMusic.com. Students CAN use this music on web pages or on projects to be viewed outside of school without permission.
	Stock20	SBSD has a license that permits us to use this music for non-commercial, school-related projects without restriction. You CAN use this music on web pages or on projects to be viewed outside of school without permission.

"Free" Music and Sounds:
	3D Cafe	A collection of free sound effects. Note: As of 4/30/09, the "free stuff" is not available. Please let me know if you discover that this changes. Thanks.
	Animal Sounds	A collection of free animal sounds from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
	AudioSparx Free Zone	A collection of free music and sound effects for non-commercial student projects.
	Boogie Jack's Sound Effects	Be sure to read paragraphs 1 and 4 in the "Copyright Policy," link at the bottom of the page.
	Microsoft Clip Library	A searchable collection of thousands of items, including sounds. (Select "Sounds" in the Search pull-down menu near the top of the screen.) Licensed users of Microsoft products are free to use these items for non-commercial purposes.
	Musopen	A source of free, public domain classical music for use in any project.

"Free" Music and Sounds, with some restrictions on use:
	Classic Cat	A catalog of free-to-download classical MP3s. Some of the sites linked to may have usage restrictions.
	Free Music Directory	A searchable index of many web sites. Not all the music on these sites is free, so be sure to read the "Terms of Use" on each page.
	Freeplay Music	A searchable index of almost 5,000 tracks. Students can use these tracks for in-school student projects only. Tracks CANNOT be used for web pages or projects that will be visible outside of school.
	Midi and MP3 Links by Cynthia Shirk	A fairly extensive list of Midi and MP3 resource pages. Some of the sites linked to may have usage restrictions. (Please let me know if you find one of these that is particularly useful for student projects. Thanks.)
	Sound Sources	A list of links to several sources of sounds. NOTE: You need to verify that you have permission to use any clips you find.

Copyrighted Music and Sounds--Use of these tracks is limited by the "Fair Use Guidelines":
	Last.FM	A searchable catalog of a wide variety of music. You must adhere to the Fair Use Guidelines for this music.
This page was created by Barbara Gill and updated by Steve Webster, with assistance from Alan Lei (Class of 2009). For comments or questions please e-mail itemail This page was last updated on 5/11/09 To the ITE page Back to the Page You Came From..