My Hobby Soundtrack

The question I have to answer most thanks to YouTube is, 'where do you find the channel music for your videos'?

The answer is simple ….. YouTube Audio Library!

You will find the Audio Library in YouTube Studio. The Audio Library is massive, 'daunting' would be a good word to describe the task of searching through everything it has to offer. It is worth taking a couple of days to have a good search through as there is some incredible music available for free to use in your videos with no need for attribution.

We all have our musical preferences & using this to search through the Audio Library is an advantage. For example, I narrowed down my search parameters by limiting the Genre's I search to 'Cinematic' & 'Hip Hop & Rap'. To limit the results even further, I make sure to select very specific Mood, 'Dark' & 'Dramatic'. This returns 608 different songs / tunes for me to work through, more than I will ever need!

The YouTube Audio Library also has the convenience of allowing the user to favourite/star the music that you find that works for you. Even though I'm limiting my search not all the music I find is either Dark or Dramatic, in fact some I find very uplifting.

I am looking for some very specific attributes to the music, I am mainly looking for any tracks that can be easily broken up into sections I can either shorten or lengthen. The reason for this is simple, it would be very difficult to find a tracks the fit any given sections of video I produce. This also has the advantage of being able to completely remove parts of a track that don't fit in with the sound of my channel. If I find a track I like that I can't break down I limit the length of that track to no more 90 seconds.

The yellow section can be completely removed as it doesn't fit with my channel sound. The blue sections are the break down of the original track & can be used in a number of combinations.

Sometimes I need something that lasts 2 or 3 minutes, other times I may only want 30 seconds. Being able to manipulate any given track to fit what I need was a mind blowing moment of realisation. This can be done using your video editing software & only really requires you to be able to count to four.

I can't tell you how much of a difference this makes to the quality of videos. I have come to realise sound design is an important aspect of production & has become an indispensable part of my work flow.

The video on this page is just a sample of the music I use, it is unlisted & only available here. I hope you enjoy it & we will speak soon!