Finding Creative Commons Content

Pixabay includes thousands of royalty-free songs that fall under either Public Domain or the Pixabay 'content license.' Both allow for use in videos, podcasts and other projects.

Need music for your next project? The FMA has a huge library of openly licensed audio.

Many bands make their music open by providing a creative commons license. Bandcamp doesn't have a perfect way to find these bands, but the creative commons tag (this link) or searching the term "creative commons" will provide many options.

Creative Commons has a Soundcloud channel with many options.

Choose from thousands of songs and type of license (attribution required or not required). Add to your YouTube video after upload or view the library (this link) to download and use in various projects.

"We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music free." Login required for downloads.

"SoundBible.com offers thousands of free sound effects, sound clips, and straight up sounds." Various CC licenses.

Pixabay also has an astounding 70,000+ sound effects to use in videos, podcasts and other projects (all openly licensed and royalty-free).

ZapSplat includes thousands of sounds for videos and podcasts. All content is free for any use but must include attribution (license info). Login required to download content.

Freesound is a collaborative database of audio released under Creative Commons licenses. Login required to download content.

"This is a community music remixing site featuring remixes and samples licensed under Creative Commons licenses." Useful for creating music.