Using+Music+in+My+School+Projects.

**Using Audio in my School Project**
Let's start with a **Review of Copyright.**

Can you use any music you want in your school project?

If your educational project will not be posted out in the public, you may use 10% but not more than 30 seconds of copyrighted music. See this great [|summary of Fair Use in Educational Multimedia] for more details about when this guideline applies. The [|Podcasting Legal Guide] also offers great tips on music and copyright for podcasting and other projects.

If you plan to publish the project publicly, you should stick with royalty free music, public domain music, or music with a creative commons license.

The [|Creative Commons License] is being used to make more and more music available. Check out the [|Audio section of Creative Commons] for the latest music resources for your projects.(Spin Express) If you are not sure how creative commons works, review our Copyright Lesson

Let's start with a guaranteed place to find music for your school projects.
After you have practiced with getting music off this site, you may explore other resources below.

Other Sources for Music and Audio
 * Royalty Free Music** - http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free.html You need a password now for this site. Please see your teacher for this.

Free Play Music: [] [] http://www.audiofeeds.org/ http://www.podsafeaudio.com/ http://www.ipodarmy.com/2005/06/how-to-find-podsafe-music/ (how-to article) [|http://www.magnatune.com] [|http://promonet.iodalliance.com] (a service from IODA (Independent Online Distribution Alliance) that offers podcasters, and others access to thousands of pre-cleared tracks from independent record labels) http://www.pumpaudio.com/index.html (proper licensing of independent music for use in advertising, television, film and the web) http://www.garageband.com/htdb/feed/partners.html (music supplier with large catalog of CC music) [|http://www.gcast.com] (free and simple service that provides entire GarageBand catalog that is podcast safe)

to use the site you log in(or on?) and are then given a password.Please see your teacher for the password. http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music.html New Composers (i.e. http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/) > (I.e. Search by composer for Matt Podd - he only post his scores here, but if you click on Matt's website you will find some mp3 files of his music)
 * moby.com, 'film music'**, is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short.
 * Free for student projects. Free music offerings on this page change. Also includes non musical sounds.
 * Many great composers will offer their music for free (please ask out of courtesy.. and provide credit!)
 * Use advanced search and search for files that include mp3's
 * or search for any music (and contact the composer directly to see if they have an mp3)

Hall Davidson offers this Word document with many great resources for sound in your multimedia websites. http://www.halldavidson.com/R7-SoundResources.doc

Wes Fryer offers a great collection of [|free Audio clips] along with other Information about [|Digital Audio] in his blog Speed of Creativity

Vermont Midi has some resources listed on their Web Sites (scroll down for **Websites for Downloading Free Sounds and Music** http://www.vtmidi.org/files/modifiedforSI06.doc

Tools for working with music or creating your own music
Find out who the musicians are in your school. Honor them by asking them to produce music for your podcast. This could include live musicians, or digital music artists. Ask around and find out who uses Garage Bands, or other music production or composition software (i.e. Sibelius, Finale, Groovy, Cakewalk, etc). If your school teaches Music Composition or participates in the Vermont Midi Project [|www.vtmidi.org] (you'll find great opportunities for free music). If you are PC school, you probably won't have access to GarageBand. There are (as of yet) no PC equivalents at the level of Garageband, but here are a few PC based programs that offer some of the functions of Garageband.

-- Must have [|Audacity] -Which is a free open source program to create and record music. Music Creation > >> [|ITunes] and [|Windows Media Player] can help you organize your music and convert files to MP3.
 * Consider the use of sounds (non music) in your podcast when appropriate. Watch the sense of pride and creativity flow when you ask students to produce sound effects (rather than download them)
 * Garageband software for Macintosh users
 * 1) Alternatives for Windows users (none are a direct match with Garage Band --- sorry!)
 * 2) [|Sony Acid XPress]
 * 3) [|Fruity Loops]
 * 4) [|Super Duper Music Looper]
 * 5) [|Cakewalk Express]
 * 6) [|Cakewalk Kinetics]
 * 7) [|Cakewalk Music Creator]
 * 8) [|Groovy Music]

[|WinAmp] - I've used this [|tricky but doable tutorial] to convert student created midis to Wav files to use in podcast

== [|my bookmarks about podcast music using del.icio.us]== Register your podcast here and you will be allowed to use music from this network Many new composers to be found here. You may find only the sorch file (their sheet music) or midi, or you may be lucky enough to find an mp3. Many artists here would be flattered to have you play their piece for the asking
 * [|Podsafe Music Network] / [|podcast] [|music]
 * [|SibeliusMusic.com] / [|podcast] [|music]
 * [|podsafe music network] / [|podcast] [|music]
 * [|PodSafe Audio - Podsafe Music under the Creative Commons license for Podcasting] / [|podcast] [|music]

Specifically for Podcasting

[|PodShow.com]
 * register your podcast
 * Search and Listen to music
 * add their music to your playlist
 * Then download the MP3
 * Please follow their guidelines