Simple, Free Music Licensing for Creatives

Sourcing royalty-free music for your creative projects should be easier. That’s what I thought in 2015 — back when I was editing marketing videos for clients.

So, I decided to scratch my own itch and launched Music for Makers. And for the next several years, I released a new royalty-free song every week for a growing audience of creative folks like you.

Initially, I shared the songs for free in exchange for an email address. Later, I built a modest, paid library of music. And my simple little business carried on like this for a while.

Then, in 2024, after a considerable break from actively working on Music for Makers, I took a fresh and honest look at the music licensing industry. And I realized it had changed. A lot.

When I started my business, music licensing was very cost-prohibitive. It was all but impossible to find affordable sources of good royalty-free music that didn’t require attribution. (Not to mention, you practically needed a law degree to understand all the legal mumbo jumbo in the license agreements.)

But today, that’s simply not true.

In the last several years, many services that offer high-quality music for free or for very reasonable fees have emerged. And if that weren’t enough, I think we’re about to see the entire industry upended by artificial intelligence.

Faced with these realities, I knew it was time for a change. And after some reflection, I decided to return to my roots and my mission of helping people make cool stuff.

Full stop.

No elaborate business strategy. No ultimate goal of turning it into a full-time gig. Just a commitment to putting something good out into the world.

As such, Music for Makers is once again a free (donations greatly appreciated!) source of original, human-made royalty-free music.

And I can’t wait to see what you create with it.

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