Originally published at: You've definitely heard Kevin McLeod's music - Boing Boing
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Perhaps the article explains it but, how does he make seven figures if his work is free for commercial use?
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Listening to clips of his songs, I thought I was listening to NPR or some high production value podcast: I guess his stuff is ubiquitous in intros and outros.
It’s funny, I must have discovered his website when it was brand new (long before the existence of Tiktok and the current era of Youtube), and I had no idea it was his work was what I was hearing every time I went on Youtube. Doesn’t surprise me, though.
It doesn’t really:
Even with the Creative Commons license, he’s still earned over seven figures—mostly from other countries that don’t always follow the same payment protocol.
I always assumed that he did compositions for hire and the free stuff was his calling card, but that doesn’t seem to be the case?
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I’ve first used Kevin’s music back in 2009 and still use it today. A true internet resource! The man deserves a gold star!
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His music was a staple when I was an undergrad making video art.
If you use his music for free, you must credit him. If you cannot for some reason you must license the music. Also, he accepts donations.
Mostly I have heard him groan when yet another would-be homeowner tells him they’re planning to do the project management themselves
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I’ve been making slideshows since first using an actual projector then a light box, video camera, my stereo, and a VHS camera.
Then video software, then dedicated slideshow software.
For just a few photos I still enjoy manually doing it with video software playing with effects.
I recently did a 300 photo show so I bought some new software.
It came with 200 quality music tracks.
I wonder how much those composers earn from licensing thier stuff to software companies for libraries.
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