Question: Is anyone aware of a source for recorded public domain music on campus that we can use for a project?
Answers:
*Here is what Vanderbilt is offering students:
Free Music Deal with Ruckus Near — Vanderbilt has a letter of intent on a deal with Ruckus and we’re in final negotiations to offer free music to students. This offer is planned as an addition to the current offering of VUmix at Vanderbilt.
* Note that tunes acquired through Ruckus do not have public performance rights.
*You might check the various Creative Commons sites to see if they have anything that is appropriately licensed. There are quite a few of these popping up.
* If you run a search on “podsafe music” you’ll find sites that provide music offered under the Creative Commons license. This kind of music is often used in podcasts, thus the term “podsafe.”
* It’s not on-campus, but there’s a lot of public domain stuff here:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%2Fmetadata%2Flicenseurl%3Ahttp*publicdomain*
*I’m not sure what you want when you request “public domain music?” Even if the copyright has expired on a composition, there still can be performance rights to a piece.
There are a multitude of services that will sell, for a nominal fee, music for use in web, audio or video productions. I think this is what you might be looking for.
Do a Google search on “Buy out music” or “Needle drop music” for a listing of royalty free music vendors.
*Music at Magnatune.com and music.podshow.com may be used royalty free if the use is in a podcast (which might be loosely defined). Check the conditions of use at both sites. Another source is garageband.com 