Apart from what's going on in your head

Music can make or break a video. The right music can set the mood and reinforce a message, but it can also just be a nice filler sound for quieter moments in videos. The problem, of course, lies in the rights to that music.

Licensing is expensive and the average person can’t afford to pay for a license for different music for every video, and most videos don’t generate enough money to pay royalties. Fortunately, there is an alternative: free ambient music websites.

The Free Music Archive is one of the leading providers of royalty-free music on the web. The company partners with Creative Commons and a number of other sources to obtain free music, resulting in a huge library that creators can use in their own work.