Reggie San Miguel had been following doobydobap long before she had any idea who he was. She was just someone whose videos he watched. Then she started using one of his songs. Then she opened a vlog by whistling it, telling her audience it had been stuck in her head....
Travel videos are one of the most competitive formats on YouTube - and the music is often what separates footage that feels like a home movie from a video worth watching twice. The right track matches the energy of what's on screen: upbeat and forward-moving for a...
Thematic is proud to announce the launch of the Thematic mobile app, bringing the seamless experience you know and love directly to your fingertips, wherever creativity strikes. With 1M+ signed-up users on its successful web platform, the Thematic app offers an...
You just filmed the perfect TikTok. The lighting is great, your timing is on point, and the content is genuinely good. You post it - and then you get the notification nobody wants: your video has been muted due to a music copyright issue. Sound familiar? You are...
Ten years into his career, Tim Schaufert almost skipped the release that would become his most successful song. He didn't think much of it. He played it for his girlfriend, the only other person to hear it before it went out - she wasn't sold either. He had an open...
Takashio Matsumoto did not set out to become a YouTube creator. He set out to remember his wife. She passed away at 58. The years after her death were, in his own words, years of paralysis - an intense sense of loss that did not lift quickly and did not lift...
Most creators discover YouTube Creator Music the same way - they want to use a real song in a video without getting hit with a copyright claim, and YouTube Studio's music tab looks like the answer. It's worth understanding what that answer actually costs, what it...
Zeke Reed was somewhere on his mountain in Topanga when he found out he had a theme song. Not the way artists usually get theme songs - no TV placement, no brand brief. There was a creator in Korea named Cream Park who made videos about sandwiches. Artisan sandwiches,...
He was about to finish his Computer Science degree when he realized he couldn't. Not couldn't finish - he was close enough. What he couldn't do was keep pretending that was the plan. "Right as I was about to get my degree, I just felt this undeniable pull towards...
Bensound was many creators' first answer to "where do I get free music for YouTube." It showed up in the tutorials, it was easy to find, and the tracks were right there for the taking - as long as you credited the site in your description. For a lot of creators, that...
Before she found a better way, Anja Kotar was doing it manually. Reaching out to creators one by one, building spreadsheets, trying to get her music into the right videos. Not exactly the image people have of an independent artist. But she had a reason for all of it...
Music for Brands gives marketing teams and creative agencies lifetime-licensed, copyright-safe music from real independent artists - the same tracks already resonating with 1M+ creators. A wave of high-profile copyright lawsuits has put brand marketing teams on...