5 Music Licensing Mistakes that Can Make Your Video Disappear from YouTube

YouTube flagged your video for using background music? Here are some common reasons why. I’ll start with one of the most common “suggestions” that I often see popping up in Yahoo Answers, Quora, and in numerous blog posts around the Web. Myth 1: I can use any music I like if I give credit to …

How Royalty Free Music Libraries Hurt Music Industry, or Do They?

I recently came across an interesting (and somewhat controversial) infographics by the Production Music Association (PMA). In that infographics, the PMA presented a variety of thoughts arguing that royalty free music hurts the traditional music industry. In this post I’m sharing my comments on the topic. Terminology: What is “performance royalty”? First of all, let’s …

10 Common Problems with YouTube Promotional Video and How to Fix Them

10 reasons your promotional video is failing to bring new clients and 10 tips to improve your video marketing results on YouTube If you are using video to promote your business or services on YouTube, you certainly are on the right track. Your hopes are that the video helps to spread the word about your …

5 BIG Reasons to Add Background Music to Your Business Video

How Background Music Can Help Promoting Your Business on YouTube In this post I will explain why you should seriously consider using background music in your business video, in order to to grab viewers attention, set the tone, engage, and to create emotional connection with your prospective clients. Experts agree: video is among today’s top …

What is Royalty Free Music?

Not sure what “Royalty Free” means or how can you safely use royalty-free music in your project? In this post I am going to introduce you to the royalty-free music concept and to explain in what cases you can safely use royalty free music in commercial and non-commercial videos, games, and other media projects. What …