YouTube launch royalty-free audio library

Sick of uploading that awesome video of your living room twerking only to see is indiscriminately taken down before the likes start rolling in? YouTube has a solution. The company today announced a new royalty-free audio library that allows filmmakers to select and download tracks without risking copyright infringement.

Announcing the news on their blog, Google’s music site said anyone can now access more than 150 royalty-free instrumental songs for free to use “for any creative purpose” – not just YouTube videos.

“We searched far and wide for musicians to create tracks for us and ended up finding co-conspirators in multiple places: an acquaintance down in LA, music houses across the country and a well-known music producer in Brooklyn. And it turns out the latter produced albums for Phish and Sean Lennon,” the blog explains.

Tracks are organised by genre, mood, duration and featured instruments, to assist users in sifting through and finding the perfect gem to accompany that great vid.

YouTube are also encouraging musicians to follow in the footsteps of Moby who recently re-launched his own royalty-free music site and contribute their own music to the library.