Vimeo, already a favorite among filmmakers and video producers for sharing their work across the web, has launched Music Store, a service designed to help content creators find and add an appropriate soundtrack to their work.
“Finding music to use in your videos can be extremely hard,” said Blake Whitman, Vice President of Creative Development at Vimeo. “Music Store allows users to easily discover, download, and/or purchase tracks without ever needing to leave Vimeo.”
Vimeo Music Store offers over 45,000 of tracks across various genres via partnerships with Audiosocket and FMA (Free Music Archive). These tracks are from thousands of budding artists and composers, and are tagged by Vimeo with over 100 different metadata tags. Directors and music supervisors can sort tracks by genre, themes, mood, tempo, and even instrumentation, to narrow their search, and with thousands of tracks available, the perfect track is readily accessible.
Vimeo Music Store also makes it easy for filmmakers to license their desired music, too. Tracks are available in one of three licenses: Creative Commons (free), Personal Non-commercial ($1.99 per track), Commercial ($98). Vimeo will even lend assistance should a director wish to obtain a license for additional, non-Internet media.
After spending a little time with the service, the interface seems slick and intuitive. Searching is a breeze and users are able to stream a high-quality version of the track right on the results page. Vimeo Music Store also has advanced search terms, so directors can search for only free tracks, only tracks without explicit lyrical content, or only instrumentals. The Vimeo staff also makes their own personal recommendations under a separate tab.
The Vimeo Music Store certainly has the potential to be a favorite tool of student and budding filmmakers, and is a welcome way to bring additional revenue to rights holders.
See for yourself – Vimeo Music Store
