A growing number of companies are venturing into the world of royalty-free stock music. Shutterstock and Epidemic Sound are two examples of this.
Now, VideoBlocks (a royalty-free stock video service) has joined the royalty-free stock music game with their new platform, AudioBlocks. VideoBlocks also runs GraphicStock, a royalty-free stock image library.
AudioBlocks will soon have a library of 100,000 “high quality” tracks, sound effects, and loops. Subscriptions are $99 a year and come with unlimited downloads. In contrast, Shutterstock licenses are between $79 and $499 per track.
New users can test out the service with a seven day trial, which comes with 140 downloads.
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That’s why companies like Dittybase went bankrupt.
Is it true that the owner disappeared and that the writers never got paid?
Yes, it’s true. Lance took our money and run away.
Dittybase didn’t go bankrupt. They vanished into thin air to avoid paying the writers.
More evidence of an oversupply of “good enough” music now that the means of production (digital audio recorders and effects, virtual instruments, and loops) are available to everyone.
I guess if music is free so should food be too!!!
When food and any other tangible good / service can be infinitely digitally copied and downloaded, then it will be free. Music and the print media are merely the first victims. No scarcity = no value.
This is not a fail, but a future fail. Crystal ball don’t fail me now.
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YAY! Thank you. You just gave me a source to solve a major problem. Today, one can buy 15 sec spots on some stations for $15-$20 each. Spending $100 for a music bed is cost prohibitive, when you also pay $20 and up per voiceover for someone to cut the spot. This helps. Thank you. I am signing up as we speak.
If you can’t afford to spend $100 for good music, then the product you are pushing is not good enough.
I agree.
If you can’t charge – and get people to pay – $100 for your music, then maybe the music you are pushing is not good enough.
AudioBlocks is totally free for the first 7 days. You won’t be billed unless you keep your account open past the 7-day trial period, and then it is just $49.00 per month for unlimited downloads.
is it $99 for unlimited downloads as the article states or $49/mo for unlimited downloads as you say?
How much do the composers receive from that?!
Website states:
https://www.audioblocks.com
$79 for one month
$99 for a prepaid annual..
it also has a $1000 “enterprise” option.. I didnt bother finding out what that entailed..
Hey Guys, little late to the convo. I would check out AudioHero.com over AudioBlocks.com. They have a way better library for a better deal. I’ve been real happy with there service. Cheers!