Quote Hello Neil,

I looked to see what I get in Audacity and this is a screen shot



Just to make it clear what I do I deleted the text on every line, loaded it to YT it was fine.

I did and will continue to credit Eric on the scrolling text at the end of any video I make using his music.

Cheers - Jem

[edit] Neil I've never tried to load Eric's stuff to YT with any MetaData in it so I've never had anything 'flagged' I read your post above and deleted it all thinking that would get through the YT checking system which of course it does! :

Hi, Jem!

My Sound Forge generates what are called "sfk" files, which I generally discard. If they are the same as your metafiles(though branded differently) I might just try the idea and see if it works. I've got a couple of projects coming up for my "Trams & Trains" YouTube channel, one is a visit to a tramway museum and the other is a revisit to a steam railway museum, I'll prepare one of Eric's tracks as I explained earlier and use it as the closing credit sequence music bed, and see if it gets "flagged" or not. Fingers crossed, ay!

Neil.

Well, it was another busy week, but I guess that's a good thing...keeping busy keeps me out of trouble...usually... ; Anyhow, I managed to get these done:"RIVER IN TROUBLE"_Looping – Thinking about the Colorado River in the American south west."ALASKAN MOONRISE"_Looping – Could work in a nature documentary or perhaps something else."FLURRIES"_Looping – That chill in the air tells you the first snow fall of winter is on its way.http://soundimage.org/naturescience-2/"PELICAN BAY TIKI PARTY"_Looping – A fun tropical piece.http://soundimage.org/positive-upbeat/"SCULPTURE GARDEN"_Looping – A string piece with the suggestion of gently bubbling fountains. Might be nice for a classy outdoor event.http://soundimage.org/classical-sounding/I also created a new page of sky images...mostly taken around sunset...for anyone who's interested...(TXR - SKIES) I hope some of them are helpful. :Have a good week!

Hello Neil,

There's our answer Eric doesn't mind in the least.

I will continue to use his music and delete all the metadata

It's good stuff

Cheers - Eric

Quote Hello Neil,

There's our answer Eric doesn't mind in the least.

I will continue to use his music and delete all the metadata

It's good stuff

Cheers - Eric

That's good to know!, Cheers, Jem, and Eric Matyas!

While I think of it, Eric, could your music(no offence intended) be considered as "in the Public Domain"? I thought of that the other day, and thought: while a video containing your music is being uploaded, if the music was stated as "public domain" in the appropriate place where video info is entered, perhaps YouTube might recognise this and not flag the video because of the music. Worth a thought, possibly?

Hi Neil,

It's really not in the public domain because I have my own license (it's on my "About" page.) My lisence is exactly the same as "CC-by" except that I probit my work from being used in things that are considered obscene by Youtube community standards.

Anyhow, I hope some of my tracks are coming in handy.

Here are this week's new free tracks:

On my Quiet 2 Page, we have:

"Desert After Rain"_Looping

"Vast Places"_Looping

"Autumn Leaves"_Looping

On my Upbeat Page, we have:

"Calmer Times"_Looping

And on my Sci-Fi 5 page, we have:

"More Introspective Machines"_Looping

Enjoy!

http://soundimage.org/

Quote Hi Neil,

It's really not in the public domain because I have my own license (it's on my "About" page.) My lisence is exactly the same as "CC-by" except that I probit my work from being used in things that are considered obscene by Youtube community standards.

Anyhow, I hope some of my tracks are coming in handy.

Here are this week's new free tracks:

On my Quiet 2 Page, we have:

"Desert After Rain"_Looping

"Vast Places"_Looping

"Autumn Leaves"_Looping

On my Upbeat Page, we have:

"Calmer Times"_Looping

And on my Sci-Fi 5 page, we have:

"More Introspective Machines"_Looping

Enjoy!

http://soundimage.org/

Hi, Eric, thanks for getting back to me. I asked about Public Domain to clear up any misconceptions. What's your view of this YouTube situation? I'm sure you'd have read the to-ing-and fro-ing in other threads about this subject and I wonder what you make of it all.

As I see it, YouTube needs to learn to determine which is actually "copyrighted" and which is meant to be licence-free for use in YouTube clips. When they finally learn this, we can all breathe easier.

Cheers!

Quote Hi, Eric, thanks for getting back to me. I asked about Public Domain to clear up any misconceptions. What's your view of this YouTube situation? I'm sure you'd have read the to-ing-and fro-ing in other threads about this subject and I wonder what you make of it all.

As I see it, YouTube needs to learn to determine which is actually "copyrighted" and which is meant to be licence-free for use in YouTube clips. When they finally learn this, we can all breathe easier.

Cheers!

From what I've heard, it's more of an issue if someone creates their own version of, say, a classical piece that's in the public domain, but there's also a performance of that piece that's copyright protected...and Youtube can't distringuish between them. Besides that, I don't know. Lots of people use my tracks in their Youtube videos and I haven't heard of anyone having problems.

That said...

It's a little hard to believe, but Soundimage turned 3 years old this
month, so I wanted to send out a big thank you to everyone who has been
so positive and encouraging from the start. Creating original music is a
lot of work, but it's thrilling to hear my tracks in your games, apps,
videos and emerging art forms like interactive novels. I feel like part
of me is in your work, and it's incredibly satisfying to be able to help
you make your visions into realities.

Thank you!

In a few more weeks, I should have seamless looping versions done of nearly every track on the site.

That said, this week's new free tracks are from my sci-fi pages. They are:

"Retro Sci-Fi Planet"_Looping

"Night Winds"_Looping

"Eerie Cyber World"_Looping

"Dizzybot"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/sci-fi/

"Dystopic Technology"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/sci-fi-2/

I hope some of them are helpful!

Eric

Quote Hi, Eric, thanks for getting back to me. I asked about Public Domain to clear up any misconceptions. What's your view of this YouTube situation? I'm sure you'd have read the to-ing-and fro-ing in other threads about this subject and I wonder what you make of it all.

As I see it, YouTube needs to learn to determine which is actually "copyrighted" and which is meant to be licence-free for use in YouTube clips. When they finally learn this, we can all breathe easier.

Cheers!

Quote
From what I've heard, it's more of an issue if someone creates their own version of, say, a classical piece that's in the public domain, but there's also a performance of that piece that's copyright protected...and Youtube can't distringuish between them. Besides that, I don't know. Lots of people use my tracks in their Youtube videos and I haven't heard of anyone having problems.

That said...

It's a little hard to believe, but Soundimage turned 3 years old this
month, so I wanted to send out a big thank you to everyone who has been
so positive and encouraging from the start. Creating original music is a
lot of work, but it's thrilling to hear my tracks in your games, apps,
videos and emerging art forms like interactive novels. I feel like part
of me is in your work, and it's incredibly satisfying to be able to help
you make your visions into realities.

Thank you!

In a few more weeks, I should have seamless looping versions done of nearly every track on the site.

That said, this week's new free tracks are from my sci-fi pages. They are:

"Retro Sci-Fi Planet"_Looping

"Night Winds"_Looping

"Eerie Cyber World"_Looping

"Dizzybot"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/sci-fi/

"Dystopic Technology"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/sci-fi-2/

I hope some of them are helpful!

Eric

Hi, Eric!

As I've always understood Public Domain, the composition itself is out of copyright, but the physical recording is covered by "mechanical copyright", be it on compact disc, vinyl single or LP, or even cassette. While anyone can perform the tune themselves, they cannot play the recording in a live environment or over public radio frequencies without permission from the holder of the mechanical copyright. For example, in 1963, Roy Orbison recorded the Stephen Foster composition, "Beautiful Dreamer"(there've been other recordings of the song as well, but we'll concentrate on "the Big O's" version for now). The lyrics themselves had long been out of copyright, thus anyone can perform the song themselves, however, Sony, having acquired the Monument backlists, hold mechanical copyright claims on the physical recording of Orbison's performance, and this is renewed every time that recording is included in any new compilation of Orbison's work.

Your material, Eric, the copyright, both in the music and mechanical recording/replay is held by you to distribute as you see fit. That's my best understanding of the process. Obviously though, YouTube doesn't seem to have that understanding.

Yeah, apparently it's a big problem...most likely due to the fact that it uses automation. Fortunatley, I haven't heard of anyone having problems with my tracks.

Speaking of which...

This week's new free tracks are from my sci-fi and horror pages. They are:

"Sewer Monsters"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/sci-fi-2/

"Closing In 2"_Looping

"Night Stalker"_Looping

"Disturbed Soundscape"_Looping

"Lurking in the Shadows"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/horrorsurreal/

I've also been getting emails asking if my tracks are free to use
in commercial projects. The answer is yes (with proper attribution.)
Please see my homepage for attribution information. :

Eric

Quote Hi everyone,

I've created over 500 tracks of music that that you can freely use in your
projects. It's all oringal...all my own work. All I ask is to be
credited as indicated on my homepage:

http://soundimage.org/

I sincerely hope my tracks are helpful. Any and all feedback is welcome and always appreciated.

Thanks!

Eric

Thankyou soooo very much. I shall most certainly be using some of your tracks and make a donations too. Plus your credit link :

Thankyou.

You're very welcome!

Hey everyone,

I just opened a new sound effects page:

http://soundimage.org/sfx-household/

Also, if anyone is into video game development (or knows someone
who is) I've also opened a chiptunes page and uploaded a bunch of tracks
to get it started.

http://soundimage.org/chiptunes/

Have a great week!

Hi everyone,

Here are this week's new free tracks:

"Strange Zone"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/horrorsurreal/

"Alien Vistas"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/sci-fi-5/

"Murder in the Outer Colonies"_Looping

"Faltering Circuits"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/sci-fi-4/

And don't forget to check out my new Chiptunes page if you haven't already. :

http://soundimage.org/chiptunes/

Have a great week!

Hi everyone,

This week's new free tracks are:

"Cyber Dystopia"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/sci-fi-5/

"Sewer Creepers"_Looping

"Grunge Bot"_Looping"

Breakdown"_Looping

"Countdown"_Looping

<a>http://soundimage.org/sci-fi-4/</a>



I get emails every once in a while from folks who seem to be having
a bit of trouble navigating the site. Here are some things to keep in
mind that should hopefully help:


The titles of the pages in the tan box under the header image are
actually links to the various pages. Hover over them to highlight them
(a box appears around them) and then click.

I think sometimes people are fooled when they click on one of the
page links, like for example "Fantasy 3" and nothing seems to happen.
But if you look closer, you'll see that the title of the link you
clicked on actually turns to bold indicating that you are now on that
particular page. Simply scroll down to see the contents of that page.

Since all of the page links appear at the top of every page, it's
easy to think that you haven't been taken anywhere after clicking on one
of them. Again, notice that the title of the link you clicked on has
now turned bold...and you have to scroll down to see the page contents.

Anyhow, I hope that's helpful! :

It's been a very hectic week, but I did manage to upload some new tracks:

"The Old Parolee"_Looping

"Autumn of Life"_Looping

"Drama in the Caribbean"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/drama-2/

I hope everyone's having a calmer, less stressful week than I am. :

Eric, I have used your music on several drone flight videos. They are great. Thank you so much.

Quote Eric, I have used your music on several drone flight videos. They are great. Thank you so much.

You're very welcome! Feel free to share your videos if you wish...I'd love to see them!

Hi everyone,

Things have finally calmed down a bit...pfew! ...In that spirit here's:

"Gulf Breeze"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/positive-upbeat/

The rest of this week's new free tracks are from my Technology Page...I
think some of them might work in sci-fi themed projects. They are:

"Intriguing Future"_Looping

"Future Business"_Looping

"Future Grid"_Looping"

Switch On"_Looping

http://soundimage.org/techno/

Enjoy your week! :

Hi everyone,

Now that looping versions of most of my tracks are done, I'm back
to creating brand new music and soundscapes. Got a new synth, too, so
lots of new sounds are on their way. Here are some for starters:

"Sky Runner" (standard and looping)

"Cyber Teen"

http://soundimage.org/sci-fi-5/

"It's Always Sunny in the 80's"

"It's Raining Pixels"

"The Ice Cream Man"

http://soundimage.org/chiptunes/

"After the Invasion"

http://soundimage.org/horrorsurreal/

"From the Sand to the Stars"

http://soundimage.org/techno/



I hope some of them are useful!

More brand new free tracks are ready for everyone...

"REACHING ALTITUDE" – I would love to hear this in a drone video…(I’m a huge fan.) But it might work in a travel video as well.

http://soundimage.org/events/

"THE ASTRONOMY CLUB" – Somehow these kids always seemed to have a
lovable goofiness about them. I was never in the astronomy club, but
probably should have been…I love all things having to do with space (and
certainly qualified as far as the goofy factor was concerned!)

http://soundimage.org/funny-3/

"GRUNGE STREET GAME" – (Looping) Might work under a fighting level.

http://soundimage.org/action/

"MIDNIGHT WANDERER" – Through the cold concrete jungle.

http://soundimage.org/city-urban-2/

"A CITY FOR ALL MANKIND" – Perhaps one day people will finally learn to get along.

http://soundimage.org/positive-upbeat/

Have a great week! :

I've been super busy creating custom tracks for clients, but I did mange to get a few new tracks done for everyone:



"Defending Their City" http://soundimage.org/sci-fi-5/

"Serenity Before Fuji"

http://soundimage.org/events-travel-2/

"Pixel Drama"

http://soundimage.org/looping-music/

"Arrival"

http://soundimage.org/dark-ominous/

"At the Bottom of Europa"

http://soundimage.org/naturescience-2/



I hope everyone's having a good week! :

Here are this week's new free tracks:

On the Action Page, we have:

"Nighttime Escape"

"Car Theft 101"

http://soundimage.org/action/

On my Funny 3 page, we have:

"Baboons with Balloons"

http://soundimage.org/funny-3/

And on the Looping Music Page, we have:

"Puzzle Dreams"

"Puzzle Dreams 2"

"Puzzle Dreams 3"

http://soundimage.org/looping-music/

Daily updates of new tracks are here:

https://www.facebook.com/soundimage.org/



I hope some of them are useful! :