I always like to have a good selection of background music for presentation videos, especially when I’m doing slideshow presentations˳ Having a free music library to go to and download some nice instrumental music makes my video production a lot easier˳
A nice instrumental piece in the background just makes for a more professional video, in my opinion˳
What Type of Music Files Should You Use?
It really depends on the type of video presentation you’re creating˳ If you’re doing a really short video, less than two minutes for example, you can download some royalty free music clips that are just a few seconds each, splice them together and change the music every couple of slides˳
Or you can download longer music files and edit them to your preferred length˳
What Style or Genre Music is Best?
Again, it depends on the type of video you’re creating˳ Here are a couple of examples:
I did a couple of videos about funerals and memorial services, so I found a couple of Easy Listening background music selections for those˳ I didn’t want the music to be so slow and droning that it would make people cry, but I didn’t want it to be really upbeat or happy either˳
When I produced my slideshow videos about weddings, I used pieces that were upbeat but not funny-type clips˳
How to Know What’s Best?
The best thing to do is experiment˳ If you’re using software like Windows Live Movie Maker or an equivalent, add your slides and background music to the program and see how the material and music fit together˳
Sometimes you may need a couple of different clips depending on the length and subject of your presentations˳
Here’s a tip: Watch some commercials or videos on YouTube that use background music to get an idea of how the music makes the presentation better˳ Once you’ve got a feel for how to use music to enhance your videos, you should be able to find something that fits perfectly with your video˳
When to Use Background Music for Presentation Videos
Personally, I rarely put music to instructional videos, like if I’m doing a screencast tutorial˳ And I rarely add music to videos where it’s just me on the camera talking about a subject˳
PowerPoint slideshow videos are the best types of presentations to add instrumental background music to˳ And you should stay away from pieces that include vocals because voices singing in the background may interfere or disrupt the video itself˳
But pure instrumentals enhance your presentations and give them a more professional quality˳
Be Careful With Background Music Volume
If you’re using voice narration, or voiceovers, in your presentation, you don’t want the music to overpower the vocals˳ You can use tools like Audacity to lower the volume of the instrumentals so they’re behind the vocal narration and not drowning it out˳
I’ve watched several videos where the music almost drowned out the person who was speaking, and believe me, it’s pretty annoying˳ In fact, some visitors left comments below the video saying the music was too loud˳
Where to Find Royalty Free Background Music
My all-time favorite go-to site is Kevin MacLeod’s site at incompetech˳com˳ I’ve always been able to find everything I need here, from any genre, any mood, any instrument to fit every video presentation I’ve done˳
If you use Kevin’s royalty free background music, be sure to credit the piece either in the video description box or preferably, in a closing slide so it’s visible regardless of who else may download it or embed it into their own blogs˳
This is the proper credit to give, and you should use this format for any musical background pieces you use:
Background music:
“Title of the Music Piece”
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech˳com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3˳0
http://creativecommons˳org/licenses/by/3˳0/
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