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    <description>Niche music libraries for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and podcasts. Preview any track, buy once, get the files by email. One licence covers every platform.</description>
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      <title>Main mix or alt mix? Using two versions of the same cue</title>
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      <description>Several of our tracks come with an alternative mix. Here is how to use a pair of mixes to raise tension without changing the musical identity of a scene.</description>
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      <title>Background music for true crime podcasts: how to pick it</title>
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      <description>Good background music for true crime podcasts is slow, low and tense, and never fights the narrator. How to pick it, where to place it and what to license.</description>
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      <title>How to brief music for a video in five words</title>
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      <description>A good music brief is short. Here is a five-word formula that makes searching, or asking someone else to search, much faster.</description>
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      <title>Building a small house sound library for your channel</title>
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      <description>A handful of well-chosen tracks, organised properly, can cover most of your videos for a year. Here is how to build one.</description>
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      <title>Chiptune for gaming edits: when 8-bit works</title>
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      <description>Chiptune is instantly recognisable as gaming music, which is both its strength and its risk. Here is where it fits and where it fights your footage.</description>
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      <title>Choosing a niche sound for your channel</title>
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      <description>Channels that sound consistent feel more professional. Here is how to decide which musical niche your channel belongs in.</description>
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      <title>Cinematic music for channel trailers that people finish</title>
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      <description>A channel trailer has about a minute to say what you make and why it matters. The right cinematic cue does half of that work for you.</description>
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      <title>Copyright claims explained for creators</title>
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      <description>Automated copyright systems scan uploads for matching audio. Here is how they work in general, and what to do if a claim appears.</description>
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      <title>Cosy music for home tours and get-ready-with-me videos</title>
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      <description>Home tours, hauls and get-ready-with-me videos are conversations with the viewer. The music should feel like background in a nice room, not a performance.</description>
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      <title>Cutting video to the beat: tempo maths for editors</title>
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      <description>Every track row shows a bpm. Here is how to turn that number into a grid you can cut on, in any editor.</description>
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      <title>Ducking music under voice: a starting recipe</title>
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      <description>The most common complaint about creator audio is music that is too loud under talking. Here is a simple recipe for getting it right.</description>
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      <title>Ending on the music: hitting the last frame</title>
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      <description>A strong ending makes a video feel finished. Here is how to line up the music's ending with your final shot, logo or end card.</description>
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      <title>How many music tracks does a channel need?</title>
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      <description>How many music tracks does a channel need? Two to four to start: a theme, a bed for talking and one for energy. How to pick them and add more over time.</description>
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      <title>Instagram Reels: music for viewers who watch on mute</title>
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      <description>Plenty of people scroll with the sound off. Here is how to make Reels that work silent and sound better with audio on.</description>
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      <title>Keeping licence records: order numbers and PDFs</title>
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      <description>If a question about your music ever comes up, you want the answer in a minute, not a day. Here is a simple record-keeping system.</description>
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      <title>B-roll reels: letting the music lead</title>
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      <description>Sometimes the best way to edit B-roll is to choose the music first and cut the footage to it. Here is how that workflow works.</description>
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      <title>Lo-fi for study-with-me streams: what to listen for</title>
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      <description>A study stream is hours long and viewers are trying to concentrate. The music needs to be steady, unobtrusive and pleasant on the hundredth listen.</description>
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      <title>Looping a track seamlessly under a long video</title>
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      <description>Long videos, streams and meditations often need more music than one track provides. Here is how to extend a track without an audible seam.</description>
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      <title>Music for coding tutorials and app demos</title>
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      <description>Screen recordings are visually static, so music does a lot of work. Here is how to make a tutorial feel finished without distracting from the explanation.</description>
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      <title>Horror reads and mystery shorts: drones, silence and the tick</title>
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      <description>Scary content depends as much on what the audience does not hear. Here is how to use drones, pulses and silence to build dread.</description>
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