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hockey97
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Sounds and music....

Post by hockey97 »

Hi I am trying to make a commerical game, is their a place where I can download music for my game that's going commerical.

Like I can't afford paying for music.

any suggestons on what to do about audio and music, audio meaning sound effects.
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There's gonna be very little free stuff out there but there's some things on http://www.psionic3d.co.uk/ i think.

for your first project a commercial game probably isn't the best idea though ;)
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Checkout http://www.opsound.org/
The music on there is using different licenses, but a lot of it can be used in commercial games. Also you can always ask the artists if they think it's ok.
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Hi, so I can ask the artist's themselves.

once I get some cash, is it possible to talk with popular bands?? like seether ect well known bands??

and do you expect them to ask for big $$$ ?? I have heard that you have to talk to their manager since the manager or record lable company, own's th right's to the song's.
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It's always possible to talk to bands, if you can get some contact with them through their website you can always ask. Nothing stopping you from doing that, apart from common sense maybe :lol:

I should think you wouldn't be able to afford the sort of licensing fees they'd be looking for. And as you're not a big developer i imagine they may not even want to bother with you at all.
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When I wrote that you can ask the artists, I was referring to the artists on that website. Some might now allow the use in commercial products, but if you tell them the situation (no money + not a big company) you have some chance they simply allow you to use it.

I wouldn't ask popular bands, that seems a waste of time. You might ask around the scene in your town, maybe some local band is interested.
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