Vocal or instrumental copyright free music

Vocal or instrumental copyright free music is the first cut to make. This catalog is vocal. Every track has a rap performance. There is no instrumental version posted.

Pick vocal when the song is the scene

Montages, gym sets, sports highlights, cold opens, hype clips, podcast intros with no talk on top. The lyric is part of the edit. After the Crown and This Time I Walk are that kind of song. The license covers those creator uses.

Pick instrumental when someone is talking

Tutorials, interviews, study sessions, long commentary, a gameplay stream with constant callouts. A vocal track loses that fight or ruins the talk. This site does not sell an instrumental bed, and it will not pretend a ducked chorus is one. Use a different source for talk-under music, and read that source’s license. YouTube’s own library is compared here: YouTube Audio Library.

Do not make your own instrumental by ripping the vocal out. That is a remix. See can I remix.

Vocal or instrumental copyright free music, decided before you edit

Vocal or instrumental copyright free music is the first cut, and this catalog only has one side of it. Every posted track has a rap vocal. There is no instrumental version. If a future recording is instrumental, it will be listed on the songs page as its own file. Until it is listed, it is not licensed, and pulling the vocal out yourself does not create one.

Choose vocal when the song is the scene: a montage, a gym set, a highlight, a cold open, a hype clip, a podcast sting with no talk on top. After the Crown and This Time I Walk are that kind of song. Choose a different source when someone is talking for most of the runtime: a tutorial, an interview, a study session, a long commentary, a gameplay stream full of callouts. The Audio Library comparison is where to start for a YouTube bed, and you still have to read that track’s terms.

A three-second trim under a sentence is technically allowed and usually still sounds wrong. A voice under a voice is the problem, not the duration. The trim guide is the legal line. Your ears are the mix line.

The Copyright Office fair use index will not turn a vocal master into an instrumental you are allowed to isolate. Isolation is a derivative. The license says no.

Decide in one line before you import a file. “The song is the scene” means use the vocal and let it be loud. “Someone talks most of the time” means do not import the file, or import it only for a gap you already cut. There is no third option where you keep the drums and delete the voice. If you catch yourself opening a stem splitter, close it. The songs page is the list of what you may use, as released. If the list has no instrumental, you do not have an instrumental. Use a different catalog for the bed and keep its license next to this one so a later claim has a name attached.

Questions

Will instrumentals be added later?

If an instrumental is released, it will be on the songs page as its own recording. Until it is listed, it is not licensed.

Can I use a vocal just for three seconds under a sentence?

A short trim is allowed. It will still be a voice under a voice. Usually that still sounds wrong.