

Once signed in to your YouTube account head to YouTube Studio, from the left menu select ‘Content’, click the video you’d like to edit, from the left menu click ‘Editor’, then in the audio row select ‘Add a Track’. The audio clips and songs used from this library are also allowed on monetized videos. In addition to this, they also added a massive free audio library that creators can use for free. YouTube for a while has had its own video editor studio, which allows you to edit the audio and video of your content in-house, meaning you don’t need external software. This way you will generate royalties every time it’s used by a creator. When uploading your track simply select the YouTube Content ID box and your music will be uploaded for use on YouTube. However, by distributing your music to YouTube via services such as ours at RouteNote, you can generate revenue from your music. If the music is yours then you’re fine to use it as long as the video isn’t generating money. Of course, if you have written permission from the artist to use the track that’s fine, but you still may be stroked and then you need to go through the process of showing proof. YouTube’s Content ID system is extremely clever at rooting out unlicensed use of music. This is arguably the most obvious way to add music to your YouTube video, however, you may find yourself getting a copyright strike or the audio from your video being removed. Okay, so you’ve just created a video for YouTube and you need to add a soundtrack perhaps? Or maybe you need an introductory sound for your channel’s videos? Whatever the function there are plenty of options for you to add an array of music or sounds to your YouTube videos.

Image credit: Souvik Banerjee Adding music to your YouTube video can be done in a variety of ways, many of which are seamless and easy.
