Incompetech

Week 5 Blog Entry

What is Incompetech?

This is a copy-righted/royalty free music site. What that means is that any music can be downloaded from this site and can be used anywhere without the fear of being fined or infringing any copyright laws. Just click on this link to get to the free music site I discovered that this site has plenty of instrumental music. I didn't really notice any music normally heard on the radio. If that was the case then the site would be infringing copyright laws. All music that is bought on CD in a shop or online is copyrighted and by playing it aloud for the public to hear without seeking permission is actually infringing copyright laws. I was actually wanting to use a song as background music to a visual display to be broadcasted in a venue. I guess I am going to have to rethink that notion. This site allows you to download any music of your choosing though if you download music from a different site this is seen as infringing the copyright laws. Though I am sure you would probably know that?

Is this site valuable for classroon use?

I believe it is valuable for the use of adding music to a powerpoint presentation or perhaps to a website. Though I am sure it could be used for many other applications used in the classroom. Maybe the students could listen to some relaxing music in the classroom as they are marking their spelling. This could also be another way rather than using a timer to motivating or informing students that after the song has ended it will be time to move onto something else.

Are there any limitations for classroom use?

It all depends on the connection speed of the internet at the school. You certainly do want to have access to a quick connection to download music as it could take a very long time to download one song and we all know that time is of the essence.
Here is a YouTube video production that uses a song from incompetech as background music for the clip. I believe that this video clip shows how it could be used to enhance a video production without infringing any copyright laws. Enjoy! I did!

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Download the music here: http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-fr...





Till next time... Rambling Rose