For this installment of “Waste of Time”, I have a recommendation for all you inspiring filmmakers and visual artists out there (I’m sure you all send a great deal of time at Phoenixvillenews.com). One of the most obvious ways to take your visual masterpiece from the level of, say, your dad’s VHS home movies to a stunning work of art is the addition of music. Yet the problem is always the same… where can you find music that you can use without ripping off the artist like an ENRON employee with a week to retirement?
There are two answers to this problem. First you can make friends with as many bands and records labels as you can and hope they are just as desperate for exposure as you are. Your second option is Freeplaymusic.com.
There are several websites like Freeplay, the most popular probably being Newgrounds.com. But I feel that Freeplay has the best variety of music that is sorted into easy-to-browse categories. Despite the myriad of junk sites that clutter the Internet, I’ve found this website to be refreshingly tried, true, and trustworthy.

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Matthew Byrd