We just added a new album to the GovAccessMusic library: ElectronicaLoopy. There are several tracks that are more electronic in nature than our previous work.

These tracks will be useful when you are looking for something a bit off the beaten track. Go by and check it out!

Coming soon – a podcast and video demo of the new tracks added – keep watch here, or go ahead and subscribe to the podcast!

I ran into an interesting issue in the LinkedIn group. Someone posted an opinion stating that since their government access channel was hosted by XYZ cable company – who does pay royalties – they are covered under the XYZ cable company payment schedule.

This is FAR from true! The cable company is only paying royalties for the music they use in THEIR productions – not yours! You as a content creator (or the entity paying for the production) are responsible for royalties/tracking/etc. That’s why it is such an advantage to use GovAccesMusic tracks for your productions – by license they are royalty-free, which means you have a license to use them in your productions for a loooooong period of time.

So why not just go by your local blank-mart and pick up some CDs cheap? There are a LOT of reasons:

1. The music on those CDs is NOT licensed for broadcast use. It would be illegal to use that music for that purpose
2. Often the tracks are of a lesser quality – which gives a really bad impression to your audience.
3. Using music obtained illegally also sends the wrong message to your audience (hey, it’s OK to rip off artists and musicians) and to the artists (who have little reason to create).

So pick up some tracks from GovAccessMusic.com – our music is licensed for broadcast use, and all the tracks on the site are full length. That’s so you don’t waste time listening to 15-second commercial length cuts.

We also offer a discount for purchasing a full album’s worth of music. Swing by the site and check us out!

Things have been a bit quiet in the GovAccessMusic cave, but they promise to start heating up (a good thing, since it’s about to get cold down here in the South).

The big news of the moment – we’ve changed our pricing, and have significantly increased the discount you get when purchasing an entire album. Swing over to the Cart and check it out!

We’ve posted the official License and Terms of Use on the main website.

Here’s the totally-unofficial-Plain-English explanation:

These tracks are for use in “background” types of applications – background music behind a powerpoint thing running on a Government or Publis Access station, for example. In this type of usage, the tracks are truly “royalty free” – meaning that you never have to buy another license.

However, you might find a track (or several, we hope!) that would be PERFECT for use as your theme song. In that case, please contact us. That usage would require a different license and pricing. It isn’t a huge deal – we just prefer keeping all the ducks lined up correctly!

If you are looking to use our tracks in an educational setting (elementary, secondary, or higher education)  – contact us! We’re both teachers, and firmly believe in educational pricing.

In terms of Customer/Client information (names, purchases, email addresses, etc) -

• We don’t give it away.
• We don’t sell it.
• To Anybody.

(unless a US court orders us to do so. We’d rather stay in the studio and out of jail.)

You can read the entire thing here, if you’d like.

More music coming soon!

Tom has contributed Another New Ager in the Calmness section and Birthday Jelly in Up Piano.

(Yes, it is a pun – referring to some jamming he did on his birthday a while back.)

We’ve also added some tracks from Joey – Morley Magic, Scratch That Itch, and Whistle While You Work It (featuring an incredible jazz whistler named Francesco Bonifazi). All of these tracks are in Light Jazz. Click on the links, check out the podcast, and enjoy!

GovAccessMusic.com – Quality, Interesting, Royalty-Free music especially designed for use by Government and Public access cable TV channels.