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PremiumBeat vs. Musicbed \u2014 let’s compare library size, contributors, pricing, licensing, and more.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bill Gates was right back in 1996: today, content is<\/em> king. The creative milieu spans everything from narrative short films to mobile gaming apps to high-value advertising campaigns. It all begins with what we do with our attention \u2014 there is a finite amount of time in a day and a nearly infinite number of ideas vying for that time. Time is the primary currency of today’s media world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With so much content vying for your attention, only the very best will rise through the noise to achieve its goals: be that viewers in a theater, traffic on a channel, or a spate of marketing conversions. There are narrow margins for error, and the best practices in content creation usually come down to razor-thin differences of approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best in class content means better than everyone else<\/em>, which includes everything from concept to production values to distribution models. That’s why royalty free music<\/a> is so popular. When budgets and resources are thin, there often isn’t room to score a project from scratch, especially for indie or DIY content creators. So, if you want to make sure your content doesn’t get ripped down for rights violations, you need to make sure you’re get pro-caliber quality \u2014 and the paperwork to back up your license. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The royalty free music<\/a> game has changed over the last few years. In the spirit of progress and innovation we share with other royalty free music libraries, we decided to take a look at how we stack up to some of your other options. Sure, of course we think we’re the best \u2014 why do anything if you’re not going to believe in it? But we’re also not dumb. We know every royalty free music library<\/a> has its strengths and weaknesses, and we want to know what ours are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, in this comparison, we’ll look at two of the major players in the royalty free music game: us, PremiumBeat, and Musicbed, a music licensing company from Texas. We’ll do our best to subjectively consider the two music libraries, the quality of the music in each library, the pricing options, search functionality, and industry expertise. As you might expect, we have more insight into our own operation than we do Musicbed’s, so the coverage will be a little lopsided. But we encourage you to visit both sites and do some exploring of your own. In the end, we’ll see where the chips fall and which service makes the most sense under which circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PremiumBeat vs. Musicbed<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Music Library<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Music Quality <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Music Licensing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Music Search<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Industry Experience<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Music Library<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    This first comparison is going to be tough. The short version is that PremiumBeat and Musicbed overlap in regards to their general offerings \u2014genres, categories, etc., so we’ll have to drill down to find the subtle differences. And those findings we’ll need to treat something like a core sample. PremiumBeat has a library of over 20,000 songs, covering just about anything you can think of. It isn’t exactly clear how many songs are in Musicbed’s library, though we can assume it’s probably sizable. Overall numbers are important, but so is what those numbers represent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Finding the perfect track for your project is a big deal when we’re talking about libraries of this size. Sure, the search functionality is going to play a big role here, and we’ll get to that, but plenty of creators come at this process from a more oblique angle. If you know the feel<\/em> of your project, then it’s likely you’re going to want to explore your music options from a similar experiential approach. Rather than searching for a particular type of instrument, for example, browsing genres<\/a> and moods<\/a> can help you home in on the personality of the track you’re seeking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Here at PremiumBeat, we’re working every day to expand our library and offer you a newer, better, and more user-friendly browsing experience. Our genre collections<\/a> cover everything from audio logos to blues to jazz to hip hop \u2014 ambient, instrumental, vocals, film scores, electronic, even kids’ music. You name it, we’ve got it. In-house experts curate our collections every step of the way, from initial acquisition to sustained contributions and everything in-between. And if you’re not even sure which genre you’re looking for, you can explore the library by feel. We’ve got moods ranging from action\/sports to to comedy to wedding music to simple ideas like “happy,” “sad,” or “feel good.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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