How artificial intelligence is transforming the royalty-free music industry

The process for publishers and content creators to source the appropriate rights for music usage can be so laborious and expensive that most don't bother – instead relying on royalty-free music. Composer Kevin MacLeod made over 2000 pieces of royalty-free music available to consumers via Creative Commons, a network which shares free-to-use resources with creators. As long as he is credited as the composer, the tracks can be used freely by users and, as a result, his music has been featured widely across films, video games and TikToks. He makes his income through his donation-based Patreon account. 'This is the way to do music distribution.