Music for DVD

I'm looking at putting together a DVD to sell at the gallery's that represent us.
Can anyone help me to identify where I can purchase background music for the DVD? (other than GettyImages). Also I'll be looking for some sort of jacket I can place the DVD in. Would appreciate any suggestions or comments.

We got a bunch of discs of royalty free music at the last wedding/portrait photo trade show we attended. There is quite a range of generas. I don't recall the company, but I bet googling will turn up lots of sources. Sure beats the labarynth of trying to get licenses. We haven't pursued it yet, but a local musician has offered us free use of her music "for exposure." I'd feel better paying or trading her something, so maybe we can work out a swap of some glamour shots for her portfolio.

Don, I don't know how you'd feel about the genre, but there's a group called Inkapirka that performs some very nice pan flute music and I'm almost sure they would let you use their music if you purchase some of their CD's. I've heard and seen these guys perform. If you're interested, you can check their web site here, click on Order Music, which will take you to a page where you can listen to samples.

Hank,,Thanks for the reply. Swapping for music hadn't come to mind.

Toni, Thanks for the lead but I'm looking more towards a classical theme.

Why don't you load your own music into I-tunes, and then add that to your dvd. You should be able to add music in your preferences, and control the loop. You can also check the length of your dvd show, and match the that length to the song.

If you're selling the DVD, there's deep doodoo waiting if you are not licensed to the music rights.

Been there, done that, on a video production in which a radio could be heard playing a popular song in the background- not even a part of or a point of the production. You DO NOT want to get a call from the attorneys repping one of the big music companies, I can guarandamntee.

Okay, Steve. My wife is sufficiently awake and alert that it was safe to put the question to her. I was close, but can only claim half the banana.

The current version of iLife allows her to do the slide show and music easily in iPhoto, then move it to iMovie for adjustments to timing, transitions, and adding subtitles if wanted. Then she finishes it off in iDVD.

Hank, I would make sure it was licensed. We ran into that problem playing CD's in the gallery of music we sold there. Some guy who was ahead of a musicians union heard it and challenged us. It helped sell the CD's but we stopped it. GettyImages does sell a large variety of music I might have to break down and purchase from them. First I'm going to check with a woman in the area that writes her own music and records it using a keyboard.

Mike I'll check that out to see if it would be a problem selling commercially.

Sounds like you're on the right track, Don.

We're facing a similar dilemma right now, contracted to photograph a kids' 4-day national event later this spring. As part of the onsite deliverables they want a Q&D slide show of funny moments each day, all set to music, for the entertainment of the kids each evening. The contract officer's attitude is "Oh, just use some of the kids' contemporary favorite music." But we know from past years that copies of the shows circulate like wildfire and develop a life of their own. Ain't gonna have our name on them without clear licensing arrangments for the music!!!!

classical music? no, you want screaming guitars (see website)

Stan, I'm sure my kids (34-37) would agree. My customers average age is somewhere around 50 and I would have to enclose an aspirin with each package. This would kill my profit margin.