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What Music Does Classical USA Offer? |
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| Classical
USA specializes in royalty free classical music. Your search
for royalty free classical favorites is over. You can now
purchase royalty free classical music like Canon in D by Pachelbel,
Ave Maria by Schubert, Wedding March by Mendelssohn and more
without the hassle of licensing application or paying royalties
and licensing fees. At Classical USA, you pay a affordable
one-time fee to be able to use these classical pieces royalty
free.
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Where Can I Use Classical USA's Royalty Free Classical Pieces? |
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| You
can use our classical royalty free pieces in any productions
or events.
Here is a list of places or applications that royalty free
classical music can be use in:
- Broadcast - TV, Radio, Film
- Video - Home or Professional Video
- Web, Multimedia, Games, Podcast, Software, Animation, Flash
- Music On Hold, Muzak, In-Store Music
- Events - Corporate, Weddings, Launches, Parties, Funerals,
Farewells
- Presentations
and more...
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What Is Royalty Free Music? |
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Royalty
free music is music that you can purchase on a buyout basis
to use in your productions without having to worry about royalty
or licensing fees. There is no additional licensing applications
that is usually required by needledrop libraries that charge
base on certain criteria's like where the music will be used,
the demographic or location of airplay, number of times played
and more.
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Aren't Most Classical Pieces Public Domain Property And Therefore
Free To Use? |
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| Most
of the classical favorites by composers like Bach, Beethoven,
Mozart and more are under public domain as their composers
have passed on for more than 70 years. However their recordings
by orchestras and musicians are not royalty free and thus
require you to license them for use in your projects or productions.
Classical pieces on Classical USA are cleared and royalty
free for your production use. There is no additional fees
on top of the purchase prices you see on our website. Note:
However use of this Music for mass-market retail or distribution
may require a separate mechanical license. To confirm this
or to get a quote, please contact
us.
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Do You Have A License Agreement? |
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Yes.
You can view and save our agreement here : Classical
USA License Agreement.
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How Much Does Your Music Cost? |
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Please
see our pricing schedule. Our
music is most affordable and more importantly royalty free so
you only pay a one-time fee without any additional licensing
fees.
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How Do I Search For Music? |
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| Searching
for music on Classical USA is easy. There are several search
methods:
I. Search by Music Downloads
Searching by Music Downloads, will show all tracks in
our library. You can then preview a 15 second version of the
track. For more details, complete access to preview all versions
of the track and to purchase, click on the 'Preview/Purchase'
button. Searching by Music Downloads, allows you to purchase
individual tracks with instant downloads.
Search by Classical Music Downloads.
II. Search by CDs
Our CDs are compilations of classical favorites. Some
are grouped by themes and usages.
Classical USA offers 2 types of CDs:
- Royalty Free Classical Music CDs (WITH royalty free
licensing agreement)
Our royalty free classical music CD option comes
with royalty free licensing agreement that gives that assigns
you the rights to use tracks on the CD(s) under
our royalty free terms. Our CD compilations are value buys
as each
CD comes with 10 titles and their edit versions
(excluding loop versions).
Search by Royalty
Free Classical Music CDs.
- Standard Classical Music CDs (WITHOUT royalty free licensing
agreement)
Many of our visitors have asked they can
purchase our music for their listening pleasure. We have since
come up
come with our Standard
Classical Music CDs.
III. Search by Song Name
Just type in the song name you are searching for at the search
input boxes found on the left of most pages on our website.
You may not know the complete name so just put in any keywords
you know or recall from song's title. Our system picks up
keywords entered and should be able to show you relevant results.
IV. Search by Composer
Just enter in the composer name you are searching for
at the search input boxes found on the left of most pages
on our website. You may not know his/her full name but that's
ok. Entering Mozart for example should do the trick. You need
not know that his full name is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!
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Can I Preview Your Classical Tracks Before Purchase? |
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| Yes.
All tracks in our library can be previewed in its entirety
before purchase. This include preview of all its versions
and edits. You have the option to preview online with our
Flash player or our Pop-Up player.
Alternatively you can download our previews and demo them
offline. That way you can even plug them onto your production
or application and review them before purchase.
All our preview tracks come with a voice watermark that will
not be included in your final files purchase. This watermark
is to deter use of preview tracks.
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How Do You Deliver Your Music? |
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| If
you require instant downloads, we offer immediate digital
downloads of our music in both MP3 and WAV formats.
See Classical Music Downloads.
For best value, our royalty free classical CDs come with 10
tracks per CD (complete with broadcast ready versions and
edits of 10, 15, 30, 60 seconds, stingers and full mix tracks
(excluding loop versions), giving you a total of approximately
60 tracks per CD. Our CDs are in standard audio 44.1 Khz quality.
You have an option to upgrade your CD purchase to include
instant downloads as well for an added fee. Free shipping
is also included for purchases within US. See International
Shipping. See Royalty
Free Classical Music CDs.
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How Do I Download My Purchase? |
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If
you have purchased our 'Music Downloads' or
'CD with Downloads', your tracks will be available
for immediate download upon successful checkout and purchase.
Just log in to your 'My Account' if
you have not yet done so and proceed to 'My
Downloads'. Your music purchased will be available in both
MP3 and WAV for instant downloads for up to 1 week. You may
contact us if you require us
to extend your download period.
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How Long Will It Take For My CD(s) To Arrive? |
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Your
purchase CD(s) may take approximately 3-5 working day to arrive.
Shipping is currently free within US regardless of purchase
amount. Please ensure your address is not a PO Box as we currently
do not deliver to PO Box addresses. If you require a faster
ship time, we suggest you purchase our 'CD with Downloads' option
available on our CD product pages. That way you can download
your tracks immediate upon purchase while waiting for your order
to arrive.
If you are outside the US, we can still ship to you. See International
Shipping.
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Does Classical USA Ship Internationally? |
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| Yes.
We ship to anywhere in the world. International shipping is
only an additional $15.00 regardless of amount or weight or
order. Just add 'International Shipping' when you are ready
to checkout at Shopping Cart.
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Is It Safe To Use Pay Online? |
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| Shopping
at Classical USA is secure. All credit card information you
provide are processed directly by our payment banking partner,
WorldPay
- a part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, the 5th biggest
banking group in the world. We never receive or keep any sensitive
billing information you provide. At point of purchase, you
enter directly these information to a secure webpage by Worldpay
that is specially encrypted. Your order is then processed
with your transacting bank or credit card company.
In reality, online transactions are usually more secure than
a card transaction conducted in physical stores, over the
telephone or by fax. We therefore usually advice against making
phone purchases as interception are more likely to occur.
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Do You Have a Privacy Policy? |
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| CLASSICAL
USA respects the privacy of all its visitors and customers
never sells, disclose or shares any information provided by
our visitors or customers. We
may use your contact information to send you information about
products, services, new and offerings that we deem to be beneficial
and of interest to you, unless you indicate that you do not
wish to receive such materials any longer. However, even if
you opt not to receive such materials, Classical USA reserves
the right to contact you regarding matters such as your membership
status, policy changes and changes with regards to your Account.
All content on our site is deemed appropriate for general
viewing and listening.
CLASSICAL USA reserves the right to change these policies
at any time. By visiting our site, you signify your consent
to our Privacy Policies and indicate your acceptance to the
entire current published Privacy
Notice.
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How Do I Contact Classical USA? |
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best mode of contact would be to use our contact form so we
can route your enquiries or questions to our relevant. departments.
Alternatively you can email us
at support@classicalusa.com.
You should receive a respond within a couple of hours the
most.
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