Upbeat Indie Rock Music for Vlogs

Both, deliberately. About two thirds of the collection has vocals and about a third is instrumental, and several instrumentals are alternate versions of songs also present with vocals: Torches' We're Gone appears alongside We're Gone - Instrumental, and Kasket Club contributes both the sung Time (Original) and Straight West (Instrumental). Vic & Gab's Love Of Mine (Instrumental) and Let You Down (Instrumental) and Tiny Houses' Gold are further wordless cuts. Sung tracks such as From Indian Lakes' Am I Alive suit montage; the instrumentals suit voiceover.

Use the instrumental under narration and the sung version over wordless footage. Percussion drives nearly every track and electric guitar leads most, so even the instrumentals keep momentum without a vocal; electronic layers, keys and claps and stomps fill the space a voice would occupy. Tracks average just under four minutes, which usually covers a full location segment. Travel vlog is one of the most common theme tags on these tracks, alongside city life and brands.

Mostly indie rock, with a pop edge. Indie rock is the dominant sub-genre by a wide margin, followed by new wave and 80s-leaning rock, alternative rock and a smaller group of pop rock and dance pop tracks. The most frequent sounds-like references are Foster the People, Local Natives, Bombay Bicycle Club, Phoenix and Arcade Fire, and the leading moods are happy and exciting, then inspiring. If you are searching for upbeat indie pop, the pop rock and dance pop tracks are the closest fit; the rest is guitar-and-drum indie rock with electronic layers.

Small business ads and promos are covered: every track is cleared for commercial use under the license purchased, including ads, client work and monetized YouTube and social. Small Business is one of the four license tiers, alongside Individual, Indie Film and Large Business, and plans run Personal, Commercial or Music-as-a-Service on monthly or annual billing. Each ad you finish gets its own perpetual license, so a spot stays cleared even if the subscription ends. Brands is among the most common theme tags on these tracks.

Tracks run a little under four minutes on average, so they are full-length songs rather than pre-cut stingers, and you will trim them yourself for short-form. The percussion-led arrangements, many with claps and stomps, give clear rhythmic points to cut on, and the instrumental versions make it easier to find a clean edit without cutting across a lyric. For a 15 or 30 second spot, pull from a section with the full drum pattern running so the energy reads immediately.