A business pitch made to people you barely know requires this permission. Unless you are using a piece of music in the public domain (which fortunately includes a lot of good classical stuff), you need permission from the copyright holder to use that piece of music in a gathering of people outside of just family and friends.

Why should I license a professional background track, can’t I just use a popular song I have purchased?

If I, as an audience member, am jotting down notes, daydreaming or answering a text message, It's helpful for me to have an additional queue that the speaker has moved onto the next slide.

Having a subtle sound effect occur when you move from one slide to the next is actually doing the audience a favor. What are your feelings on sounds effects? Do things like button clicks, and transition sounds help or hinder a presentation? Stay away from big bashy drums, screaming guitars or song lyrics. Energetic classical music or some upbeat acoustic guitar music will be fine 98% of the time. Just having music at all says quite a lot so there's no need to push the envelope of musical innovation here. Y ou want to keep it very, very middle of the road. What defines a business music track? Are there certain instruments, tempos or musical styles that represent business music? Getting the music part right communicates that you hold yourself to a higher standard. Getting this right is like undergoing a military inspection from the colonel and not just having everything in top shape, but actually having a big sign outside saying, 'Welcome, Inspector!'. Music is that extra bit of polish that can help one presentation stand apart from another. How can selecting the right music make a presentation shine?

Many of our users are looking for ways to help their presentations stand out. Below are some helpful tips from Mike to get the perfect background music for your presentations. I recently had the opportunity to interview Mike Bielenberg, Co-Owner of MusicRevolution, a production music library with background music perfect for use in PowerPoint presentations.

Soft music for presentation background