Royalty-free+Music+for+Educators

If you or your students are in need of music to enhance your presentations, below are a few sites that may have what you need. All of the sites are royalty-free, which means you don't have to worry about famous artists or big record labels coming after you or the nifty video you posted on YouTube getting stripped of its audio.

Purple Planet. The music found here is free to download. It is performed by Geoff Harvey and Chris Martyn. To use the material, you simply must establish a link back to the site. Purple Planet
 * is organized by genres
 * is FREE
 * has samples available

Sound Jay works in almost the same way as Purple Planet in that you must establish a link back to the site, but it specialty is sound effects. Sound Jay
 * is organized into genres
 * is FREE
 * requires that you not post the music onto your site for others to download

Royalty Free Music Room
 * features free downloadable MP3s
 * is FREE
 * part of the public domain

While you're browsing, why not also try http://www.soundzabound.com/

Another option is to try searching on your favorite web browser for "sound-alikes" or "style-alikes". However, you're likely to have to fork over big bucks for each download. Please share with this site what you find!