Myspace or other websites to to view local artists is a great way to find good music without having to worry about licensing fees. Just send them a message asking for their permission to use their songs if you put them in the credits. most are thrilled to be used for such things. It may take a while to find some good stuff, but at least it's not the cheesy royalty free music from most places that don't even have lyrics.

Royalty-free music doesn't have to be cheesy - that went out with grade-school filmstrips. Think Mendelson's classic 'Wedding March' from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," performed and recorded by the London Philharmonic, would be considered cheesy? Well, you can license it on a royalty-free basis from DeWolffe if you have a mind to. Or for outstanding recordings of classical and original new music in a variety of genres, visit Magnatunes.com, also available for license at very reasonable rates and definitely NOT your cheesy elevator music. The problem is not finding good music, the problem is when the couple insists on using commercial recordings of their favourite songs by their favourite artists. Legally licensing a contemporary song such as you find on most radio station's playlist is gonna cost multiple kilobucks.

WOW! Your right steve, this site is awesome! Thanks for the input. Do you know of any other ones like this?