Expand Sounds catalog: +6 royalty-free libraries & SFX, live TikTok trending-sounds link, Grateful Dead essential-eras section (30 sources)

c60d8fffe0281171fbc25d74dd9068f811a7d5b2 · 2026-07-14 13:03:03 -0700 · Steve
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commit c60d8fffe0281171fbc25d74dd9068f811a7d5b2
Author: Steve <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Tue Jul 14 13:03:03 2026 -0700

    Expand Sounds catalog: +6 royalty-free libraries & SFX, live TikTok trending-sounds link, Grateful Dead essential-eras section (30 sources)
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 modules/sounds/index.js | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/modules/sounds/index.js b/modules/sounds/index.js
index 425afc4..b519660 100644
--- a/modules/sounds/index.js
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@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const CATALOG = [
     title: 'TikTok assets',
     blurb: 'Trends, sounds, and the business-safe music library — start here when making a DW TikTok.',
     items: [
+      { name: '🔥 Trending sounds (live)', url: 'https://ads.tiktok.com/business/creativecenter/inspiration/popular/music/pc/en', badge: 'tiktok', note: 'The real-time trending-sounds board — updates continuously. Filter by region + last 7/30 days. Check this before every DW TikTok to ride a rising sound.' },
       { name: 'TikTok Creative Center', url: 'https://ads.tiktok.com/business/creativecenter/inspiration/popular/hashtag/pc/en', badge: 'tiktok', note: 'Top sounds, trending hashtags, trending videos by region/industry. Free, no ad account needed.' },
       { name: 'TikTok Commercial Music Library (CML)', url: 'https://commercial-music.tiktok.com/', badge: 'brandsafe', note: 'The ONLY music cleared for business accounts on TikTok. Browse + preview; pick from here for DW posts.' },
       { name: 'TikTok for Business — Creative Hub', url: 'https://www.tiktok.com/business/en/creative-center', badge: 'tiktok', note: 'Ad specs, creative best-practices, templates.' },
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ const CATALOG = [
       { name: 'Bensound', url: 'https://www.bensound.com/', badge: 'cc', note: 'Free with attribution (or license to drop it). Reliable background beds.' },
       { name: 'Incompetech (Kevin MacLeod)', url: 'https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html', badge: 'cc', note: 'Huge royalty-free library, CC-BY (credit Kevin MacLeod).' },
       { name: 'Free Music Archive', url: 'https://freemusicarchive.org/', badge: 'cc', note: 'CC-licensed — filter to commercial-OK licenses before using on a DW post.' },
+      { name: 'Mixkit — Free Stock Music', url: 'https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/', badge: 'brandsafe', note: 'Free for commercial use, NO attribution required. Also has free SFX + video templates.' },
+      { name: 'Purple Planet', url: 'https://www.purple-planet.com/', badge: 'cc', note: 'Free with credit (or small license to drop it). Cinematic + ambient beds that suit luxury interiors.' },
+      { name: 'Audionautix (Jason Shaw)', url: 'https://audionautix.com/', badge: 'cc', note: 'All tracks CC-BY — free commercial use with credit. Filter by genre/mood/tempo.' },
+      { name: 'ccMixter', url: 'https://ccmixter.org/', badge: 'cc', note: 'Remix-friendly CC catalog — check each track for a commercial-OK license.' },
+      { name: 'Pixabay Sound Effects', url: 'https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/', badge: 'brandsafe', note: 'Free-for-commercial SFX (whooshes, transitions, ASMR-style texture sounds for unboxing/roll reveals).' },
+      { name: 'BBC Sound Effects Archive', url: 'https://sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk/', badge: 'cc', note: '33k+ SFX under the RemArc license — free for personal, educational + some commercial use (read the license).' },
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -48,6 +55,19 @@ const CATALOG = [
       { name: 'Musopen (public domain classical)', url: 'https://musopen.org/', badge: 'listen', note: 'Public-domain classical recordings — fully free to use, no license worries.' },
     ],
   },
+  {
+    id: 'deaderas',
+    title: 'Grateful Dead — essential eras',
+    blurb: '🎧 The legendary runs, deep-linked into the Archive. Listen/inspo only — searches within the free collection.',
+    items: [
+      { name: "Cornell '77 — 5/8/1977 (Barton Hall)", url: 'https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=1977-05-08', badge: 'listen', note: 'The most famous show ever — now in the Library of Congress. The peak-of-peaks reference.' },
+      { name: "Spring 1977 — the golden run", url: 'https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=1977', badge: 'listen', note: 'Widely considered their finest tour; tight, powerful, beautifully recorded.' },
+      { name: "Europe '72", url: 'https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=1972', badge: 'listen', note: 'The Pigpen-era European tour — loose, jammy, joyous. Basis of the famous live box set.' },
+      { name: '1969 — primal / Live/Dead era', url: 'https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=1969', badge: 'listen', note: 'Raw, psychedelic, exploratory. The "Dark Star" deep-space years.' },
+      { name: '1974 — Wall of Sound', url: 'https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=1974', badge: 'listen', note: 'The legendary hi-fi PA era — pristine, hugely dynamic sound.' },
+      { name: '1989–1990 — Brent-era late peak', url: 'https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=1990', badge: 'listen', note: 'The last great run with Brent Mydland — polished, powerful, well-circulated soundboards.' },
+    ],
+  },
 ];
 
 module.exports = {
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