You don't have to spend top dollar on a professional recording (although you can). A professional recording will be free of all unwanted echoes, distortions, and noise. A professional sound mixer can give you instrumentals, vocals, beats per minute, and everything you need to turn out a good-quality song.

There are several types of song clearance, including: Mechanical Synchronization Public Performance Master Recording

Mechanical Rights allow you to reproduce a song for sale on a phonorecord for its original use or for a compilation or soundtrack album.

Phonorecord is a blanket term used to describe a musical product such as a CD, vinyl record, digital download or streaming service.