Music, licensing and brand sound
Guides, playbooks and case studies on business music, licensing and using sound to build your brand.
OneMusic vs Melodial: Australia Business Music Compared
In Australia, OneMusic (APRA AMCOS and PPCA) fees run from hundreds to thousands of dollars a year and still exclude the music itself, while Melodial bundles fully licensed background music and the right to play it commercially from A$9.99 per month.
Read more →Do I Need a Music Licence in Australia?
Yes, if customers or staff can hear music in your Australian business you need a licence. Melodial is a low-cost, fully licensed option at A$9.99 per month, instead of a separate streaming subscription plus a OneMusic licence.
Read more →How Melodial Works: Licensed Music for Business in Australia
Background music and a commercial licence in one A$9.99 per month subscription. How Australian businesses stay fully licensed without paying OneMusic, with a Certificate of Compliance included.
Read more →Melodial Legal Assurance: Fully Licensed Music in Australia
Because Melodial owns or directly licenses every track it plays, businesses in Australia that use it exclusively owe no OneMusic public performance fees. Here is the legal reasoning in plain language, plus the real cost of getting caught without a licence.
Read more →Can I Play Spotify in My Business in Australia?
No, Spotify (even Premium) is licensed for personal use only, so playing it across an Australian business breaks its terms and still needs a OneMusic licence, while Melodial bundles the music and the licence for A$9.99 per month.
Read more →Business Music Licensing Guide for Australia
In Australia, any business playing music for customers or staff needs a public performance licence under the Copyright Act 1968. The traditional route through OneMusic (APRA AMCOS and PPCA) costs hundreds to thousands per year, and the music is extra on top. Melodial includes both the music and the licence for A$9.99 per month.
Read more →How Much Does a Music Licence Cost in Australia?
A traditional music licence in Australia typically costs A$264 to A$8,424 per year through OneMusic, and the music source is extra on top. Melodial includes both the music and the licence for A$9.99 per month.
Read more →How to Play Music Legally in Your Business in Australia
The two legal ways to play music in an Australian business: a OneMusic licence plus a separate streaming service, or Melodial from A$9.99 per month with the licence included.
Read more →Understanding Business Music Licensing in Australia
Playing music in your Australian business is a public performance under the Copyright Act 1968, so you need a commercial licence. Melodial includes both the music and the licence from A$9.99 per month, instead of separate OneMusic fees.
Read more →Music Licence Fines and Penalties in Australia
What OneMusic can charge Australian businesses caught playing unlicensed music: back fees, damages and court costs, plus the A$9.99 per month way to stay legal.
Read more →The Lowest-Cost Fully Licensed Music Option for Business in Australia
A low-cost, fully legal way to play music in an Australian business is Melodial at A$9.99 per month, which bundles the music and the OneMusic licence into one subscription instead of paying A$264 to A$8,424 a year on top.
Read more →Is Royalty-Free Music Safe for Your Business in Australia?
Royalty-free is a marketing label, not a legal clearance, and a single mislabelled track is enough for OneMusic to build a case against your Australian business. Melodial gives you a fully cleared catalogue and a Certificate of Compliance for A$9.99 per month.
Read more →Melodial vs MoodBy: Australia Business Music Compared
MoodBy - charges A$27 per zone. Melodial - A$9.99 per zone, includes AI voice ads, scheduling and offline playback.
Read more →Set It and Trust It: Scheduling with Melodial Plus
Scheduling that is effortless by default and precise when you need it: daypart and zone your music automatically, then roll proven schedules across sites.
Read more →Brand Control at Scale: User Management in Melodial Plus
How Melodial Plus roles, permissions and zones protect your brand across every location and let you build consistent, structured ambiences everywhere.
Read more →Music That Gives Back: How Two Charities Put Sound to Work
Farfield Mill and C Care use Melodial's charity program to play fully licensed, on-brand music for free, creating warmer, more welcoming spaces.
Read more →How Rage Brought 650+ Stores Into One Sound
Rage, one of South Africa's largest fashion retailers, moved 650+ stores onto Melodial, cutting over $100,000 a year in licensing, gaining central brand control and network-wide messaging, and lifting turnover and brand awareness.
Read more →In-Store Messaging, Without the Studio: AI Ad Voiceovers
Turn a line of text into a broadcast-quality announcement in seconds, and use it to inform guests or sell more across any industry.
Read more →How Shazam Left a Gym Chain With a A$260k Bill for Unlicensed Music
A NSW gym chain owner was ordered to pay over A$260,000 after a compliance officer used Shazam to log unlicensed tracks in class. What it means, and the A$9.99/month fix.
Read more →OneMusic Just Won a Court Case Against Small Bars. Here Is What It Means for You
OneMusic won Federal Court proceedings against several small bars over unlicensed music. Why small is not exempt, and how to stay legal from A$9.99/month.
Read more →The Retail Music Research Report
What decades of research reveal about how in-store music shapes shopper behaviour: mood, time perception, tempo, volume, genre and music zoning, with the studies behind every finding.
Read more →Music Licensing Is Becoming a Brand Virtue, Not Just a Legal Box
New OneMusic and Inside Retail research on 1,250 ANZ shoppers: being licensed is now a trust signal customers reward, and its absence one they punish.
Read more →The Retail Music Playbook: How Sound Sells
Use tempo, volume, genre fit and zoning deliberately to lift dwell time and spend on the retail floor, the compliant way.
Read more →The Resort Music Playbook: Scoring the Whole Guest Journey
How to design a cohesive sound across every space of a resort, from arrival to pool to dinner.
Read more →The Dayparting Playbook: One Venue, Many Moods
Tune a restaurant, cafe or bar from open to last call, matching energy to each part of the day.
Read more →The Calm Playbook: Designing Sound for Wellness Spaces
Build soothing, considered soundscapes for spas, salons and treatment rooms that put clients at ease.
Read more →The Sonic Identity Playbook: Music as Brand in Hotels
Turn music into part of your hotel's brand, with one coherent sound from lobby to lift.
Read more →Soundtrack Your Brand, Rockbot and Mood Media vs Melodial
How Melodial compares to Soundtrack Your Brand, Rockbot and Mood Media on licensing, pricing and features for multi-site businesses.
Read more →Multi-Site Music Licensing: One Platform Across Every Location
How chains and groups replace per-site licences and vendors with one fully licensed platform, controlled centrally, at a flat rate per stream.
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