Music, licensing and brand sound
Guides, playbooks and case studies on business music, licensing and using sound to build your brand.
PPL PRS vs Melodial: UK Business Music Compared
PPL PRS (TheMusicLicence) charges a combined annual fee for the licence alone, while Melodial bundles fully licensed background music and the commercial right to play it into one subscription from £4.99 per month.
Read more →Do I Need a Music Licence in the UK?
Yes, if customers or staff can hear music in your UK business you need a licence. Melodial is a low-cost, fully licensed option at £4.99 per month, instead of a separate streaming subscription plus a PPL PRS licence.
Read more →How Melodial Works: Licensed Music for Business in the UK
Background music and a commercial licence in one £4.99 per month subscription. How UK businesses stay fully licensed without paying PPL PRS, with a Certificate of Compliance included.
Read more →Melodial Legal Assurance: Fully Licensed Music in the UK
Because Melodial owns or directly licenses every track it plays, businesses in the UK that use it exclusively owe no PPL PRS 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 the UK?
No, Spotify (even Premium) is licensed for personal use only, so playing it across a UK business breaks its terms and still needs a PPL PRS TheMusicLicence, while Melodial bundles the music and the licence for £4.99 per month.
Read more →Business Music Licensing Guide for the UK
In the UK, any business playing music for customers or staff needs a public performance licence under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The traditional route through PPL PRS (TheMusicLicence) costs hundreds to thousands per year, and the music is extra on top. Melodial includes both the music and the licence for £4.99 per month.
Read more →How Much Does a Music Licence Cost in the UK?
A traditional music licence in the UK typically costs £151 to £5,755 or more per year through PPL PRS (TheMusicLicence), and the music source is extra on top. Melodial includes both the music and the licence for £4.99 per month.
Read more →How to Play Music Legally in Your Business in the UK
The two legal ways to play music in a UK business: TheMusicLicence from PPL PRS plus a separate streaming service, or Melodial from £4.99 per month with the licence included.
Read more →Understanding Business Music Licensing in the UK
Playing music in your UK business is a public performance under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, so you need a commercial licence. Melodial includes both the music and the licence from £4.99 per month, instead of a separate PPL PRS fee.
Read more →Music Licence Fines and Penalties in the UK
What PPL PRS can charge UK businesses caught playing unlicensed music: back fees, damages and court costs, plus the £4.99 per month way to stay legal.
Read more →The Lowest-Cost Fully Licensed Music Option for Business in the UK
A low-cost, fully legal way to play music in a UK business is Melodial at £4.99 per month, which bundles the music and TheMusicLicence from PPL PRS into one subscription instead of paying £151 to £5,755 a year on top.
Read more →Is Royalty-Free Music Safe for Your Business in the UK?
Royalty-free is a marketing label, not a legal clearance, and a single mislabelled track is enough for PPL PRS to build a case against your UK business. Melodial gives you a fully cleared catalogue and a Certificate of Compliance for £4.99 per month.
Read more →Melodial vs MoodBy: The UK Business Music Compared
MoodBy - charges £25 per zone. Melodial - £4.99 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 →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 research on 1,250 shoppers shows being licensed is now a trust signal customers reward, and its absence one they punish. The lesson applies squarely to UK venues.
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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