Music, licensing and brand sound
Guides, playbooks and case studies on business music, licensing and using sound to build your brand.
OneMusic vs Melodial: New Zealand Business Music Compared
In New Zealand, OneMusic New Zealand (APRA AMCOS and Recorded Music NZ) 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 NZ$9.99 per month.
Read more →Do I Need a Music Licence in New Zealand?
Yes, if customers or staff can hear music in your New Zealand business you need a licence. Melodial is a low-cost, fully licensed option at NZ$9.99 per month, instead of a separate streaming subscription plus a OneMusic licence.
Read more →How Melodial Works: Licensed Music for Business in New Zealand
Background music and a commercial licence in one NZ$9.99 per month subscription. How New Zealand businesses stay fully licensed without paying OneMusic, with a Certificate of Compliance included.
Read more →Melodial Legal Assurance: Fully Licensed Music in New Zealand
Because Melodial owns or directly licenses every track it plays, businesses in New Zealand 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 New Zealand?
No, Spotify (even Premium) is licensed for personal use only, so playing it across a New Zealand business breaks its terms and still needs a OneMusic New Zealand licence, while Melodial bundles the music and the licence for NZ$9.99 per month.
Read more →Business Music Licensing Guide for New Zealand
In New Zealand, any business playing music for customers or staff needs a public performance licence under the Copyright Act 1994. The traditional route through OneMusic New Zealand (APRA AMCOS and Recorded Music NZ) costs hundreds to thousands per year, and the music is extra on top. Melodial includes both the music and the licence for NZ$9.99 per month.
Read more →How Much Does a Music Licence Cost in New Zealand?
A traditional music licence in New Zealand typically costs NZ$468 to NZ$5,988 or more per year through OneMusic New Zealand, and the music source is extra on top. Melodial includes both the music and the licence for NZ$9.99 per month.
Read more →How to Play Music Legally in Your Business in New Zealand
The two legal ways to play music in a New Zealand business: a OneMusic New Zealand licence plus a separate streaming service, or Melodial from NZ$9.99 per month with the licence included.
Read more →Understanding Business Music Licensing in New Zealand
Playing music in your New Zealand business is a public performance under the Copyright Act 1994, so you need a commercial licence. Melodial includes both the music and the licence from NZ$9.99 per month, instead of separate OneMusic fees.
Read more →Music Licence Fines and Penalties in New Zealand
What OneMusic can charge New Zealand businesses caught playing unlicensed music: back fees, damages and court costs, plus the NZ$9.99 per month way to stay legal.
Read more →The Lowest-Cost Fully Licensed Music Option for Business in New Zealand
A low-cost, fully legal way to play music in a New Zealand business is Melodial at NZ$9.99 per month, which bundles the music and the OneMusic licence into one subscription instead of paying NZ$468 to NZ$5,988 a year on top.
Read more →Is Royalty-Free Music Safe for Your Business in New Zealand?
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 New Zealand business. Melodial gives you a fully cleared catalogue and a Certificate of Compliance for NZ$9.99 per month.
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, New Zealanders among them, shows 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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