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Music licensing for offices and workplaces in United States

Melodial for Offices and Workplaces

Music licensing wasn't in anyone's job description. We built Melodial so your workplace never has to think about it. Fully licensed music for the whole office, from the floor to the breakout area, for $6.99 a month. The license is in the subscription.

Yes, the playlist in the breakout area counts.

Most workplaces have no idea that the Spotify playlist in the kitchen needs a commercial license. Fair enough. Nobody tells you until a letter from a collecting society arrives.

The rules say that any music staff or visitors can hear, whether it's in an open-plan office, a breakout space, or reception, counts as a public performance. Personal streaming accounts, CDs, and free-to-air radio all need a separate commercial license the moment people at work can hear them, and there's no exemption for a small office.

For a typical workplace, that license is another few hundred a year on top of what you pay for the music. We think that's an unnecessary line item, so we made a version where the music and the license are the same $6.99 subscription.

A typical office or workplace

Here's what the traditional route costs a typical office or workplace, and what we charge instead

$564
$264
$300
Traditional / year
$69.99
Melodial Basic / year
ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR license Music vendor
That's about
$494
back in your pocket every year, for an office of up to 50 people.

Melodial Basic is $6.99/month, music and license in one bill. No ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR fee, no second streaming subscription.

Indicative only, based on an office of up to 50 people. Music vendor is an estimate: a typical business subscription starts around $25 a month. Full details on our licensing guide.

If a collecting society ever contacts you, we've got your back

Certificate of Compliance included. Download your official licence certificate from your account. If ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR or any licensing body contacts your office or workplace, show them the certificate. You're covered. And if you need help responding, forward us their email and we'll draft the reply.

The three rights you need to play music commercially

There are three separate rights involved in playing music in a business. The traditional system makes you deal with them across multiple bills. With Melodial, all three are in the one subscription.

Recording rights

The right to stream a specific sound recording of a song.

✓ Covered by Melodial

Publishing rights

The right to use the underlying composition and lyrics.

✓ Covered by Melodial

Public performance rights

The right to play music in a commercial environment where customers can hear it.

✓ Covered by Melodial

Melodial owns or directly licenses every track in its catalogue. None of it is registered with any collecting society, so there are no royalties to collect and no license fees to pay. Your subscription is your license.

Playlists for every part of your day

From open to close, Melodial has playlists for every moment. No explicit lyrics, no jarring transitions.

Easy Listening
Easy Listening
Warm · Relaxed · Unobtrusive

Easy-listening favourites for a calm, welcoming floor.

Only Piano
Only Piano
Gentle · Reflective · Warm

Reflective solo piano for a calm, focused floor.

Soul Kitchen
Soul Kitchen
Warm · Groovy · Soulful

Warm soul and groove for breakout areas and kitchens.

Jazz
Jazz
Smooth · Sophisticated · Relaxed

Smooth, sophisticated jazz for reception and shared space.

Start your free trial to hear the full library, 50+ playlists across 30 genres.

Switch in 3 minutes

1

Sign up for a free trial. No credit card required.

2

Pick a playlist. Connect it to your speakers via the app, Bluetooth, or AUX.

3

Download your Certificate of Compliance. You're covered from that moment.

Why Melodial costs a fraction of the traditional route

Traditional

You pay ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR for the public performance license, then pay a separate streaming vendor for the music itself. Two bills, and every layer between you and the artist takes its share.

Melodial

Melodial owns or directly licenses every track. There is no ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR fee to add on top, so your subscription is both the music and the license, for $6.99/month.

Common questions from offices and workplaces

Does an office really need a music license?
Yes, unfortunately. If staff or visitors can hear music, whether in an open-plan space, a breakout area, or reception, it counts as a public performance and needs a commercial license, even for a small office. The good news: with Melodial, that license is already inside your $6.99/month subscription.
Can staff just play their own Spotify?
We wish. Personal streaming accounts are licensed for private use only, so playing them where colleagues or visitors can hear the music is still an unlicensed public performance, whatever the plan. Melodial works the same way in practice, an app connected to your speakers, except the commercial license is built in.
What does Melodial Basic include for one office?
One flat $6.99/month (or $69.99/year) subscription covers the music and the license for a single stream, playing to as many speakers as you like at one location, with a downloadable Certificate of Compliance and playback on any device connected to your speakers.

Get your workplace sorted today.

Music and license in one subscription, for $6.99/month. One less thing for the office manager's list.

Read the full licensing guide →
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