Office & Workplace Music - Licence Included
Skip ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR. Get fully licensed background music for your workplace, just $6.99/month. Music and license in one subscription. No collecting society fees.
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What workplaces actually pay for music
If staff or visitors can hear music, in an open-plan office, a breakout area, or reception, you need a license. Collecting societies typically charge workplaces by headcount or floor area. Melodial replaces both the license and the music source.
Melodial Basic is $6.99/month, music and license in one bill. No ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR fee, no second streaming subscription.
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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.
How can we skip ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR?
ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR collects fees for music registered with collecting societies. If you play mainstream music in the office, Spotify, radio, CDs, you owe them a license fee.
Melodial is different. We own or directly licence every track in our catalogue. None of our music is registered with the US performing rights organizations (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR) or any other collecting society. No royalties to collect means no license fees to pay.
Your Melodial subscription is your license. One flat price covers your whole office, open-plan floor, breakout areas, kitchen, and reception.
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.
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The right to use the underlying composition and lyrics.
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The right to play music in a commercial environment where customers can hear it.
✓ Covered by MelodialMelodial 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.
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Two ways to legally play music in your office or workplace
| ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR license | Melodial | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A license covering mainstream music, songs you hear on the radio. Music not included. | An all-in-one subscription. Music and commercial license in one payment. |
| You need this if | You play chart hits, radio, or specific mainstream tracks around the office. | You want professional background music at a fixed price, whatever your headcount. |
| How it works | Annual fee typically based on employee numbers or floor area. Music source not included. | $6.99/month flat. Whole office covered. Certificate of Compliance included instantly. |
Playing Spotify in the office kitchen? Personal streaming accounts prohibit commercial use, even with Premium. Anywhere colleagues or visitors can hear the music still needs a license from ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR. Melodial replaces both the music and the license.
Music for a working day
Unobtrusive playlists for focus, warm ones for breakout areas and reception. No explicit lyrics, no jarring transitions, no one managing the queue.
Easy-listening favourites for a calm, welcoming floor.
Reflective solo piano for a calm, focused floor.
Warm soul and groove for breakout areas and kitchens.
Smooth, sophisticated jazz for reception and shared space.
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Pick a playlist. Connect it to your speakers via the app, Bluetooth, or AUX.
Download your Certificate of Compliance. You're covered from that moment.
Common questions from offices and workplaces
Does an office really need a music license?
Can staff just play their own Spotify?
What does Melodial Basic include for one office?
Note: If your workplace specifically wants Top 40 hits or mainstream radio, you will still need a license from ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR. Melodial is for workplaces that want a great atmosphere without the premium cost of mainstream licensing.
Get your workplace sorted today.
Music and license in one subscription, for $6.99/month. One less thing for the office manager's list.
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