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Music for spas
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Background music for restaurants
with no PRO fees
Licensed background music for restaurants: dinner, the wine bar and the evening seating all sound different. Harmonia's catalog is 20,000+ original tracks produced for business use, with a public-performance license included.
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Background music
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RestaurantREADY-MADE PLAYLIST
Music for restaurants
Background music for dinner, meetings and conversation at the table.
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Music for restaurants0:002:35
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Music that leaves room for conversation
Restaurant guests come to talk. Music here is not entertainment but a wall between tables: it masks the conversation at the next table and fills awkward pauses. As soon as a track has clear vocals or a sharp drum hit, it stops doing that and starts getting in the way.
That's why Harmonia's restaurant collections lean toward instrumental formats: dinner jazz, French cafe, bossa nova, Spanish guitar, romantic piano. There are 16 sound formats for restaurants in total.
Evening is denser than lunch
The same dining room needs different things at lunch and at nine in the evening. By day it's a fast business lunch where the music keeps the pace. In the evening it's a long seating where the tempo has to come down, or guests leave early and skip dessert.
The schedule switches playlists automatically by time of day and day of the week. A Friday night can sound different from a Tuesday, and nobody has to be asked to press a button.
Its own music in every zone
A restaurant is almost always split into zones with different tempos, and a single volume for everyone suits none of them.
| Zone | What plays | Volume |
|---|---|---|
| Main dining room | Dinner jazz, romantic pianoShould mask the next table without drowning out your own | Quiet background |
| Wine bar | Soft swing, gypsy jazzGuests stand here and talk louder | Noticeable background |
| Banquet hall | Latin evening, Balkan eveningChanges with the format of the event | Noticeable background |
| Summer terrace | Mediterranean chill, bossa novaThe street already provides its own background noise | Quiet background |
No PRO fees for our music
A typical background-music service gives you tracks by well-known artists. The rights to those tracks belong to labels and songwriters, so a restaurant may also have to deal with a performing rights organization (PRO), such as ASCAP or BMI in the US, PRS for Music in the UK or SOCAN in Canada, on top of the subscription.
Harmonia works differently. Our catalog is original music produced for business use, and a public-performance license for your venue is included in the subscription. Our tracks are not registered with PROs such as ASCAP, BMI, PRS, SOCAN, APRA AMCOS or GEMA, so playing music from our catalog does not create PRO fees for that music.
Launch within one business day
Send an application and we approve it within a business day. After that, the music plays on the devices you already have in the restaurant: a POS terminal, the host's tablet, a laptop or a mini-PC with a speaker.
Staff don't have to pick anything each morning. Playlists and the schedule are set once, then the music starts by itself and doesn't repeat during a shift. For a chain, everything is managed centrally, by location and zone, from one account.
How much it costs
One plan, no bundles and no extra fees for genres or devices. The price depends only on the number of locations and zones.
$12per month for the first location, billed annually
Catalog, player, schedule, subscription agreement and license certificate. $144 a year, or $17/mo billed monthly
$7for each additional location
A chain is managed from one account. $84 a year, or $12/mo billed monthly
$4for a separate zone
Its own playlist and schedule for a separate room. $48 a year, or $5/mo billed monthly
Prices are per month when billed annually, which is the cheapest option. Monthly billing is available and costs more. After your application is approved, we send an invoice or a payment link. Full plan terms
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to pay PRO fees for music in a restaurant?
Not for our catalog. Every Harmonia track is original music produced for business use and is not registered with PROs such as ASCAP, BMI, SOCAN, PRS for Music, APRA AMCOS or GEMA. You pay only the subscription, and it includes a public-performance license for your venue.
How much does music for restaurants cost per month?
From $12/mo per location when billed annually ($144 a year). Monthly billing is $17/mo. Each additional location in the same company is cheaper: $7/mo billed annually or $12/mo billed monthly. A separate zone with its own playlist is $4/mo billed annually or $5/mo billed monthly. There are no hidden fees for genres or devices.
Can I play Spotify or Apple Music in a restaurant?
No. Personal accounts on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music are licensed for personal, non-commercial listening only, and their terms of service forbid playing them in a business. Music in a public space counts as public performance, which a personal subscription does not cover. You need either a public-performance license from the rights organizations in your country or a catalog that is licensed for business use, like ours.
What kind of music suits a restaurant?
Instrumental formats without distinct vocals: dinner jazz, French cafe, bossa nova, Spanish guitar, neoclassical. The tempo is lower in the evening than at lunch. The main rule is that music shouldn't interrupt the conversation at your own table but should cover the conversation at the next one.
What do I show during a music licensing inspection?
Two documents: your subscription agreement with Harmonia and the license certificate (PDF) issued for each location. The certificate confirms that the venue holds a public-performance license for our catalog. If a rights organization contacts you, write to legal@harmonia-b2b.com and we will help you with the paperwork.
What happens if I play unlicensed music in a restaurant?
Playing music publicly without the right license can lead to claims and fines from performing rights organizations (PROs). The rules and the amounts depend on the country. A subscription to a catalog that includes a public-performance license removes this risk for the music you play from it.
What equipment does the music play on?
Almost anything: a POS terminal, mini-PC, TV box, Smart TV, laptop, or an Android or iOS phone. You don't need to buy special hardware. Everything runs through the web player or the app.
What happens if the internet goes down?
The player caches your playlist and keeps playing offline. The music doesn't stop while the connection comes back.
Get music playing in your restaurant
Send an application and we approve it within one business day. From $12/mo per location, billed annually.
See also: Cafe, Bar and Hotel. How our PRO-free licensing works is explained on a separate page.