FAQ's

Tired of expensive annual music licenses from SACEM? Welcome to Cafe & Restaurant Music, your ultimate source for high-quality, royalty-free background music that is 100% free and legally safe to stream in your business. Elevate your atmosphere, delight your customers, and save money today.

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No, generally you cannot. Personal streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and the standard YouTube service are licensed for personal, non-commercial use only. Their terms of service explicitly prohibit using them for public broadcasts, such as playing them in a restaurant or cafe. To legally play popular music from these services, you would still need a separate public performance license.

Our Solution: The music on our channel, Cafe & Restaurant Music, is specifically created and licensed for this exact purpose. You can legally stream our playlists in your business without needing any other license, providing you with a simple, safe, and completely free alternative.

For most popular and commercial music, no. Playing copyrighted music in a public setting requires a public performance license from a Performing Rights Organisation (PRO). In France, this is SACEM. These organisations represent songwriters and publishers, and businesses pay them a fee for the right to play their catalogue of songs.

Our Solution: Our music is the exception. Because it is original and not registered with any PROs, you can play it legally in your business without needing to purchase a license from SACEM or any similar organisation.

A music license from a PRO like SACEM is an agreement that gives a business the right to play a vast catalogue of popular, copyrighted music in their public space. The fees collected from these licenses are paid out as royalties to the artists, songwriters, and publishers. It is a legal requirement for any business that plays mainstream music.

Our Solution: We offer a library of high-quality music that exists outside of this system. By using our music, you don’t need to pay these societies, as we are the creators and rightsholders and we give you permission to play it for free.

The cost varies significantly depending on the size of your establishment, the number of seats, whether the music is background or foreground, and your country’s specific licensing rules. It can range from several hundred to thousands of euros per year, representing a significant operational cost for many businesses.

Our Solution: Our service provides a professional alternative that costs nothing. You can create a high-quality, themed atmosphere for your business for free, eliminating this annual expense entirely.

“Royalty-Free” is a term that often causes confusion. It doesn’t necessarily mean the music is free of cost. It means you do not have to pay ongoing “royalties” each time the music is played. Usually, you pay a one-time fee or a subscription to a service to get the license to use the music.

Our Solution: Our music is both royalty-free and free to stream. We’ve created a library that business owners can use without any fees, subscriptions, or complicated licenses, solving the two biggest problems: legality and cost.

There are sources like the YouTube Audio Library or artists who release music under specific Creative Commons licenses. However, the challenge is finding enough high-quality tracks and carefully checking that the specific license for each song allows for commercial use, which can be very time-consuming.

Our Solution: We have done all the hard work for you. Our website and YouTube channel are dedicated, curated sources. You don’t have to check licenses for every song because our entire library is ready and safe for your business.

The best music depends on your brand, theme, and the time of day. However, studies often show that music at a moderate tempo and volume, which matches the style of the establishment, can encourage patrons to feel more positive, stay longer, and even spend more.

Our Solution: We’ve built our entire service around this principle. We offer a wide variety of specific themes (Italian, French, Japanese, etc.) and provide both vocal and instrumental versions so you can perfectly match the music to your brand.

This depends on the energy you want to create. Instrumental music is often better for fine dining or settings where conversation is the main focus, as it’s less distracting. Vocal music can create more of a distinct “vibe,” adding energy for a lively bar or a romantic feeling for an Italian restaurant.

Our Solution: We give you the choice. Almost all of our themes come in two dedicated playlists: a purely instrumentalversion for a subtle background ambiance, and a vocal version for when you want to create a more energetic or emotive atmosphere.

For a business owner, finding 8-10 hours of high-quality, legally safe, and cohesive music is a significant challenge. It requires a lot of time to search for and curate tracks to avoid repetition during a full day of service.

Our Solution: We’ve completely solved this problem. All of our video playlists are hours long (often 10 hours). You can simply press play at the start of service and have a varied, non-repeating soundtrack for the entire day or night.

A great strategy is to match the music’s energy to your customer flow. For a cafe, the morning rush might call for upbeat and positive music. A relaxed afternoon might suit a calmer acoustic playlist. For a restaurant, evening dinner service is the perfect time for your main, theme-specific music.

Our Solution: Our diverse library allows you to do exactly that. You can easily switch between our “Upbeat Morning Playlist,” a “Relaxing Acoustic” playlist, and your theme-specific “Spanish Restaurant” music as the day progresses. We provide the tools to easily soundtrack your entire day.