Expert guides on music for hospitality
A comprehensive guide to music licensing for restaurants, hotels, and cafés. Understanding fees, registration, inspections, and long-term planning for music in commercial spaces.
Understanding music licensing penalties in hospitality. What actually happens during an inspection, how costs are calculated, and why the fine is rarely the whole problem.
Understanding how music affects business results in hospitality. Concrete mechanisms that connect sound to guest behavior and revenue.
Understanding why absence of complaints doesn't mean presence of excellence. How premium hotels get stuck in the 'good enough' zone — and what separates them from the ones guests remember.
How classical music works in hospitality spaces. Understanding a genre that carries cultural authority and shapes guest perception.
How indie and alternative music function in hospitality spaces. Understanding a genre that communicates authenticity and attracts a specific audience.
Understanding how jazz works in hospitality spaces. Why certain spaces gravitate toward jazz and how the genre shapes guest perception.
How lounge music works in hospitality spaces. Understanding a genre designed to be invisible—and why that invisibility has value.
Understanding how music affects guest behavior. From cognitive dissonance to the acoustic veil—the mechanisms that connect sound to business results.
How party music functions in hospitality spaces. Understanding the genre that moves the body, raises energy, and triggers impulsive behavior.
Understanding the legal status of radio in hospitality spaces. Why radio isn't exempt from licensing obligations and how it affects your daily operations.
Understanding dayparting—adapting music to the rhythm of the day. Why the same playlist from morning to night doesn't work and how to fix it.