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Hotel Lobby Music That Sets the Tone

A hotel lobby is a hallway, a waiting room, a meeting place and often a bar, all at once. WeavyAudio gives hotels original music for every hour, from a quiet breakfast to a late drink at the bar, cleared for commercial playback for one flat fee per location and with no PRO royalties due on WeavyAudio music.

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Hotels and music licensing

A hotel is really several venues under one roof: the lobby, the restaurant, the bar, the pool deck, a spa and sometimes meeting rooms. Wherever guests can hear music from the ASCAP, BMI, SESAC or GMR repertoire, that is a public performance those organizations license, and each one covers only its own songs. Events add their own layer: a wedding band or a DJ in the ballroom is licensed separately.

WeavyAudio simplifies the part that covers background music in shared spaces: an original catalog, a license certificate for your location and no PRO royalties due on WeavyAudio music. TVs in guest rooms, live music and events still need their own licensing. Our plain-English licensing guide covers the basics.

A day in the lobby and at the bar

A plan to start from, built from morning and acoustic songs, the uplifting, focus and mellow moods, deep house and ambient pieces:

  • Breakfast and checkout: calm and fresh, and quiet enough for front-desk conversations and phone calls. Morning, acoustic and uplifting songs.

  • Midday: unobtrusive for guests who are working or waiting. Chill and focus tracks.

  • Afternoon check-in: a little more warmth so arrivals feel welcome. Mellow tracks and afro house.

  • Evening bar: lounge textures and soft grooves, slightly fuller but still conversational. Deep house and lounge.

  • Late night: low and minimal. Calm and ambient tracks, so guests coming and going hear a quiet building.

What to play in each zone

ZoneEnergyStart with
Lobby in the morningFresh and quietMorning · Acoustic
Lobby in the afternoonWarm, 100–120 BPMMellow · Afrobeats
Breakfast roomBrightUplifting · Bossa Nova
Hotel barLounge, 110–124 BPMDeep House · Lounge
Pool deck & terraceSunnySummer · Latin
Hotel spaVery calmCalm · Ambient

One sound for the whole property

Guests notice when the lobby, the restaurant and the bar sound like three different hotels. Pick two or three words that describe the brand, such as calm, polished and warm, and check every playlist against them. Artists like Thando Skies and Cyro Zephyr have a consistent deep house sound that is easy to carry through the day, and with 848 hours of music across 152 genres there is room to give each space its own shade of the same mood.

For the rooms beyond the lobby, see our pages on restaurant music, bar music and spa music.

Fresh dreamy tracks for your lobby

Where to start in the catalog

One flat price per location

$16 a month per location, or $150 a year ($12.50 a month). Every track, unlimited plays, gapless playback and a license certificate for your venue. Cancel anytime.

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Questions from hotels & lobbies

Does a hotel need licenses for lobby music?

If it plays music from a PRO's repertoire where guests can hear it, generally yes, and hotels often end up licensing several spaces and uses. There are no PRO royalties due on WeavyAudio music. TVs in guest rooms and any other music source are licensed separately.

What music works in a hotel lobby?

Calm and fresh in the morning, warmer in the afternoon and lounge-style in the evening. Deep house, afro house, chill and mellow songs with understated vocals work best, always quiet enough for front-desk conversations.

What does WeavyAudio cost for a hotel?

$16 per month per location, or $150 per year ($12.50 a month). The license is tied to the location registered on your account.

Does the WeavyAudio license cover TVs in guest rooms?

No. The license covers playing the WeavyAudio catalog as background music at your registered location. In-room TV and radio are licensed separately.

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©2026 WeavyAudio · Licence & copyright

Every track is original music owned by WeavyAudio and licensed to subscribers for public performance at their registered locations — background music in cafés, shops, restaurants, gyms and other venues. It is produced with commercially-licensed tools and human-reviewed before release, so no third-party PRO royalties (ASCAP · BMI · PRS · GEMA · ZAiKS) apply. Recording, redistributing, re-broadcasting or reselling the audio is not permitted. Full terms in the licence agreement.

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