Guests remember the food, the service and how the room felt, and music shapes that last part more than most owners realize. WeavyAudio gives restaurants original songs for every part of service, from a bright lunch to a slow last seating, cleared for commercial playback for one flat fee per location and with no PRO royalties due on WeavyAudio music.
Music your guests can hear is a public performance under U.S. copyright law. For mainstream songs, that usually means licenses from the performing-rights organizations that represent songwriters: ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and GMR, each covering only its own repertoire. A personal Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube account does not solve it; consumer plans are licensed for personal, non-commercial listening only.
With WeavyAudio you play an original catalog owned by WeavyAudio and licensed to your location for commercial playback. You get a license certificate for each venue, and there are no PRO royalties due on the WeavyAudio music you play. TVs with the sound on, live bands, DJ nights and any other music source still need their own licensing; our guide to ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and GMR fees for restaurants and bars explains how those fees are built.
In a classic 1986 study, Ronald Milliman found that diners in a Dallas–Fort Worth restaurant stayed at their tables about 56 minutes with slow music versus 45 with fast music, and spent more at the bar, while food spending barely moved. It was one restaurant, so treat it as a signal rather than a promise, but the direction is intuitive: slower music invites guests to linger, brighter music keeps tables turning. The research, with its limits, is summarized in how music affects sales.
For lunch, reach for bright, mid-tempo tracks: mellow house, afrobeats and bossa nova. For dinner, warm deep house, a little jazz and romantic songs for date-night tables, softer and slower as dessert arrives.
| Zone | Energy | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| Entrance & waiting at the bar | Bright, 100–115 BPM | Upbeat · Soul |
| Dining room at lunch | Easygoing, 100–118 BPM | Mellow · Bossa Nova |
| Dining room at dinner | Warm, 110–124 BPM | Deep House · Afrobeats |
| Date-night tables & tasting menus | Intimate and quiet | Romantic · Jazz |
| Bar after 9 pm | Groovy, 118–124 BPM | House · Dreamy |
| Patio in summer | Sunny, 100–116 BPM | Latin · Summer |
A simple plan you can fit to your own hours:
Setup and prep: music for the team, bright and upbeat. Guests are not in the room yet, so this is the one hour when staff taste comes first.
Lunch, roughly 11:30 am to 2:30 pm: bright and mid-tempo, 100–118 BPM, at a level that never competes with conversation at the tables.
Afternoon lull: calmer and quieter. Chill and mellow tracks keep the room from feeling empty without filling it.
Dinner: warm, 96–122 BPM, with a little more rhythm as the room fills and the volume kept in check.
Last seatings: slower and softer. The music tells guests the evening is winding down without anyone saying a word.
The most common mistake is setting the volume in an empty room before opening and never touching it again. Check the level at the tables, not at the bar, and remember that as the room fills, the music should rise less than the crowd noise does. If guests have to lean in to hear each other, it is too loud.
The same rule protects your staff. OSHA suggests a quick test: if you need to raise your voice to speak to someone three feet away, noise levels may be above 85 decibels. On a patio, think about the neighbors too, since noise ordinances and quiet hours are set locally. Our volume playbook walks through a 15-minute setup.
$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.
See pricing →If you play songs from their repertoire, generally yes, and each organization licenses only its own catalog, which is how many restaurants end up with several music bills. There are no PRO royalties due on WeavyAudio music, because the whole catalog is original and owned by WeavyAudio. Any other music you play, including TVs, live bands and DJs, is licensed separately.
Not from a personal Spotify account: its terms limit consumer plans to personal, non-commercial use. Broadcast radio and TV fall under a narrow federal exemption for smaller food and drink establishments (under 3,750 gross square feet, or larger ones within limits on speakers and screens), and it does not cover streaming apps or playlists. Check the details before relying on it.
$16 per month per location, or $150 per year ($12.50 a month). Every track is included, with unlimited plays and a license certificate for the venue. The first 14 days are free, and no card is required to start.
Warm, steady and never too loud: deep house in modern dining rooms, jazz and bossa nova in classic rooms, romantic songs for date-night spots. Toward the end of the night, slow the tempo and bring the volume down.
No. You can start from ready-made playlists and moods or build your own. Playback is gapless and continuous, and you can change the music from your phone.