The music samples on this page are royalty free and not subject to APRA fees.

Non royalty fee music is subject to APRA fees. More information on APRA can be found at the bottom of this page.

Music has become a vital component of many businesses today. Research indicates that music can help to set the style and tone of an establishment, as well as influence customer behaviour and improve turnover. Whether you are a major corporation; a hospitality business such as a hotel, café or restaurant; a retail outlet; a fitness centre; a health care business or professional service, it is likely that you use and benefit from music. This can be by playing the radio, TV or CDs at your premises, having music performed live or by playing music via an on hold system on your telephone.

Composers, like other suppliers in the market place, deserve to be paid for the use of their work. They are also entitled to payment under the Australian Copyright Act. This is because copyright law gives composers the right to control and to negotiate a fee for certain uses of their music. These include the right to play or perform music outside the domestic environment (for example, playing music via a radio, TV, CDs, karaoke, live music or DJs in your business) and the right to communicate music to the public via a music on hold system. If your business uses music in any of these ways, you need permission from the copyright owners.
APRA makes this simple. We collectively administer the public performance and communication rights on behalf of the majority of the world’s composers, songwriters and music publishers. This means that rather than having to obtain permission from each and every copyright owner before you use music, you can usually take out an APRA license to cover your business’ music needs.