Background music. Made for retail stores.
Background music. Made for retail stores.
No SOCAN, Re:Sound, or Entandem licence needed for Sonosfera music under an active plan.
C$16.99 a month, per location.
Free for 14 days, no card needed
- 100% original catalogue
- Catalogue-owned
- Certificate-ready
Every track has a colour.
On-brand, non-intrusive music that makes the space feel active without exhausting staff or customers.
Tap a card to hear a sample
Sera Blu Soffice
Sonosfera Original
Quiet Storm Slip
Sonosfera Original
Gilded Reef Dust
Sonosfera Original
Steady Pace
Sonosfera Original
Endless Signals Calling
Sonosfera Original
Saffron Pulse Horizon
Sonosfera Original
Lakeside Terrace Mist
Sonosfera Original
Evening Terrace Bloom
Sonosfera Original
Coastline Midday
Sonosfera Original
Velvet Kalimba Echoes
Sonosfera Original
Different store moments need different energy.
Sonosfera keeps the soundtrack steady and the rights position clear: one price per zone, no separate collecting-society bill for Sonosfera-only playback, and the same setup across every store.
Your music. Your licence.
Find your colour. Press play.
Every venue. One place.
The licences you won’t need for Sonosfera music.
If a letter comes,
send it our way.
01A question lands.
A licensing organisation asks about your music.
02Forward it to us.
We explain our catalogue directly to the society.
- 03
Your music. On record.
Your Sonosfera Music Use Certificate: proof of Sonosfera catalogue playback under your active plan.
Scope and support
We contact the society and set out our position on the Sonosfera catalogue. Fees they assess on your business stay yours. Other music needs its own licensing.
More about music for your business
Business-use answer
Can a retail store play Spotify or YouTube?
Use YouTube or Spotify as inspiration when briefing your vibe, not as the customer-facing music system. Spotify's terms describe access as personal and non-commercial, and YouTube's terms describe listening as personal and non-commercial while restricting public screening or music streaming. Sonosfera is built for eligible Sonosfera-catalogue playback in supported business spaces.
Talk to us
Need help choosing music for your space?
Tell us about your retail stores. We will point you to the right setup, country page, or licence path.
Canada music licensing
What music licences does a Canadian business need for background music?
In Canada, businesses that play background music are generally billed through Entandem, the joint venture that collects for SOCAN (authors) and Re:Sound (recorded music) in a single invoice. The exact tariff depends on your venue type and size, so check your own SOCAN and Re:Sound obligations. Sonosfera is a separate catalogue service, and its records cover only eligible Sonosfera catalogue playback.
Questions, answered.
For music in the Sonosfera catalogue: no. With an active plan, your Sonosfera subscription is your licence for our music. Sonosfera music is owned by Sonosfera and is not registered with SOCAN, Re:Sound, or Entandem or any other collecting society. Other music you play (radio, TV, Spotify, live music) still needs your SOCAN, Re:Sound, or Entandem licence.
Playback pauses until you choose a plan; nothing is deleted. Your account, zones, business profile and music preferences are all kept, so if you upgrade later you pick up exactly where you left off. The trial takes no card, so you'll never be charged automatically.
Any time, in a couple of clicks: Settings → Billing → Cancel membership. You keep access until the end of the period you've already paid for — no calls, no forms. Paid-upfront multi-year plans run to the end of their agreed term; the pricing page sets out their terms.
On this page, Sonosfera means the Sonosfera business background music service at sonosfera.app: catalogue-scoped playback, country-aware pricing, player/display tools, and certificate-ready records for eligible Sonosfera tracks. It is not the unrelated Italian Sonosfera cultural or museum project.
Sonosfera keeps the soundtrack steady and the rights position clear: one price per zone, no separate collecting-society bill for Sonosfera-only playback, and the same setup across every store. It fits best when the background layer has a clear job: On-brand, non-intrusive music that makes the space feel active without exhausting staff or customers. Keep Sonosfera catalogue playback separate from radio, DJs, live music, uploads, and third-party playlists.
It depends what you play. Mainstream commercial music, radio, TV or a personal streaming account played in a shop needs a local licensing check. Sonosfera-only playback under an active plan is different: the catalogue is original music owned by Sonosfera, so no separate society licence is needed for that playback. If you also play outside music or live performers, check those uses separately.
Not on a personal account. Spotify’s personal terms are for private, non-commercial listening, so using one on the shop floor breaches those terms and leaves the public-performance licence unpaid. The business, not Spotify, receives the enforcement letter.
Most charge a per-location subscription and assume you hold a separate public-performance licence, so the real figure is the subscription plus the licence. Sonosfera is one price per zone with no separate collecting-society bill for Sonosfera-only playback — see the pricing page for the current rate in your country.
More questions (10)
Yes. Pricing is per zone, where a zone is one independent stream, so a shop floor and a stockroom playing different music count separately. You can control every zone remotely and add stores without changing the licensing position.
Steady, mid-tempo music that holds a consistent energy is easier to browse to than tracks that jump between moods. Sonosfera schedules by daypart, so opening, peak browsing and the final hour each get an appropriate energy without staff touching anything.
Your subscription is your licence for Sonosfera music under an active plan. Radio, DJs, live music and other sources need separate permissions.
Yes. You can compare pricing, start an account, and use Sonosfera for Sonosfera catalogue playback today.
Any internet-connected device works: computer, tablet, smart TV, or dedicated media player. Just connect to your existing sound system.
Absolutely. Business plans support multi-location management from a single dashboard, perfect for chains and franchises.
You won't find chart hits or specific artists. That's a licensing limitation, not a choice. But you can request the types of music, moods, and genres you want, and your input directly shapes what gets added. Sonosfera is for businesses who want curated catalogue playback that runs itself.
The track that's already playing keeps going from its buffer, and playback resumes automatically once your connection comes back. After a longer outage you may need to tap play once. Music isn't stored offline, so you'll need a working connection for continuous all-day playback.
Yes. Sign in to your Sonosfera account in any phone browser and the dashboard doubles as a remote: play or pause each zone, skip tracks, switch the vibe, and adjust the volume, all while the music keeps playing on the device connected to your speakers.
Every track is original music owned by Sonosfera, made specifically for commercial spaces. It's designed to create atmosphere, not demand attention, which is exactly what background music should do. Tap play on the sample earlier to judge for yourself.
Make your room sound like you.
Set the vibe in a few minutes. Hear the difference tonight.
Free for 14 days, no card needed