Playing Music Without a Licence in the UK – 2025 Guide
If you’re looking for music that you can play in the UK without buying a PRS PPL Music Licence, you’re in the right place.
You can stream our music in any business, legally, without a PRS PPL Music Licence. What’s more, we’ll even email you a certificate that you can pass on to PRS PPL if you need it.
We’re an established provider of royalty-free music. That’s music you can play in your business without the need to pay PRS PPL for a music licence. You can do this because the PRS and PPL do not collect royalties for the music we supply.
Background Sounds – Music You Can Play Without a PRS PPL Music Licence
Our music comes from an international music licensing agency. They work with musicians from all around the world who choose to be paid through them rather than PRS PPL.
Artists choose to do this because music licensing agencies offer them more ways to make money from their music. Ways such as sync licensing (background music for video games, YouTube and commercials). Along with helping them to get their music played in businesses such as yours.
How Do I Access the Music?
All our music comes supplied as playlists (60 and counting!). They cover a huge variety of genres and styles and we have built them for use across a wide range of industries. You’ll find playlists for spas and therapy centres, shops, cafes, restaurants, gyms, waiting areas and more!
You stream the playlist of your choice from our music library into your business. You can do this via a PC, laptop, tablet or mobile device.
Then you and your staff have unlimited use of the playlist library. Giving you stacks of music to play without a PRS PPL Music Licence!
Pricing – UK Royalty-Free Music Streaming
We save our customers 50-70% on the cost of playing music when they switch from a PRS PPL Music Licence to using our service. Many of our customers save £1,000s’
Both subscription packages offer the same great service; the only difference is how you pay us! The prices are per site and not based on the size of your business or the number of seats, to keep things simple.
Monthly Subscription £15 (+vat) per site (cancel anytime)
Annual Subscription £150 (+vat) per site (best value)
👋 Do you have more than one site? Contact us for a discount! Email info@backgroundsounds.co.uk
What Can You Expect When You Use Background Sounds?
When you choose a subscription to Background Sounds, you’ll not only save money on the cost of playing music. You’ll also have a background music supplier who will ensure you have…
- The very best royalty-free music from around the world
- New music every month
- New playlists throughout the year
- Certificate of royalty-free music subscription
- Friendly and supportive customer support
Informing PRS and PPL
When you use our paid service, you can notify PRS and PPL that you are now playing royalty-free music. They may request evidence; this is normal and is how they ensure you are still playing music legally.
If this happens, let us know and we’ll email you a certificate confirming your subscription. You can then send this on to them, and they will update their records, leaving you in peace.
Background Sounds Certificate of Subscription for PRS PPL
We’re known to PRS and PPL. Our certificates are accepted as evidence that you are using a legitimate supplier for your royalty-free music.
Request yours once you have purchased a subscription to our service.
Try Us for Free
You can try out our full playlist library for free, so you can be confident before you buy that our music fits your business. There are no card details, and you will have full access to our royalty-free music library for seven days.
We’ll also be on hand should you need support getting set up and to answer any questions you may have.
So why not take the expense and stress out of playing music in your business?
Click here to get started today – Start my free trial
Questions?
We’re happy to answer any questions you may have about using our service. You can contact the team at support@backgroundsounds.co.uk
Background Sounds is a specialist provider of royalty-free music. Working with small businesses looking to play music without the need to buy a PRS PPL Music Licence.
The service is offered via online streaming and can be accessed when you take a subscription. You can find out all you need to know on our home page here.
