If you have more questions about music licensing for public use many of those are answered in detail on the cloudcovermusic blog, check out their article on this topic here: Top 11 Licensing Questions: How to Play Legal Business Mus ic.Ĭan you really “mix” music using Spotify anyway? The solution that Spotify themselves offer as an alternative is Soundtrack Your Brand – a company that specializes in providing music for different types of venues.Īn official Spotify statement (18.09.21): Source: (18.09.21) You might save yourself some trouble by finding another source of music for your business. While playing the tracks from your personal account in a venue is an illegal activity many places still continue to do so. Personally I’ve been to many bars and pubs using Spotify as their main music source during the absence of a DJ despite it being a clear violation of the user end agreement. Unfortunately as we’ve said before according to Spotify TOS any kind of public playback is prohibited. > How to DJ: Masterclass – Everything you need to know to become a performing DJ ! <- Can I use Spotify in my bar/pub or in another small business? The answer from the official Spotify community forum back from 2013 | Source: Another answer back from 2012 | Source: And an answer from 2017 | Source: Īll things considered Spotify is meant only for private use and you are not supposed to play the streamed tracks in public places or broadcast them – this is considered a violation of the Spotify official end user agreement. Spotify even includes a Group Session Mode for collaborative playback management that seems to be crafted especially for those kind of occasions.Ĭheck out the answer on the official Spotify community forum regarding this matter here. If the party you’re attending/organizing is a small private party and you are not being paid for playing the music or charging people for entry, while you still legally could be in kind of a grey area, technically according to answers from Spotify community forums (back from 2012, 20) you are good to go.Īccording to Spotify TOS it’s not legal to share the music from your account publicly but when it comes to small private gatherings of non-commercial nature you shouldn’t face any problems. (18.09.21) | Source: Can I DJ with Spotify at a private house party? A snippet from Spotify developer’s policy. Here is a snippet from the official Spotify developer’s policy page (18.09.21) containing info regarding this rule. Moreover, Spotify in their developer’s policy specifically pointed out that implementing kind of audio manipulation or track blending functionality in DJ apps and software by the third party developers is also considered a direct violation on the developer’s policy, therefore stating that creating any kind of 3rd party app enabling the user to mix, re-mix or blend Spotify tracks even when technically possible is considered illegal. This means that as of now you won’t be able to connect your Spotify account with any DJ app on Play Store, Apple Store or with any other DJ software. Sadly, not anymore – Spotify officially revoked the support for all 3rd party DJ apps and DJ software back in July 2020.
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