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Mood-setting background music for spas

Licensed music designed to create a calm, welcoming atmosphere, perfect for massage rooms, treatment spaces and busy salon floors.

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Enhance the ambiance of your spa

Well-chosen music sets the vibe, improves the client experience and ensures a peaceful, enjoyable environment.

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Sets the mood

The right music creates a calming ambiance in a spa or an upbeat, energetic vibe in a salon, aligning with the services offered.

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Improves client experience

Music fills any awkward silence, making clients feel more comfortable during treatments or waiting periods.

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Encourage repeat visits

A well-curated musical ambiance creates a memorable experience, increasing the likelihood of clients returning.

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Masks unwanted noise

Music helps drown out distracting sounds such as hair dryers, conversations, or street noise, maintaining a peaceful environment.

The sound of better beauty

Our music platform helps you control the mood of your spa with licensed playlists, scheduling tools, and custom stations.

  • Pick your ideal sound from over 500+ curated stations across a wide variety of genres.
  • Import custom playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Youtube, and more.
  • Talk with a dedicated music concierge to help make the perfect station.
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Music for spas made easy

Build the right spa atmosphere throughout the day with scheduled music mixes, gentle promotional messages and multi-location control, all from one easy-to-use interface.

  • Schedule stations and custom mixes, building the right ambiance throughout the day.
  • Incorporate promotional messages for your spa or salon at exact times or in precise intervals.
  • Link as many locations as you like to your account and control music from a single interface.
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Why background music for spas isn’t just background noise


Music influences how clients feel, relax and return. These stats show why investing in professional background music, massage spaces, and salons pays off.

35%

increase in customer satisfaction when relaxing background music is played in spas compared to silent environments.

20%

boost in service-related sales (massages, facials, etc.) in spas that use music tailored to relaxation.

70%

of customers say that calming music significantly enhances their overall spa or salon experience.

Figures and statistics are based on findings from reputable industry reports and academic research studies.

Music license solutions for
different spa environments

Whether you run a boutique spa, massage studio, or a multi-location wellness brand, our platform offers the perfect soundtrack to enhance every client’s experience.

Boutique spas & wellness studios

Craft a unique, tranquil atmosphere with handpicked playlists that reflect your brand’s energy and help clients fully unwind.

Day spas & resort spas

Set the tone in each area, lobbies, treatment rooms and relaxation zones, with zone-based music programming designed to relax and soothe.

Salons & beauty studios

Use our salon subscription music to create a welcoming, stylish atmosphere that keeps clients relaxed and coming back, perfectly tuned to hair, nail and beauty services.

Multi-location spa chains

Manage background music for spa locations from one central dashboard. Keep your brand consistent while tailoring music by service, time of day or region.

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Go beyond curated stations

Already using Spotify, TIDAL or Apple Music at home? You can import playlists from major platforms into your fully licensed spa subscription music account.

How to get started

It only takes a few steps to get fully licensed music in your spa or salon.

1. Pick your plan

Choose one of our plans, tell us about your company, and you're in! Explore all features for 30 days, completely free.

2. Define your sound

Choose from 500+ stations or import custom playlists from major platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube, and more.

3. Program your content

Schedule stations, custom playlists, or mixes and get attention with promotional messaging.

4. Enjoy the music

You’re done! Watch as your beauty centers instantly feel more inviting with professional-grade and expertly curated music.

Trusted by spas worldwide

Thousands of spas and massage studios around the world trust our platform to create the right atmosphere with licensed, flexible music solutions.


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Frequently Asked Questions

Calming and relaxing music for spas — such as ambient, instrumental, or soft acoustic tunes — is ideal for treatments and massage sessions. Spas may prefer upbeat, trendy, or contemporary music to create a lively ambiance. A quality music subscription for spas space lets you tailor the sound to your brand.

The right background music for spa environments helps set the mood, enhances relaxation and influences how clients perceive your services. In massage rooms or beauty stations, music can reduce stress and contribute to a welcoming, calming experience that clients remember.

Music for spas should be loud enough to create ambiance but not so loud that it disrupts conversation or relaxation. Keep it at background level to complement massage sessions or treatments without overwhelming the senses.

No, personal streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube are not licensed for commercial use. To legally play music in a professional setting, you need a subscription music service like SoundMachine that includes public performance rights.

Playing background music for spa treatments or services is considered a public performance under copyright law. Without proper licensing, you could face fines from performance rights organisations. A subscription takes care of this, so you stay compliant.

PROs like ASCAP, BMI and SESAC represent the rights of songwriters and music publishers. They ensure artists are compensated when their music is used in public spaces. By using a licensed provider for music for spas you avoid the hassle of handling these licenses yourself.

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