Stations reshuffle and continue while playback is active and music remains available. Ordered collections play their available sequence once; they do not automatically fill a longer time slot.
Compare station directions before choosing playback
Golden hour
Soul · Instrumental
After the rush
Jazz · Instrumental
| Your decision | Station | Ordered collection |
|---|---|---|
| Track order | Shuffled from the available station music | The collection's available order |
| After the last track | Reshuffles and continues | Ends; no automatic repeat |
| Starting from a selected track | Selected track first, then the remaining station music | Starts at that track and follows the rest of the collection |
| Best starting point | A continuing background direction | A deliberate sequence with a known duration |
Use a station for a continuing musical direction
A station groups music around a sound. Open Hours shuffles the music available to your venue and reshuffles when that queue finishes. It can suit a long service where you want a coherent direction without deciding the position of each song.
Continuous playback does not mean an unlimited supply of unique tracks. Repetition depends on the available music and how long you listen. Check a realistic working period under your plan's terms, and choose a different direction when the room's activity changes.
Use a collection when its sequence matters
An ordered collection follows its available track order and stops at the end. That makes it useful when you want to hear a particular sequence or choose a bounded programme. Check its displayed duration and tracks before deciding how much of your opening hours it will cover.
If you start a collection at a selected song, playback follows the remaining sequence from that point; the earlier songs are not added back at the end. Starting partway through therefore gives you a shorter run than starting from the beginning.
Match finite music to the time you need
Suppose you assign a short ordered collection to a longer scheduled period. The collection can finish while that period is still active. It does not repeat automatically to fill the remaining time, and gap music does not replace it while the slot is still scheduled. Use a continuing station when uninterrupted background music is the aim.
A new scheduled slot replaces the current track. Test the handover rather than assuming a collection will always reach its ending before the next period starts. In scheduled playback a collection runs once per slot; a dated override or gap selection also has its own one-time start.
Distinguish a discovery collection from a playback programme
Public genre, mood and moment pages are curated ways to find stations. A page called a collection does not itself promise a downloadable playlist or an ordered private programme. Inspect the music type in your account when choosing how it will play.
Public samples help you compare musical texture, but a short sample cannot establish a programme's total duration or repetition across a shift. Check those details in the account library. The service uses its own recordings; this choice is not a transfer of mainstream tracks from a personal streaming playlist.
Save the choice and test its ending
Choose music for the venue's actual periods, save the venue schedule and select Follow saved schedule when you want the browser to run it. Keep the workspace open on an awake, connected device. A saved draft and a public day-planner draft do not activate playback by themselves.
For a finite collection, test both the start and the ending. For a station, listen through track changes and check the sound after a realistic period. If the room needs a different direction later, make that a planned change rather than relying on the programme name to do it for you.
Put it into practice.
Music
Explore original background music for business. Hear station samples, compare genres and energy, then save your favourites and schedule music in your account.
Plan music through the day
Plan background music around your business hours, choose stations for each period and turn a daily draft into a practical weekly venue schedule.
Plan music for special dates
Use a special-date override for different music or a closure in Open Hours. Understand venue timezones, whole-day rules, drafts, overnight carry and saved playback.
Opening time
Choose music for the first coffees, early appointments and shop arrivals. Compare First light and Golden hour, with practical checks before doors open.
How it works
Hear original stations, create your account and check the plan for your venue country. Learn how business licensing, playback and daily schedules work.