For churches and creators
Licensing
A download buys the song for personal listening. Using it in front of other people is a different question, and usually an easy one. Here is the short version.
Playing the recording in a service
Covered by a standard download purchase for the venue.
Buy it once for the church rather than once per volunteer. That is all a service play needs.
Livestreaming a service that includes it
Needs a streaming licence.
Most churches already hold CCLI Streaming. Email us the song and we will confirm the reporting details.
Congregation singing along
Needs a reprint or projection licence.
Ask and we will send lead sheets and lyric slides at no charge for congregational use.
Video, film, podcast, or advertising
Needs a sync licence, quoted per project.
Tell us the project, the length of the clip, and where it will run. Small ministry projects are usually free.
One thing worth knowing
Churches are one of the few audiences that still buy music outright, and they buy for a building rather than a person. A single church adopting one of these songs is worth more than a thousand streams — so make saying yes as easy as possible.