Terms and Conditions

1. About Gruen Music

Gruen Music is a music and creative platform operated by Gruen Music and its associated services. Depending on availability, the platform may provide music streaming, artist profiles, music uploads, editorial media, music and beat sales, promotional services and studio bookings.

Different services may be hosted on separate Gruen Music domains or subdomains. These terms apply to those services unless a service presents separate terms that expressly take precedence for that service.

2. Eligibility and accounts

• You must provide accurate information when creating or using an account and keep your login credentials secure.
• You are responsible for activity carried out through your account. Notify us promptly if you suspect unauthorised access.
• You must have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement. If you are under the age of majority applicable to you, use paid services only with appropriate parent or guardian involvement and where permitted by law.
• Do not impersonate another person, create accounts using false information, or use another person's account without permission.
• We may request information reasonably necessary to verify an account, an artist's rights, a payment or a transaction.

3. Streaming and platform use

Subject to these terms and the availability of a track, Gruen Music grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive and non-transferable permission to access and stream content through the platform for your lawful personal use.

Unless a separate licence expressly permits it, you may not download, copy, redistribute, publicly retransmit, sell, re-upload, sample, extract or commercially exploit streamed content. Streaming access does not transfer ownership of a recording or composition to you.

Playback, catalogue availability, recommendations and features may change as rights, artist preferences, technical requirements or business needs change. We do not guarantee that every track will remain available indefinitely.

4. Artist uploads and rights

Artists and other contributors must upload only material they own or are authorised to distribute, including all required rights in the master recording, composition, samples, artwork, names, likenesses and other included material.

By submitting content, you retain any ownership you already hold. You grant Gruen Music a non-exclusive permission, to the extent necessary to operate the services, to host, store, reproduce, transcode, display, promote and make that content available through the features you select. This permission lasts while the content is hosted and for a reasonable period needed for backups, legal compliance and removal from systems.

You are responsible for accurate metadata, credits, contributor permissions, ownership splits, copyright information and any royalty or reporting obligations arising from your content. Do not upload material that infringes another person's rights or violates applicable law.

We may review, restrict, reject or remove content where reasonably necessary to address rights complaints, safety issues, legal obligations, platform integrity or a breach of these terms. Uploading content does not guarantee approval, promotion, monetisation or a particular number of streams.

5. Marketplace and music licences

The marketplace may offer songs, beats and related products under different licence types. Before purchasing, review the listing, price, deliverables and the licence agreement presented for that specific item. The item-specific licence agreement governs the permitted use of the purchased music and supplements these terms.

• Non-exclusive licences: unless the applicable licence says otherwise, the same beat or composition may be licensed to other customers.
• Exclusive licences: exclusivity, removal from sale, rights transferred and any retained rights are determined by the written agreement for the specific purchase. Do not assume exclusivity unless the agreement expressly grants it.
• Credits and royalties: any producer credit, writer or publishing share, streaming royalty, distribution limit or other obligation is governed by the applicable item-specific agreement.
• Delivery: download access and files are supplied according to the listing and checkout process. You are responsible for retaining your purchase records and downloaded files.

A purchase does not automatically transfer copyright ownership in an underlying composition or recording. No rights beyond those expressly granted in the applicable licence are transferred. If listing details and a licence agreement conflict, contact us before using the material; mandatory consumer rights remain unaffected.

6. Payments, refunds and bookings

Prices are displayed in Nigerian naira (₦) unless stated otherwise. Applicable charges and the total payable should be shown before you confirm a transaction. Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers such as Paystack; their own terms and privacy practices also apply.

Studio bookings are subject to the selected service, date, availability, payment status and any booking-specific conditions presented during checkout or confirmation. A payment attempt alone does not guarantee a booking until it is confirmed by the booking system or Gruen Music.

Refunds, cancellations, rescheduling and failed or duplicated payments are handled according to the terms shown for the relevant purchase or booking and applicable law. Contact us with your transaction reference if a payment is debited but the order or booking is not confirmed. Nothing in these terms removes consumer rights that cannot legally be excluded.

Do not submit payment card details or payment passwords through ordinary messages or email. Use the authorised checkout flow.

7. Artist services, promotion and donations

Artist dashboards, promotional placements, analytics, monetisation and other creator features may have eligibility requirements, fees, usage rules or separate conditions. We may change these features to maintain the service or comply with legal and rights obligations.

Artist promotion is not a guarantee of streams, followers, sales, playlist placement or income. Analytics and engagement figures are estimates based on available platform records and may be corrected for invalid activity or technical errors.

Donations or artist-support features may be made available only to artists who meet the applicable eligibility criteria. Availability of a donation option does not represent a guarantee of artist income or a charitable contribution unless expressly stated.

Artists remain responsible for their tax obligations, contributor payments, licences and any agreements with distributors, publishers, collecting societies or collaborators.

8. Acceptable use

You must not use Gruen Music to:

• infringe copyright, trademarks, privacy, publicity or other rights;
• upload unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, defamatory or otherwise prohibited material;
• manipulate streams, plays, likes, follows, reviews, analytics or payments, including through bots or artificial traffic;
• probe, disrupt, overload or bypass the security of the platform, its accounts, APIs or payment systems;
• scrape, copy or harvest platform data or user information without authorisation;
• circumvent access controls, payment requirements, licensing limits or account restrictions; or
• use the platform in a way that violates applicable law or interferes with another user's access.

9. Intellectual property

Gruen Music's branding, website design, software, text, graphics and other platform materials are owned by or licensed to their respective rights holders and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws. Except for the limited access expressly permitted by these terms, no platform rights are transferred to you.

Artist names, recordings, compositions, artwork and other third-party materials remain the property of their respective owners. If you believe content on the platform infringes your rights, contact us with the content URL, a description of the work and sufficient information to assess your claim. We may request further evidence before taking action.

10. Privacy and communications

We process personal information as described in our Privacy Policy. Depending on the service, information may be used to operate accounts, deliver purchases, process bookings, prevent fraud, provide support and maintain platform security.

If you subscribe to marketing or newsletter updates, you may opt out using an available unsubscribe method or by contacting us. Service-related messages, such as booking or purchase confirmations and security notices, may still be sent where necessary.

11. Service availability and liability

We work to keep Gruen Music secure and available, but cannot guarantee uninterrupted, error-free or universally compatible service. Maintenance, network issues, third-party outages, rights restrictions or events beyond our reasonable control may affect access.

To the extent permitted by law, Gruen Music is not liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost profits, lost data or business interruption arising from use of the platform. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful, including liability that cannot be excluded under applicable consumer-protection law.

You are responsible for maintaining appropriate backups of your own files and for ensuring that your use of purchased content complies with the applicable licence.

12. Suspension and termination

We may restrict, suspend or terminate access where reasonably necessary because of a material breach of these terms, suspected fraud, infringement claims, security risks, legal requirements or misuse of the platform. Where appropriate and practical, we will provide notice and an opportunity to resolve the issue.

You may stop using the platform at any time. Ending an account does not cancel obligations that arose before termination, including payment obligations or licence conditions for content already purchased. Any rights or provisions that by their nature should continue will survive termination.

13. Changes to these terms and governing law

We may update these terms to reflect changes to our services, legal requirements or business operations. The updated version will be published on this page with a revised date. Continued use after the effective date of an update constitutes acceptance where permitted by law; if you do not agree, stop using the affected service.

These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, subject to any mandatory protections or jurisdictional rights that apply to you. Disputes should first be raised with us so that the parties can attempt to resolve them in good faith. This does not prevent either party from exercising rights available through a competent court or regulator.

14. Contact Gruen Music

For questions about these terms, marketplace licences, payments, bookings or rights complaints, contact us:

• Email: admin@gruenmusic.com.ng
• Website: gruenmusic.com.ng
• Studio bookings: Book Now