Re: Recession not all bad

[Matt Davignon <mattdavignon@gmail.com>]

Yeah, I was going to say - don't blame muzak, blame the clients who
always picked the "wee wee wee" elevator music stations. When I worked
in a restaurant that had muzak, I used to like putting on the
bluegrass station or the salsa station, until the customers complained
it wasn't dave matthews enough for them.

I guess now there's streaming internet radio - much better choices.

Matt

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:44 PM, S V G <vsyevolod@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> <<<elevator-music pioneer Muzak declared bankruptcy>>>
>
>     Interesting.  However our knee-jerk reaction to this news may go, I 
>have a good friend (and underground artist, published the book 'Cassette 
>Mythos' back in the '80's) who used to work in their Seattle office.  He 
>spoke of the science of selecting music for its increasing tempos, slowly 
>raising the tempo from piece to piece for a 15 minute stretch and then 
>starting over again.  The psychological studies that went into their 
>programming was intense.  He also was able to put together reggae and 
>calypso tapes for some of their more eclectic clientele.
>
>     ...and without elevator music, there may have been no 'Music for 
>Airports'...
>
>     Stephen