Talk:Elevator music

what about the marketing aspect of muzak?

There should be some information about the psychological reasons why retailers use muzak to distract shoppers so they make impulse purchases:

"The type of music you play can have dramatic and direct effects on your business. For example, researchers found that a slow temp can increase sales as much as 38 percent in retail stores because it encourages leisurely shopping. Alternatively, a fast tempo is more desirable in restaurants because customers will eat faster, thus allowing greater table turnover and higher sales." - marketingprofs.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.165.132.250 (talk) 21:06, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

"" you'r right. for instance, i looked at this article to learn about the effects of muzak in supermarkets.

Sorry to be negative bt

I really do not think that elevator music is a genre of music. In my local supermarket they often play punk rock classics from the eighties, because what was "rebellious" then is no longer so. So elevator music is not a genre of music defined by an aesthetic, it is simply a particular use of music.

It is also unnecessarily negative. Why shouldn't people listen to music in elevators ? JM

Whoever rewrote this -- Nice work! Thanks!

It is nice, but BGM should not point here.

The Muzak Corporation went out of business in the early 1980s.

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I removed the following text from the article because it seemed a bit POV and used a lot of weasle words; it also didn't really contribute to the article.

There is, however a distinct difference between instrumental music that is deliberately created to calm listeners down and to mask noise and instrumental music that truly entertains. Some people are unable to be entertained by songs without lyrics. Others are amazed at the inventiveness and complexity gifted arrangers can put into their instrumental charts.

--Crucible Guardian 16:07, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

The description specifies it as (bland) instrumental music. It was not exclusively so; in the late sixties and early seventies you could tune into 'elevator music' stations that included such mixed orchestral and choral arrangements as performed by The Cascading Voices of Hugo and Luigi's Chorus or Ray Conniff Singers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gluefish (talk • contribs)

The negative view of instrumental music has it's origins in the youth subculture of the 1960's. Rock became the dominant pop music over the succeeding decades. The excesses of rock, and the general assault on the senses, became the acceptable norm for the majority of music listeners. Hence, instrumental music became "bland". However, instrumental musicians are largely better trained and educated in music than the average rock performer. To say that instrumental music is simple, shows a lack of understanding of music, and is a conditioned response from decades of cultural brainwashing.

Eelb53 (talk) 00:50, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Functional category of music

According to this article and the above comments, elevator music refers to a method and a context, for listening to music, a kind of music whose features can be suitable for the purpose, that can be moderately relaxing or moderately entertaining depending on the social function of the place in which that music is played. If needed, I could write a sort of diagram.--Doktor Who 21:33, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Outside the US

Here in the UK, I've never heard any elevator music (or lift music I guess we'd call it). Obviously this is original research, but perhaps this should be refered to in the article if it is true that it is a US-centric concept... Of course, we do have the telephone music etc, but that doesn't really seem like it should belong here... EAi (talk) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (UTC) http://sinemetre.net I'm in the US, and I never hear music in the lift (lately, I've been seeing small monitors with newsfeeds on them). Plenty of this sort of music in stores, restaurants, and shopping centers, though. Logotu (talk) 22:16, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

bathroom

bathroom is not the place to listen to the music —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.25.8.233 (talk) 11:31, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Redirection

Logically, the keyword "Muzak" should not automatically redirect here. It should redirect to the Muzak Holdings page (that's what common sense dictates, anyways.) Any way to fix this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.211.208 (talk) 03:30, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

I absolutely agree—it should be the other way around. "Muzak" was a prominent brand during its time long before it became a genericized trademark. "Muzak" should resolve to the Muzak Holdings page, and provide a link to this article up top. For comparison, look where "Xerox" resolves to. o0drogue0o 11:52, 17 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by O0drogue0o (talk • contribs)

Elevator Music/smooth jazz/easy listening/middle of the road

Are these types of music all the same genre? It says used as a generic term for them, but are they really the same thing? I remember I was thinking the same thing once when I listened to a smooth jazz station. Though, I never thought an instrumental version of a song is elevator music, only original songs played as such. The snare (talk) 07:20, 7 January 2012 (UTC)