I think that those of us who are old enough to remember hearing actual Muzak in public places were in fact hearing one of these diabolical devices: The Seeburg 1000 background music system. Essentially a stackable spindle record player that played Seeburg’s specially produced 16rpm, big hole in the middle LPs chock full of motivating background music, sure to bring out the productivity in your employees and the wallets from your customers. I was delighted to find literally hundreds of clips of these records, alas mostly being played on conventional players, on the youtubes. For the pupose of this post I’m concentrating on a few examples from Seeburg’s long running Industrial library:

Average tempo: medium fast. Predominantly instrumental,with a light seasoning of great vocals. An occasional polka or march. Emphasis on popular music. Minimum of stringed instruments. Unusually rhythmical. Over-all lively character but never a rock ‘n’ roll. Designed for Industrial plants only.

We used to listen to a SIRIUS station that played the same type of music 24/7. Maybe it was station 76, Escapes? It so rocked in a completely non rock way.

when will they finally release this totally obscure music on CD??

Is there something wrong with me that I really like to listen to this kind of music?

Well it is designed to be pleasant to hear, but I love it too. Thick with atmosphere and super melancholy too. I want to hear young bands try to sound like this !

My best friend used to help his dad’s business, which among other things consisted of installing speakers etc. for Muzak systems in stores and hotels around town. He told me that all the places that played Muzak in town played the same music at the same time, since it all came over the wires from a reel-to-reel tape machine (with huge reels) in the basement of a downtown hotel.

Years later I found some odd CDs in the thrift store with titles like “Street People” and “Industrial”. You guessd it, they were small snatches of music, in short or long length, slow or fast tempo, to be used as bridges or intros for training films, commercials, etc.. I sometimes play these when I’m washing dishes or cooking dinner, for extra motivation.

This is currently improving my day at the office.  It works!

i like the old music collection but basic problem is that they are not yet converted to CD so it is not an easy to listen that voice….

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I would hate this music playing if I worked in a factory! It’s worse than Capitol punishment!