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Jon Hancock<p>"Jazz is the same, really, but different…"</p><p>An episode of Horizon from 1975: "Using examples from the Beatles to Bach, Horizon looks at the factors - physical, psychological and social - that make up the magic of music. Just how far can we succumb to the influence of music? The programme examines the work of the Muzak Corporation of the USA, whose carefully programmed product could be moving on from the supermarkets and restaurants of today to the schools and colleges of tomorrow."</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/LkgNP5GWE-k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/LkgNP5GWE-k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Muzak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Muzak</span></a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>I understand the criticism against <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spotify</span></a> for providing playlists with bland faceless background <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/muzak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>muzak</span></a> that they don't have to pay royalty for. But I don't understand the user behaviour that enables this scheme, where people ever dial up background muzak from Spotify. My main way of using the service is to listen randomly to my 1500 favourite non-bland non-faceless songs.</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"For more than a year, I devoted myself to answering these questions. I spoke with former employees, reviewed internal Spotify records and company Slack messages, and interviewed and corresponded with numerous musicians. What I uncovered was an elaborate internal program. Spotify, I discovered, not only has partnerships with a web of production companies, which, as one former employee put it, provide Spotify with “music we benefited from financially,” but also a team of employees working to seed these tracks on playlists across the platform. In doing so, they are effectively working to grow the percentage of total streams of music that is cheaper for the platform. The program’s name: Perfect Fit Content (PFC). The PFC program raises troubling prospects for working musicians. Some face the possibility of losing out on crucial income by having their tracks passed over for playlist placement or replaced in favor of PFC; others, who record PFC music themselves, must often give up control of certain royalty rights that, if a track becomes popular, could be highly lucrative. But it also raises worrying questions for all of us who listen to music. It puts forth an image of a future in which—as streaming services push music further into the background, and normalize anonymous, low-cost playlist filler—the relationship between listener and artist might be severed completely."</p><p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">harpers.org/archive/2025/01/th</span><span class="invisible">e-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Spotify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spotify</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GhostArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostArtists</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/FakeMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeMusic</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Muzak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Muzak</span></a></p>
moose magoon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@randulo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>randulo</span></a></span> forcibly cheerful vacuous boilerplate non-responses… 'muzak on hold' for customer service chatbots? (who may actually be human but work to a tight script) <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/muzak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>muzak</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/CustomerService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CustomerService</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzak</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Auscandoc<p>The strange things you hear in airports. </p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NothTheClash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NothTheClash</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Muzak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Muzak</span></a></p><p>I know it might not quite fit the <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/JukeboxFridayNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JukeboxFridayNight</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Rainbows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rainbows</span></a> theme but this brings a peculiar kind of musical joy/horror. A genre all of its own?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@50years_music" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>50years_music</span></a></span></p>
Andrés Ortiz Massó 🐌🌍<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span> <br>AI content is <a href="https://xarxa.cloud/tags/muzak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>muzak</span></a></p>
WhippoorwillSong<p>Pop music oldies from 50 years ago are really showing staying power.</p><p>I got to "play hooky" and had a day off work today. Went to the mall, and heard Rasputin by Bony M, and some Supertramp song, playing in the mall sound system. </p><p>It occurred to me how old those songs are now. That would've been like me hearing big band music at the mall growing up... which never happened. Even the elevator muzak was more contemporary back then.</p><p>What happened? Culturally? </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/muzak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>muzak</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retail</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/popmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>popmusic</span></a></p>
Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC<p>Prompt: the malls are alive with the sound of muzak<br><a href="https://discordian.social/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiart</span></a> <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/aigenerated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aigenerated</span></a> <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/elektrodada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elektrodada</span></a> <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/mall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mall</span></a> <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/malls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malls</span></a> <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/muzak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>muzak</span></a></p>
8Petros [$ rm -rv /capitalism/*]Moja żona stwierdziła, że melodyjki stepperów w drukarce działają na nią uspokajająco. Domaga się wręcz, żeby coś drukować (tylko bez chłodzenia) w nocy, bo wtedy lepiej śpi. Macie podobne doświadczenia?<br><br><a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=druk3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>druk3D</span></a> <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=relaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relaks</span></a> <a href="https://petroskowo.pl/search?tag=muzak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>muzak</span></a>
weirdherm :blobcatsweats:<p>Hey I'm weird or herm </p><p>Things about me:<br><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/transmasc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transmasc</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autistic</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/grayAce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grayAce</span></a> person. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/bass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bass</span></a> player. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/librarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarian</span></a> in tech work. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> ofc. In my 40s, white anti-racist from the Southern US.</p><p>Interests include <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/RecordCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecordCollecting</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/soccer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soccer</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/baking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>baking</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/classicFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classicFilm</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/bollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bollywood</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/tollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tollywood</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/kollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kollywood</span></a> </p><p>Favorite music: <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/xtc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xtc</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/cream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cream</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/beatles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beatles</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/JackBruce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JackBruce</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/GeorgeHarrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeHarrison</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/meters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meters</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/SanthoshNarayanan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanthoshNarayanan</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/JohnVanderslice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnVanderslice</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/FreddieKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreddieKing</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BBKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBKing</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MuddyWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MuddyWaters</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/funk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funk</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/blues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blues</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/PsychedelicRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PsychedelicRock</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/muzak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>muzak</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/lounge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lounge</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DeepGroove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepGroove</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p>