The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #30784   Message #397516
Posted By: Bugsy
13-Feb-01 - 09:10 PM
Thread Name: RANT (Please join in):Musical Wallpaper!
Subject: RE: RANT (Please join in):Musical Wallpaper!
The Muzak in supermarkets is "actually designed" to get you to either "dally" or "move along" depending on the tempo of the music. When the shop is almost empty, the muzak is usually soft and slow, when it's busy, the tempo is faster. Check it out, it's amazing how it works.

When I was in the record business, one of my pet hates was to walk into a record store that was playing the local top 40 fm radio through the system. My arguement to them was always "You don't have to play that stuff, people will just ask for it anyway. Play something from your stock that has been sitting there for a while." Usually fell on deaf ears.

CHeers

Bugsy