Muzak
Muzak Holdings LLC is a company, founded in 1934, that is best known for distribution of music to
retail stores and other companies. The word "Muzak" has, in popular usage, broken free from its corporate parent and become a catchall (often
pejorative) for
easy listening,
MOR, or
elevator musicâ€"indeed, become an epithet for banal, derivative, or repetitive music.
In the late 1990s, however, the
Muzak corporation
rebranded thoroughly, and today hardly any of the music Muzak distributes consists of re-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs. [
1] The company focuses on selecting and playlisting existing recordings.
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Applied Media Technologies Corporation*
Music Choice*
American Music Environments*
YCD Multimedia Ltd.*
Reel Sound Productions*
Trusonic*
Ambient music*
ClearChannel*
Elevator music*
Sound masking*
Reel Sound Productions - Productions and Royalty Free music for On Hold Marketing campaigns.*
Comprehensive UK anti-muzak site*
Pipedown site*
The Soundtrack of Your Life, New Yorker company profile
