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Muzak may also be referred to as "elevator music" or "lift music" (see also Music on hold). Though Muzak Holdings was for many years the best-known supplier of background music, and is commonly associated with elevator music, the company itself did not supply music to elevators. [6]
Mood Media Corporation was founded in 2004, as Fluid Music Canada. [5] It held an initial public offering in June 2008 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The company offered stock at $2 per share, which subsequently raised $27 million. The company rebranded itself as Mood Media in June 2010, after taking over Europe-based Mood Media Group SA.
To people of a certain age, Muzak is a word like "Kleenex," or "Xerox." It stands for that annoying, easy-listening entertainment piped into elevators and played during on-hold phone calls. And ...
Elevator music (also known as Muzak, piped music, or lift music) is a type of background music played in elevators, in rooms where many people come together for reasons other than listening to music, and during telephone calls when placed on hold.
Mood Media North America (formerly consisting of Muzak, LLC, DMX and Trusonic) is a commercial music company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Mood Media Corporation.Founded in 1999 [1] as a small business unit (SBU) of the now defunct MP3.com, Trusonic provided background music to businesses.
In 1957, Wrather purchased the Muzak corporation, a company providing "elevator music" for business environments. The company owned an extensive library of easy listening music and one of the world's largest recording plants. Wrather sold the company in 1972. [8]
In 1922, he created Wired Radio, a service which piped music to businesses and subscribers over wires. [2] In 1934, he changed the service's name to 'Muzak'. Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest it was pronounced like the word square. [10] He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. [11]
Corporate music (or corporate production music) is a term for background music, made to work with company presentations: rather subtle, understated and unobtrusive. [16] However, it should not be confused with "corporate pop" - pop music produced by corporations and that "blurs the line between independent and mainstream". [17]