January 25, 2006

on hold

Since I have been working in a call center with this temp assignment, I have encountered a great deal of hold music. I thought I would log my experiences today.

random new-agie flute music - artist unknown*
random new-agie sax music - artist unknown
random new-agie guitar music - artist unknown
some country music I don't recognize - artist unknown
ooh...strings, nice! - artist unknown
Power of Love - Huey Lewis and The News
marimba...slow jazz? - artist unknown
guitar, cello, claves, techno drums...um...I dunno - artist unknown
trumpet...smoothe jazz - artist unknown
some jingle about getting a flu shot!? - artist unknown
a string quartet, a simple concerto - artist unknown
You Are Everything - artist unknown
a little latin moment of some kind...guitar, conga...quite nice - artist unknown
At This Moment - Billy Vera and the Beaters
This is not hold music, but there is this moviephone voice telling me about the news at the clinic...the background music is smoothe jazz. Wow. This is somehow disturbing.
yet more smoothe jazz - artist unknown, but she plays piano quite well.
I'll add to this all day. Feel free to check in from time to time to discover what musical gems are found while On Hold (Oooooo! Now that's a radio show.).

* I am sure someone knows these people, but I don't have a clue.

Posted by tripp at January 25, 2006 11:19 AM
Comments

I remember reading once that people will stay on hold an average of eight minutes longer than average (or something like that) if the hold music is The Beatles.

Just wondering if you would be apt to spend longer on hold if the Fab Four were in your ear?

Posted by: Reverend Ref at January 26, 2006 01:48 PM