People are going to have different views on using music, so starting close to home I asked my friend Nick a Music graduate, originally from London, currently in New Zealand to give me his view on the subject. What I got was a two part fantastically colourful and opinionated rant about how he hates Nickelback, Jack(blander than a breadstick)Johnson, rave culture in relation to t-shirt sales and Rihanna.
My first thoughts were, cheer up Nick, Rihanna and Jack Johnson are alright and we all love the odd dance. But alas Nick is a consumer of things, and as a consumer he ventures into places that sell consumables. The music these places play may affect how often he ventures in to consume the consumables from them. He has rights, consumer rights so let's read his angry words...
Pt.2 is less angry
My first thoughts were, cheer up Nick, Rihanna and Jack Johnson are alright and we all love the odd dance. But alas Nick is a consumer of things, and as a consumer he ventures into places that sell consumables. The music these places play may affect how often he ventures in to consume the consumables from them. He has rights, consumer rights so let's read his angry words...
- Music being overplayed. This is a valid issue that can frustrate staff members and customers alike, Nickelback are used as an example.
Jesus Christ! you might regret that
If I hear you one more time in the pub, I may glass someone. Or glass myself... Looking so much like Jesus (Chad - the singer) , you should have a moral obligation to make sure that there is no harm done to your fellow man.
- Ill fitting, loud and over the top music. Supre is an Australian shop selling cheap t-shirts, exactly what Nick and his lady friend were looking for. However the music ended up putting them off, enough infact to leave empty handed!? Even though it had what they were looking for, mental.
A healthy raver, worried about second hand smoke.
We stumbled into Supre and she was impressed with the cheap selection on offer but It was also like being submerged in a weird tecnho-rave underworld. There was the repetitive, pumping bass lines and all that was missing was kids waving glow sticks and trying to eat the inside of their own cheeks. We left shell shocked and with no shopping bags – is that really a pleasurable shopping experience?
Interestingly Britains most successful supermarket chain Tesco has a no music-policy, "There is no irritating Muzak in Tesco's" An article from The Telegraph
- It can be hard for staff to always get the music selection right. A lot of staff, particularly in restaurants and bars are assigned the task of ipodding an appropriate playlist. Nick's views on this:
By no means is it an easy task to come up with 3+ hours of music that isn’t going to offend or bore the customers, yet keep all the staff happy and not make them think you’re an over indulgent muso-w***er. Restaurant music should blend into the background. It should be a social aid, an intermediary to dissolve those awkward moments when the conversation runs dry.
Wise words, infact 80% of people say like to hear music when they eat out, for more restaurant stats click here
- Rihanna.......
One more thing. Whilst I am in a pub, or shop, or restaurant... I do not. I repeat not, want to hear Rihanna singing ‘come on rude boy can you get up, come on rude boy boy can you get it up’... There is not one place on this planet that I want to hear about erectile dysfunction. Besides, we all make bad choices and brewers droop is a genuine, plausible medical condition. Leave me alone, I was TIRED.
What else is overplayed? for opinions from young opinionated internet people click here
What else is overplayed? for opinions from young opinionated internet people click here
Pt.2 is less angry
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