Re: [ARSCLIST] [ARSCLIST) associated/muzak,

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I read an account of the birth of Muzak years ago..anyone know if it was in 
Billboard or Discoveries? (Not Goldmine, I never read that one.) The idea was 
to send background music to subscribers possibly via telephone lines..

All sorts of weird articles out there, but this one seems to sum it up best.
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Muzak

Kidding aside, I believe there was a "Mr. Zak" whose name appears in notes 
about recording sessions like the Fats Waller sides.

dl

Dan Nelson wrote:
> Thats interesting....  was it MuZaks intent to
> sell/lease music they recorded for  background  to
> radio stations for  secondary revenue  source ?  or
> did they  just  have all these orchestras in studio
> and cut material just for radio ?  
> I was under the impression that  Associated was an
> independant  transcription service because of the 
> number of dance bands in their library.  From what you
> say Associated was just a spin off from Muzak
> background business,   interesting .....
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> thanks 
> don ward 
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> > Muzak started out as 
> > background, with the transcription service growing
> > out of it.
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