Muzak’s First Big Dream It’s always been amazing to me that a company like Muzak would open up shop for the first time during the depths of the Great Depression. Was Muzak’s inventor, Gen. George Squier, a visionary or just a wild dreamer? By 1934, the year Muzak was founded, the Great Depression had forced [...]
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Repost from: Bruce McKagan’s Blog
Posted: March 8, 2011 in Archives, Ben Selvin, Bruce McKagan, Master Recordings, Music Industry, Muzak0
Repost: The First Hillbilly Heart-Throb
Posted: February 23, 2011 in Archives, Ben Selvin, Bruce McKagan, Master Recordings, Music Discoveries, MuzakTags: Ben Selvin, Frank Luther, Muzak, Shoes, Slippers, Transcription, Zoyra Layman
The First Hillbilly Heart-Throb Originally Posted on www.muzakblog.com by Roberta Keener on 2/23/11 • Frank Luther When Ben Selvin, Muzak’s executive producer in the ‘30s and ‘40s, called on bands and musicians to record for Muzak, he seemed impartial to their musical styles or genres. He booked big bands, jazz, gospel, opera and everything in [...]
Inventing a Business Model (repost from”Blogging The Archives”)
Posted: January 26, 2011 in Archives, Bruce McKagan, Music Industry, Muzak, Record LabelsTags: 1930's, Blogging the Archives. Muzak, elevator music, Elevators, George Squier, Music Business, Radio Stations
Inventing a Business Model Posted by Brittany Lyke on 1/25/11 • Categorized as Blogging the Archives, New By the 1920’s, the administration of music rights had become a major business. The American Society of Composers, Artists, and Publishers (ASCAP) was founded, serving as a member-owned organization to fight for fair compensation when recorded work was [...]
Not The Muzak You Thought (repost from www.muzakblog.com)
Posted: January 9, 2011 in American Pop Culture, Archives, Ben Selvin, Bruce McKagan, Master Recordings, Music Discoveries, Music Industry, MuzakTags: American Pop Culture, AMP, Ben Selvin, Blogging the Archives, broadcasting, elevator music, Galli Sisters, licensing, music transcription, Soundtrack
Posted by Brittany Lyke on 1/06/11 • Categorized as Blogging the Archives, New I’ve spent the last few posts getting you up to speed on the Muzak recording sessions held in our Manhattan during the late 1930’s. But why did Muzak need to record so much music… and in so many genres? Wasn’t Muzak primarily [...]
1934: The First Year (repost from Muzak Archives Blog)
Posted: December 27, 2010 in Archives, Arrangers, Bruce McKagan, Master Recordings, Music Discoveries, Muzak, New Music, Record Labels1934: The First Year So off into the world of Muzak archives we go, to our earliest recording sessions. We know the names of nearly all of the musicians and the songs they recorded on specific dates thanks we call our ‘Blue Books’. These books are filled with session charts or stage reports that document [...]
My New Hero: Ben Selvin | Straight to Plate
Posted: December 22, 2010 in Archives, Bruce McKagan, Master Recordings, Music Discoveries, Music Industry, MuzakMy New Hero: Ben Selvin | Straight to Plate. My New Hero: Ben Selvin Posted by Brittany Lyke on 12/14/10 • Categorized as Blogging the Archives, New I’ve been a huge Beatles fan all my life. As a left handed 14 year older, I took up bass in 1964 just like my idol Paul. The [...]
Repost: Blogging the Archives – (from www.muzakblog.com)
Posted: December 3, 2010 in Archives, Bruce McKagan, Master Recordings, Music Discoveries, Music Industry, Muzak, New MusicTags: Bruce McKagan, Discoveries, History, Masters, Muzak, Muzak Blog, Rare Finds, Record Labels. Internet, Recording Sessions
Blogging the Archives Posted by Brittany Lyke on 12/02/10 • Categorized as Featured, New I’m about to go on a pretty unique trip: through seventy-six years of our historical archives, which include original recording sessions at Muzak studios in Manhattan. Before we start, let me introduce myself: my name is Bruce McKagan. Coming from a [...]
