Remixing the holidays: Muzak ‘audio architect’ on shopping tunes
Have you ever wondered why ? while you’re out holiday shopping ? a dress shop might play one soundtrack of Christmas songs while a hardware store might play another? Steven Pilker, manager of Muzak’s audio architecture department, knows the answers. For our continuing series, “Remixing the Holidays,” Pilker explains what all the retail noise is about…and shares the three songs that must be on every holiday soundtrack, regardless of what the store sells.
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