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Music at your work...

waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
edited May 2008 in Strut Central
I'm not talking about what you've got in your headphones. I work at a place that plays CDs (5-disc changer) for some BG ambiance. The average demographic of people who walk through our door is 40+, white as the whitest rice, and affluent.Heavy rotation has been Miles Davis since I've been there, since someone blessed that place with a few CD burns. I can always get down with that. I pull Norah Jones out of rotation as soon as I walk in the door; Keb Mo' gets a pass because at least I haven't heard that a million times already; someone mentioned bringing in John Mayer, and I will make that one vanish upon sight.I snuck in an AM Gold (go figure) mix that gets hated on regularly. People get mad at it and say they can't handle The Carpenters, even though there's no damn Carpenters on there (although I do ride). They take it out of the rotation, but sometimes I sneak it back in right after.I'm going to put together a disc of moody loops with that boom bap next. Fat Albert Rotunda, Axelrod, Dorothy Ashby, some low rider oldies, jazz that hits, and some sweet soul. Anything too crazy will get vetoed. I probably have to keep it under 100 BPM.I'm looking for suggestions so funky that people don't know they're funky.

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  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Sounds like you better dig up some old CTI records.

    If any label ever defined funk for the funkless, CTI/Kudu was IT.
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    Sounds like you better dig up some old CTI records.

    If any label ever defined funk for the funkless, CTI/Kudu was IT.

    Luckily I have tons of those on hand. "Westchester Lady" it is.
  • behemothbehemoth 2,189 Posts
    anything goes at my job. the VPs have systems in their offices. i even heard "Smell Yo Dick" once.
  • cascas 1,484 Posts
    a disc of moody loops with that boom bap next.
    this sounds sassy!



    I'm looking for suggestions so funky that people don't know they're funky.

    now you[/b] sound sassy!
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts

    This will be going on the CD, no doubt.

  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    a disc of moody loops with that boom bap next.
    this sounds sassy!




    I'm looking for suggestions so funky that people don't know they're funky.

    now you[/b] sound sassy!


    That's some cold shit right there.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Im the resident music gut at work. So whatever i play goes.

    From Lynda Carter to Devin the Dude. All my co-workers are artists so they can tolerate all my personal quirky shit. I make sure to keep some regular shit in the stash so they wont go crazy.

    Muthafuckas try to be on that NPR stiff white dude bullshit....
  • behemothbehemoth 2,189 Posts
    i obviously did not read the initial post
  • cascas 1,484 Posts
    Im the resident music gut at work. So whatever i play goes.

    From Lynda Carter to Devin the Dude. All my co-workers are artists so they can tolerate all my personal quirky shit. I make sure to keep some regular shit in the stash so they wont go crazy.

    Muthafuckas try to be on that NPR stiff white dude bullshit....

    now batmon[/b] sounds sassy!
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I'm looking for suggestions so funky that people don't know they're funky.

    FunkNotFunk for The UnFunky?
  • MTKMTK 45 Posts
    I got this on my door to let folks know what I'm about



    I work at expedia dot com and I have headphones because we have thin walls
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    I'm looking for suggestions so funky that people don't know they're funky.

    FunkNotFunk for The UnFunky?

    Maybe.

  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts

    Sharing horizons that are new to us.



  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts

    If you're not up on this (sleeping), now's your chance.

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