Music in your fav. shops

[kanye3000]

What type of music if any do you like to hear or would LIKE to hear in your favorite shops. More specifically a shop with a similar style to a Barneys co-op

 

[rdawson808]

The live pianist at Nordstrom.


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[Gus]

I like it when a store will "mix it up" on different days but not randomly song after song. So, if I go in there and late 50's jazz is playing one day, then on another visit Euro lounge music, then on yet another visit classic Sinatra. But it has to reflect the aesthetic of the store.

 

[Bam!ChairDance]

I love the local hole-in-the-wall stores that let their employees choose the music. The music itself usually sounds fresh and, most importantly, reflects the "local flava" of the people working there, an effect you will not get if some distant and static force (corporate headquarters) controls the music selection. Of course there are copyright issues, but there are ways...

I think my favorite music-in-store moment was walking into a coffee shop in Martha's Vineyard and hearing Fennesz play in the background. It was playing loud, just as Fennesz needs to be played, and it worked surprisingly well.

 

[Xericx]

DJs at Bloomingdales are always cool. Just as long as its not the makeup counter fashion rocks events or whatever. `

 

[sho'nuff]

Originally Posted by rdawson808

The live pianist at Nordstrom.


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i like the pianist at our SC nordstrom who plays i think Friday or thursday nite. he's not technically better than the other ones, but he plays in such a solemn and melancholy way, it is so touching.

i asked him to play Clair de lune, he obliged, and when he played it i couldnt help buying a coffee from the nordstrom cafe and sit and ponder about my life.
now everytime i walk by him, he asks, "Clair de lune?"
i nod and smile. he smiles back and in a couple of minutes the sweet melody lingers through the bustling store.

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by shoe

i like the pianist at our SC nordstrom who plays i think Friday or thursday nite. he's not technically better than the other ones, but he plays in such a solemn and melancholy way, it is so touching. i asked him to play Clair de lune, he obliged, and when he played it i couldnt help buying a coffee from the nordstrom cafe and sit and ponder about my life. now everytime i walk by him, he asks, "Clair de lune?" i nod and smile. he smiles back and in a couple of minutes the sweet melody lingers through the bustling store.
You spoke to a stranger?!?!?!

 

[sho'nuff]

Originally Posted by Connemara

You spoke to a stranger?!?!?!

he's not a stranger anymore.

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by shoe

he's not a stranger anymore.
But he was initially...

 

[rdawson808]

Originally Posted by shoe

i asked him to play Clair de lune, he obliged,

That's cool. I never asked the guy to play (I live in DC now, where I've never seen a liver player, but grew up in Seattle where there was always someone playing).

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[sho'nuff]

Originally Posted by Connemara

But he was initially...

well, i saw something in common we shared or something we can talk about.

like you once.
was a complete stranger to me.

but from your talking on here, i was compelled to talk to you.

now we are not strangers anymore.

see how that works?

 

[sho'nuff]

Originally Posted by rdawson808

That's cool. I never asked the guy to play (I live in DC now, where I've never seen a liver player, but grew up in Seattle where there was always someone playing).

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yes, but it doesnt always work. some will not oblige as they have only their list of playable songs and they may not be able to play your request.

 

[James Gatz]

Originally Posted by Bam!ChairDance

I love the local hole-in-the-wall stores that let their employees choose the music. The music itself usually sounds fresh and, most importantly, reflects the "local flava" of the people working there, an effect you will not get if some distant and static force (corporate headquarters) controls the music selection. Of course there are copyright issues, but there are ways...

I am a fan of this as well. The only drawback is when you get a bunch of people working who all have similar taste(s). My old coffee shop did this, and all the girls who worked there played the same kind of neo-hippy adult alternative, which isn't necessarily bad in and of itself, but not exactly the thing people need large doses of. But yeah, back in the day when I worked at a local bookstore that's how we decided on the music. Each person got to put a CD in the player and it was set to random.

I think my favorite music-in-store moment was walking into a coffee shop in Martha's Vineyard and hearing Fennesz play in the background. It was playing loud, just as Fennesz needs to be played, and it worked surprisingly well.

This would have instantly become my favorite place to get coffee. I used to love listening to Fennesz on my iPod when I sat and drank coffee at the place around the corner from my old apartment.

 

[rdawson808]

Originally Posted by shoe

yes, but it doesnt always work. some will not oblige as they have only their list of playable songs and they may not be able to play your request.

And worse still, they are getting rid of the live pianist in many of their stores, last I heard.

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[SoCal2NYC]

I was in the Cucinelli showroom yesterday and they were playing some wierd New Wave-Industrial stuff...did not channel images of Solemeo as it should have.