Confession Time
I have a problem. I confess. I know it's not normal. I know it's not ok. I just can't seem to help myself.
I have been calling and asking another department on campus to put me on hold, because I love their on hold music.
I don't know what the song's called, nor who it's by, and I can't find it anywhere.
It's some synthesizer-y music from the early 80's. There's no voice - only instrumental. It's got those claps with echos... (total 80's) I have no clue how to describe the song. Only that it's got to be from the early 80's (possibly late 70's). It's common "on hold" music.
No one in the department, knows where the music is saved. It's this mystery in the department. They didn't even know they had music when they put people on hold until I mentioned it and asked what it was. Shazam even failed me.
I have to find this music.
ETA:
Found it, thanks to 2kidsdad and Cinco (in a 70 comment conversation on my facebook!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g4dkBF5anU
and downloadable here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/lna0vd
Title: Opus Number 1
Authors: Darrick A. Deel and Tim Carleton
In the comments over here,
Darrick Deel mentions:
This was not a proprietary mix made by Cisco. It was licensed to Cisco for non-exclusive use in their CallManager product. Tim composed this song and is who performed it for this recording. I helped him record it one day in his garage. This recording is actually from the late Eighties.
I had the opportunity to submit the song to the guy compiling the music on hold CD and he included it in our upcoming product. The Synths used to record the song had very favorable acoustic qualities when transmitted over VoIP with a G.711 encoding. As a result Tim’s Opus No. 1 became the default hold music on Cisco’s product.
The original version has a nice stereo effect on the clapping and a real breathiness and richness in the Synths. There have been a number of people over the years that have tracked me down due to this music. It is always exciting for us to find more people that like the music enough to track it down after an encounter with it while on Hold. Tim and I will discuss the options for making this available and post back here.
I have been calling and asking another department on campus to put me on hold, because I love their on hold music.
I don't know what the song's called, nor who it's by, and I can't find it anywhere.
It's some synthesizer-y music from the early 80's. There's no voice - only instrumental. It's got those claps with echos... (total 80's) I have no clue how to describe the song. Only that it's got to be from the early 80's (possibly late 70's). It's common "on hold" music.
No one in the department, knows where the music is saved. It's this mystery in the department. They didn't even know they had music when they put people on hold until I mentioned it and asked what it was. Shazam even failed me.
I have to find this music.
ETA:
Found it, thanks to 2kidsdad and Cinco (in a 70 comment conversation on my facebook!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g4dkBF5anU
and downloadable here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/lna0vd
Title: Opus Number 1
Authors: Darrick A. Deel and Tim Carleton
In the comments over here,
Darrick Deel mentions:
This was not a proprietary mix made by Cisco. It was licensed to Cisco for non-exclusive use in their CallManager product. Tim composed this song and is who performed it for this recording. I helped him record it one day in his garage. This recording is actually from the late Eighties.
I had the opportunity to submit the song to the guy compiling the music on hold CD and he included it in our upcoming product. The Synths used to record the song had very favorable acoustic qualities when transmitted over VoIP with a G.711 encoding. As a result Tim’s Opus No. 1 became the default hold music on Cisco’s product.
The original version has a nice stereo effect on the clapping and a real breathiness and richness in the Synths. There have been a number of people over the years that have tracked me down due to this music. It is always exciting for us to find more people that like the music enough to track it down after an encounter with it while on Hold. Tim and I will discuss the options for making this available and post back here.