Happy Grocery Store Music? at DVinfo.net

Kevin Randolph · August 10th, 2007, 06:39 PM

Anybody have a lead on where to get some royalty free "Grocery Store Muzac?"

I've check my regular royalty free sights and been able to find "Grocery Store Ambiance," just not the music to go behind it.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Kevin

Emre Safak · August 11th, 2007, 04:06 AM

I need one too, so I asked my musician friends to contribute with a piece of their own. Why don't you do the same? Besides, grocery stores vary a lot and a supermarket chain in Boston will play different music than an ethnic grocery store in NY. Many don't play any music at all.

Kevin Randolph · August 11th, 2007, 01:38 PM

After some extended searching, I'm thinking of using a loop from www.opuzz.com. I hadn't run across them before, but they have some interesting stuff.

Chris Luker · August 11th, 2007, 11:15 PM

I used to be in charge of 12,000 grocery stores' music and ads (not Muzak, but same type of deal).
We did regular music chosen by the individual stores by genre.
I started doing elevator remixes of songs with midi files, a jv1080 and Cubase.
Man, you can get some cheesy sounds doing GM midi files with a cheap synth!
Anyways, try a trumpet sound lead with bass and drums and lots of reverb...

Kevin Randolph · August 12th, 2007, 02:48 PM

Thanks for the tip Chris, but I had to ditch the grocery store aspect of my short for the dvchallenge. I asked two local, independent stores as well as a chain, no takers on letting me shoot in them. Oh well, I think the alternate ending may work out for the story as well.

Thanks again,
Kevin

Jeffrey Brown · August 13th, 2007, 11:02 AM

the safeway that i regularly shop at uses a satellite service that (i swear) is a VH1 outlet.

i hummed along to Tom Petty's "Into the great wide open" yesterday while picking avocados. it felt pretty surreal.

Chris Luker · August 13th, 2007, 05:48 PM

Not satellite.. Safeway was one of our big accounts! I put that song in the AC rotation 6 years ago... Sometimes I miss that job, not some of the people I worked with mind you...

August 10th, 2007, 06:39 PM	#1
Kevin Randolph Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 423	Happy Grocery Store Music? Anybody have a lead on where to get some royalty free "Grocery Store Muzac?" I've check my regular royalty free sights and been able to find "Grocery Store Ambiance," just not the music to go behind it. Any ideas? Thanks, Kevin __________________ "... the drama is on your doorstep..." - John Grierson www.grvideo.net

August 11th, 2007, 01:38 PM	#3
Kevin Randolph Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 423	After some extended searching, I'm thinking of using a loop from www.opuzz.com. I hadn't run across them before, but they have some interesting stuff. __________________ "... the drama is on your doorstep..." - John Grierson www.grvideo.net

August 12th, 2007, 02:48 PM	#5
Kevin Randolph Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 423	Thanks for the tip Chris, but I had to ditch the grocery store aspect of my short for the dvchallenge. I asked two local, independent stores as well as a chain, no takers on letting me shoot in them. Oh well, I think the alternate ending may work out for the story as well. Thanks again, Kevin __________________ "... the drama is on your doorstep..." - John Grierson www.grvideo.net

August 11th, 2007, 04:06 AM	#2
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	I need one too, so I asked my musician friends to contribute with a piece of their own. Why don't you do the same? Besides, grocery stores vary a lot and a supermarket chain in Boston will play different music than an ethnic grocery store in NY. Many don't play any music at all.

August 11th, 2007, 11:15 PM	#4
Chris Luker Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Woods Cross, Utah Posts: 310	I used to be in charge of 12,000 grocery stores' music and ads (not Muzak, but same type of deal). We did regular music chosen by the individual stores by genre. I started doing elevator remixes of songs with midi files, a jv1080 and Cubase. Man, you can get some cheesy sounds doing GM midi files with a cheap synth! Anyways, try a trumpet sound lead with bass and drums and lots of reverb...

August 13th, 2007, 11:02 AM	#6
Jeffrey Brown Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 37	the safeway that i regularly shop at uses a satellite service that (i swear) is a VH1 outlet. i hummed along to Tom Petty's "Into the great wide open" yesterday while picking avocados. it felt pretty surreal.

August 13th, 2007, 05:48 PM	#7
Chris Luker Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Woods Cross, Utah Posts: 310	Not satellite.. Safeway was one of our big accounts! I put that song in the AC rotation 6 years ago... Sometimes I miss that job, not some of the people I worked with mind you...