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Our office had awful music. So I built this. Thoughts?

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Re: Our office had awful music. So I built this. Thoughts?

#7
I will never again work in an office with music if I can help it. First was the elevator music in a cube farm job, then the dubstep and rap in a small, young office.

The author writes, " because (in my opinion) there’s nothing worse than being forced to listen to Metallica when trying to do, well, pretty much anything."

For me, Metallica is nearly optimal. I understand the other perspective, which is why I don't support metallica being played to a whole office. I expect the same courtesy from people who have different taste.

Re: Our office had awful music. So I built this. Thoughts?

#9
Cool idea but be careful about publicly admitting to using consumer licensed music (Spotify) in a business setting.

Because your company is playing music for your staff it is considered "Public Performance" and therefore falls under a different royalty rate.

More info here: http://www.ascap.com/licensing/licensingfaq.aspx#general