Muzak Files for Bankruptcy

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NEW YORK -- Muzak Holdings LLC, the maker of elevator music, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday.

The company had heavy debt load, and it filed to try to refinance some of its debt. Its total debt is between $100 million and $500 million and it has assets of less than $50,000, Muzak said in a court filing.

Fort Mill, S.C.-based Muzak filed for court protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware in Wilmington. The company expects to continue to operate as is. A statement said it has "sufficient means" to support itself through a bankruptcy reorganization.

Let them go under! And pray they don't get a government bail-out.
My issue with Muzak: They remove all emotions from a song by systematically changing the instrumentation, altering the tempo, removing dynamics, etc. Essentially neutering it by removing its very soul, all in the name of keeping the listeners complacent.

Porcupine Tree summed it up pretty well when comparing modern music to Muzak:
“... It’s only meant to repress and neutralize your brain.
Soul gets squeezed out
Edges get blunt
Demographic gives what you want.”

Hear for yourself.
(added The Sound of Muzak to the Rock Box.)