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Topic: Non-Sync music...What do you play?
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John Wilson
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From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 05-12-2000 04:34 AM
I like to play music people may not hear too much elsewhere...At my old art deco (1935) theatre, I played 30's and 40's jazz which suited the place no-end. At my current mainstream theatre, Elvis is very popular. Especially with the younger ushers who know of him only as a drugged out fat bastard. They are surprised to actually find he was a hellava singer and I find they actually REQUEST Elvis and are disappointed if I don't bring the CD with me. Tonight at IMAX (Where our in-house cd collection consists SOLELY of the 'Everest' soundtrack...AAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!...) I played YMCA by the Village people between the shows and looked out the port to see three ushers doing the dance! (Before the patrons came in, of course). When the patrons did come in, I played 'Car Wash' by Rose Royce and found several patrons dancing along with the song as they walked in. Whatever makes the night more enjoyable for one and all... What do you guys play? Do you have any say in it or does management keep the cd player under lock and key?
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Chris Rhode
Film Handler
Posts: 39
From: Tampa, FL, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 05-12-2000 07:54 AM
One of the techs that used to work at the theater that I work at had a smooth jazz CDs that he would load into the caddy and play until the place opened. Once we open, then we have to play that yucky Movie Tunes with Chris Eric Stevens!!! The name makes me want to vomit. They are in the process of puttting ads into the music although they don't have them in yet. Oh, the music they play is just the crappy popular stuff that you would hear on the radio like that Christina Aguillara and Toni Braxton, etc......------------------ Chris Rhode chrisrhode@hotmail.com My reputation preceeds me..... in fact, it arrived about 45 years ago!
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Aaron Mehocic
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From: New Castle, PA, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 05-12-2000 07:59 AM
We run soundtracks from various movie titles. They're mostly instrumentals like "Braveheart", "CrimsonTide", "Titanic", "Saving Private Ryan", etc. I have never really been in favor of this because I think there are way better tunes out there than just soundtracks. The ownership and past management believed that people would enjoy listening to these songs since they were in a "cinema environment", but it is my finding that the average moviegoer is too stupid to realize the songs are from other films and just chalk it up as "elevator music".Although I perfer to listen to hard rock during my shifts in the booth, I don't think soft rock would be all that bad coarsing through the Non Sync channel. The only CD that I ever replaced was "Forrest Gump" of all selections. We had a young mother complain that while waiting for some bogus Disney movie to start, her children were sarenated by Bob Dylan singing "Everybody Must Get Stoned". Oh well, can't please everybody!
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Dustin Mitchell
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From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 05-12-2000 09:51 PM
I Hate Chris Eric Stevens!!!My favorite quote: quote: Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to listen to movie tunes.
-Chris Eric StevensYeah, I can just see it: 10:30-Board Meeting 11:00-Hair appointment 12:00-Lunch 12:30-Listen to Movie Tunes I also like how they say "Advertise with movie tunes, we have a totaly captive audience," or something to that affect. Yeah, thats what we want to tell the patrons .
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