You drive to work with the radio on, listening to music carefully chosen by a radio station to keep you tuned in for the ads it sells;
Theme music identifies your favorite television program and background music stimulates your reaction to car chases and love scenes, medical emergencies and family reconciliations;
The music tempo is used to influence your buying decisions at the supermarket, clothing or other store;
At a nightclub, music creates that party atmosphere;
Music on hold makes the time you are on hold pass more quickly and pleasantly;
Have you ever been at a restaurant and wondered why it was so uncomfortable only to later realize it was because you thought everyone could overhear your conversation? Music surrounds you, creating the privacy you desire.
Music sets the mood and helps emphasize a corporation's message at company events on or off premises such as management conferences, sales meetings and training seminars.
Imagine a company picnic, holiday or retirement party without music. Those are all public performances. Business owners recognize that because music so strongly affects people, it can also help make their business successful. And, like other products, music is not free.
Whenever music is performed publicly the songwriter and music publisher, who created and own that music, have the right to grant or deny permission to use their property and to receive compensation for that use.
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