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June 30th, 2007

More Considerations About Music & Your Home Business

In a recent post, Do You Listen to Music at Your Home Business,I mentioned the part music might play in your business…whether it’s one you operate solely on the Internet or whether you have a shop in your home that customers frequent.  Sometimes you might play the music for your own enjoyment while you work.  Or you might play music in your shop to add atmosphere and pleasant surroundings for your customers and yourself. 

A reader called my attention to the fact that sometimes permission and payment is required when you play music where the public is involved.  She said it may not be applicable to a home business (depending where in the world you lived), but when she owned a shop (not in her home) there was a license fee she had to pay to play music in public to cover royalties to the musician. 

She also mentioned that if home business owners attended public events (fairs, craft shows, etc.) and played music, this fee likely could apply.  The same could be true if they used music as part of a presentation.

This subject also has come up with regard to the trailers writers put together to promote their books.  Many use background music and wondered how to go about getting permission…or whether there were any songs in the public domain.

Does anyone have experiences to share regarding the use of music with their business?

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By Mary Emma -- 2 comments

June 29th, 2007

Do You Listen to Music at Your Home Business?

  As Jim and I browsed in a shop in Sedona, AZ, Native American flute music played in the background.  Actually, the music first caught our attention while still outside.  We heard it wafting through the air as we approached the shop, and the captivating music lured us inside.   This was our introduction to the Native American flute  music, and we were  enthralled. The result….we ended up buying a CD for ourselves and one to take home for our granddaughter. 

Music while you work or while your customers shop often creates a pleasing, uplifting atmosphere.  If you do sell music CDs, have them playing softly in the background.  Your customers may be tempted to purchase, as we were.

However, do you listen to music for relaxation, to help you concentrate, drown out distracting sounds, or simply because you enjoy it?

Yvonne Russell got me thinking on this topic…music while you work, when I read her post, Whistle While You Write…7 Songs Meme, at Grow Your Writing Business blog.  Although Yvonne didn’t tag anyone for the meme, she invited readers to share their thoughts on music while working.

I prefer quiet music, relaxing music, yet something with an upbeat tempo.  There are some nostalgic songs from my youth that appeal, like The Twelfth of Never, which I listened to at the dentist’s while getting my teeth cleaned the other day.  This resulted in a pleasant conversation about music with the dental hygenist (as much as I could talk while she worked).

Think about it…

*What do customers like to have in the background when they stop in your home shop?

*If you work mainly online, what do you like to listen to while you work?

*What do you like playing while you make products for sale?

*Or do you like complete quiet?

I won’t tag anyone either, for a meme, but would find it interesting if you’d like to share.

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