Buzzetta Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Quickest way to change the patronage at a bar is to change the music that can be played on the jukebox. I would stay away from Heavy Metal or Rap music... Shad... going by music stations... Q104.3 Classic Rock is usually safe... Z-100 or WPLJ style stuff if you want the teens. Collectors Comics in Wantagh used to play WDRE / WLIR New Wave... that was one of the few places I could hear the Smiths while I went through books. Now a days... I guess you would Indie Folk / Songwriter... But if you are looking to do stuff out there... perhaps... (Can't believe I am saying this) Modern country could go well... There is also some room for Singer Songwriter / Jam ... heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot6 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 On 2018-01-17 at 3:39 PM, porcupine48 said: I have very fond memories of box diving as a kid Pervert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tv horror Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 I listen for background stories, "Oh my Granpop has thousands of old comics and he needs help dumping them!" yep I'm in like a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 12:35 PM, AndyFish said: As someone who used to manage a chain of supermarkets I can tell you definitively it's important to know what your employees are playing when you're not there. There needs to be standards set-- and the volume needs to be such that it doesn't cause the shopper to lose focus on what they are there to do-- spend money. If you run a shop, put the speakers up near the register so the employees don't feel the need to crank it so they can hear it. Music should be low volume and as middle of the road as you can find. I love Ozzy, for example, and Crazy Train would make me smile, but play ANY other heavy metal type stuff, or rap, and I'm out of there faster than you can say "Can I help you?". It blows my mind how many shops don't understand this basic common sense rule. Play crazy trAin on a continuous loop over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 While i listen to metal (not deaTh metal or that sort, megadeath was about the limit when i used to lift weights), i agree thaT having it blasting in a shop can be offputting. Frankly i don't think much about shop music..Usually a top 40 station in the background is fine. Us old guys don't like most of it, but we're used to hearing it and can block it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) 26 minutes ago, the blob said: While i listen to metal (not deaTh metal or that sort, megadeath was about the limit when i used to lift weights), i agree thaT having it blasting in a shop can be offputting. Frankly i don't think much about shop music..Usually a top 40 station in the background is fine. Us old guys don't like most of it, but we're used to hearing it and can block it out. I would probably go as far as saying classic thrash metal; Megadeth, Metallica at moderate volume, would be my limit too, but I agree, I'd leave if some extreme Norwegian satanic death metal was on. Too skull-crushing, bleak and aggressive. Although, it would fit in with the general atmosphere in my local Forbidden Planet, as mentioned before. Edited January 20, 2018 by Ken Aldred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 The Merry Marvel Marching Society song, on an endless loop, all day, all night, 24/7, open or closed, rain or shine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadroch Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 My friends once worked at Jekyll and Hyde's, where they had an endless loop of a Disney satire called Its A Ghoul World After Al playing fairly loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber-Bob Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 While I may not like it, I can handle most any kind of music being played except.........Country and Western. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightsofold Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 As a customer, usually all I hear is the voice in my head saying “Please let there be something here worth my money. I want to support the shop being here, but everything is overpriced.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightsofold Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 If I had a shop I’d play (not ear piercingly loud) Marvel movies and super hero cartoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 When I visited one of the leading UK comic shops on Saturday, I was treated to the chap who came into the shop behind me being lectured on the shops 'rules' by the owner: "Don't take the comic out the whole way, only half way or it won't go back in the right place and I won't be able to find it later. If you're going to buy it take it out and put it on the top. Don't take it out if you're not going to buy it". The chap pulled up a book half way, looking like a naughty school boy. "Can you put that on the top" "Sorry?" "Can you take it out and put it on the top" I left shortly after, as I've never liked that 'song'. I prefer the b-side; "Hello Sir, feel free to browse and let me know if to you need any help" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 On 1/17/2018 at 8:01 PM, oakman29 said: If I was a shop owner I would play the Beatles all day, every day. You mean... eight days a week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I'd happily listen to Napalm Death and Cannibal Corpse cranked to 11 if it successfully drowned out the nerd chatter of the employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo749 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, F For Fake said: I'd happily listen to Napalm Death and Cannibal Corpse cranked to 11 if it successfully drowned out the nerd chatter of the employees. What if they are Metal Nerds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F For Fake Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 7 minutes ago, Jimbo749 said: What if they are Metal Nerds? I'm gonna have to think about that. Jimbo749 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcjames Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I listen for what EF Hutton says... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazingbob Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 11:33 AM, Phicks said: Background music is fine. But I have been driven out of comic stores by: 1. Angry metal music. I understand the sole employee in the store might like it. But most customers do not. 2. Even angrier rap music with lyrics about gunning down white cops. This was being played in a Graham Cracker Comics store in Chicago across from the art museum. Not only unpleasant music, but reverse racism. 3. Staff talking down to other staff. I have no desire to hear your "I know more than you do" speech belittling your co-worker, particularly when the topic is just comic books. I'm still trying to figure out what Happy Metal sounds like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, blazingbob said: I'm still trying to figure out what Happy Metal sounds like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 4 hours ago, F For Fake said: I'd happily listen to Napalm Death and Cannibal Corpse cranked to 11 if it successfully drowned out the nerd chatter of the employees. Now,that depends on what era...early Napalm?Pre or post Barnes Corpse?Can we listen to Pungent Stench,Extreme Noise Terror? (metal nerd chatter..) Ken Aldred and F For Fake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
