Hold Music was written in response to Disquiet Junto Project 0335: Alone Time.
Step 1: Hold music is a ubiquitous fact of modern life. Ask yourself what hold music you’d like to hear while waiting for someone to pick up the other end of the line, or while waiting for a conference call to begin.
Step 2: Record a short piece of hold music that satisfies the scenario you pondered in Step 1. Your finished track should be suitable for looping, since you never know how long you’re going to be on hold.
The idea of hold music really should be about giving the person waiting something to listen to, but it is always tame and boring. Wouldn’t it be nice if the hold music contained something that made the listener think, “So what the hell is this?” Wouldn’t it be more fun to be entertained instead of feeling like one was trapped in an elevator?
I wrote Hold Music to fulfill what I would like to hear – something one is not going to hear in this situation. The piece is very short and can be repeated, though my guess is that after the third time the listener would run away screaming (perhaps the intention after all).
Hold Music was written for five violins.
