Sunday, November 7, 2010

Caffeinated Tastemakers: Starbuck's Music Man


Happy Sunday morning! Did you turn your clocks back? While you're enjoying an extra cup of coffee with the additional hour this morning, check out this New York Times article illustrating yet another offbeat work opportunity in the music biz.


"TIMOTHY JONES would blush at the notion, but he’s one of the quiet shapers of American culture.
Mr. Jones and his team of shrewd ears are responsible for the music heard daily in each of the some 11,100 Starbucks coffee shops in the United States and Canada, and for the CDs the stores sell. Most Starbucks are open 18 hours a day, and about 60 songs are played every four hours, so that means the home of the venti Caramel Frappuccino and Pumpkin Spice Latte is laying nearly three million musical spins on its customers each day."

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