Accessibility links Skip to main content Keyboard shortcuts for audio player Open Navigation Menu NPR Shop Close Navigation Menu News Expand/collapse submenu for News National World Politics Business Health Science Climate Race Arts & Life Expand/collapse submenu for Arts & Life Books Movies Television Pop Culture Food Art & Design Performing Arts Life Kit Music Expand/collapse submenu for Music #NowPlaying Tiny Desk All Songs Considered Music News Music Features Live Sessions Shows & Podcasts Expand/collapse submenu for Shows & Podcasts #NowPlaying Tiny Desk All Songs Considered Music News Music Features Live Sessions About NPR Diversity Organization Support Careers Connect Press Ethics The Many Requirements Of Hold Music, A Genre For No One Hold music is camouflaged sound — it needs to obviously exist, while also barely doing so. Small wonder, then, that its biggest "hit" does none of that. Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email Hold music has a paradoxical purpose: Keep folks on the line, but don't draw their attention. DigiPub/Getty Images hide caption
Of the 10,000 callers who heard hold music during their minute wait, only 13 percent dropped off, and more than half guessed their wait time was less than a minute. To take it a step further, the study's last group heard a mix of music and messages while on hold for one minute. Two percent hung up. Another 81 percent thought their wait time was less than a minute.
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Not to mention it's completely illegal to play the radio to callers on hold. Although the radio station has the appropriate license to broadcast music, your business does not, and that could leave you paying major fines.
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Length – if your callers typically wait 2 minutes at a time, then at least 2 minutes of programming should be the goal. The idea is to ensure the callers don’t hear repeated messages every time they call. A typical on-hold message is 4-8 minutes in length.
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A warm acoustic track for projects which need a warm and tranquil background sound. Good choice as commercial background music, music for radio ads, podcasts intro music and phone on hold music. Download MP3 Cloudy Dreams by Audiocalm. It is atmospheric, airy, calm, hopeful track that create chill, love, ethereal mood.
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You might be thinking, “Great, thanks for the info, I’ll go pick something neutral, like classical, or upbeat, like pop.” Slow your roll—there’s a lot more to hold music than just genre.
There’s no need to stress about music usage or copyrights for your music on hold program. Our licensed music can be used not only as music on hold, but as queue music or background music. We have music to fit every industry and brand – to entertain, distract or influence callers.
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Internet – No longer a need for a dedicated phone line just use the internet. Files can be sent in WAV format or MP3.
Professional phone messages and messages on hold When you call into a business the phone messages should reflect the professional business that you are calling. Phone Sound can record the ivr prompts , auto attendants, voicemails, after hours message and all telephone recordings and mix with entertaining on hold music to make sure your business
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