If you note CAREFULLY the exact time you hear it, and ask the manager what background music service they use, those companies track what is played when very accurately. You might be able to find out from their website...

How dumb of me. Here I'm thinking that all anyone here has to do is pick up the phone and call one of the stores and ask to be put on hold. I forgot that these stores might be regional. And even if you have them in YOUR area, they might not have programmed the same song.

As you suggested, I'll record the tune as best I could over the phone and upload it somewhere.

Can someone tell me the best site to upload without going through the Cookie and "fill out your life history" requirements. Just a simple upload.....I'm a simple guy.

Thanks

Lucky

Diki.....I tried that route. Wrote down the time and date. Unfortunately, it's NOT Muzak. It's just one song that plays over and over.

You'd think it doesn't get much simpler than that. But they're really not interested in anything but making money for the store. Musicians seem to be running last in the priority list.

Lucky8

I just called CVS in 3 different states. Would you believe they all use the same song for "hold."

Lucky

I mean, you probably can play the right hand melody, or part of it, just by listening it for 2-3 times, can't you ?

Just a thought....

There's an Iphone/ipod app that recognises tunes.
http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/iphone/reviews/3388.aspx

Anyone know if this works - Keith

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trident......I don't have to. I recorded it over the telephone yesterday (with CVS) and this morning one of the corporate offices mailed me a WAV file of the song.

Back to square one.

I really want to learn this song as it's a great piano piece. I did more research on it this morning and I'm getting nowhere. CVS was told the song is the Golden Dragon and the composer is Karl King. That's not correct. I called the Karl King museum out in the midwest and they verified that. Karl King wrote circus music 100 years ago (mostly for Barnum and Bailey).

CVS also told me the song has been the "hold" song for at least 4 years now and that the person who originally decided to use it is no longer employed. So the folks who are there now have no way of determining the correct title.

I'm wondering if any of you would mind picking up the phone and calling CVS, Best Buy or Staples and asking to be put on "hold" and listening to it to see if you know it?

Lucky

Lucky,

Get a digital video camera film yourself and hum the tune, we can see what you look like and name the tune! Oh don't forget to post it on YOUTUBE and send us all the link.

Tony

BTW bet most people would name this one with the first two bars

dah dah dah dah - dah dah dah dah

Upload it for us to listen. Maybe Nigel can place it on the server for download?

Cheers
GJ