Mood Media, the Successor to Muzak, Emerges From Bankruptcy With Plan to Fine-Tune ‘Elevator Music’ The Austin-based background music company has just emerged out of bankruptcy, with a ...

Danny Turner, Mood’s senior vice president of programming and production, told me that playlists of popular music — as opposed to the generic instrumentals of Muzak past — are now a crucial ...

Casino’s instrumental music often projects an initial illusion of formlessness, all the better to surprise you with sneak details later.

Choose slow, instrumental music. ... Music can improve your mood and help you feel more motivated to tackle important tasks, but it doesn’t always work as a study tool.

Mood music is one of the industry's largest growth segments. But as evidenced by digging into some of the genre’s most-streamed songs on Spotify, not all mood music is created equal. Myndstream ...

Beyond elevating mood, music has a calming effect that also reduces stress. The stress hormone cortisol can be lowered and a relaxed frame of mind can be brought on by listening to relaxing music.

However, a piece of music needs to be in the right tempo to be able to evoke the appropriate arousal and mood. For example, listening to fast instrumental music at a high volume tends to ...