Please identify this hold music [telecom]

It sounds like Spyro Gyra. All their stuff sounds the same (good same, but the same nonetheless) so I can't tell you what it is.

R's, John

John Levine wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@joyce.lan:

There's an app for that:

'Tis funny, it sounds like something I've heard somewhere/someplace but I couldn't identify it. I sent it to a musician friend in Reno who thought it was a TV or movie theme but, again, no ID. He passed it around to other musicians in Reno and both Spyro Gyro and The Pat Metheny Group were returned as possibilities, but again no title ID.

Was that clip, instrumental.mp3, only an extract? Can the entire piece be recorded? Have you asked whomever is using that music for music on hold (MOH) for more info?

When I setup a MOH for a client's Nortel PBX I asked my Reno friend to assemble a collection of tunes whose arrangements were legally freely available and I used those for the MOH. I had the complete list of all selections with my friend being the performer -- he has a music studio with Sibelius, etc. and a quad-Xeon Mac upon which he creates music; he's 83 years old and both a composer and performer (weddings, restaurants, even my "Star Parties" when he's in Silicon Valley).

I checked under Spyro Gyra in Rhapsody. This file sounds similar, but isn't by them.

I asked about it when I recorded it, the person on the line at that time told me they didn't know.

And that's pretty much all of it, I don't remember the place I recorded it from and it probably has changed since I recorded it.

I've heard the longer version on several hotlines though - Microsoft comes to mind right away.

Sorry I couldn't be any more help.