Thoughts - Hold music

[jack]

I have nothing against holding on a phone -- what else do you do while someone hunts for something?^[1] -- and nothing against music -- the material manifestation of mathematics^[2] -- and comprehend the inevitable combination of the two. But there's a right way and a wrong way.

Surely some sorts of music lend themselves to arbitrary length plays, but music with creshendos doesn't. If you have a piece of music that builds and builds and then releases the tension in one aural orgy of chords, it suggests a finishing, a resolution. If it then starts again, it lacks. Conversely, being cut off in the middle doesn't help. Why can't companies play consistent sort of music on hold, so you don't keep feeling "This is it! No..."

The same could go for mobile phones. It's a bit of a let down when you start with something dramatic like ride of the valkyries.

Dah dah dah DAH Dah
Dah dah dah DAH Dah
Dah dah dah DAH Kevin? Ugh. Hi. I'm on the effing train. You getting plastered tonight, innit, or what, mate, and how?

^[1] ".":";"::"?":? That is, a full stop corresponds to a colon in the way a question mark corresponds to what? Or, how do you have a sub-question in a sentance?
^[2] Not really true, but alliterative.