What Should The SMX Advanced Soundtrack Be?

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May. 17, 2007 at 10:17am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

What Should The SMX Advanced Soundtrack Be?

One of the fun things about starting up the Search Marketing Expo conference series has been getting involved with lots of the details. Here's one -- walk in music. You know when you come into a session, and there's music playing? Our SMX Advanced conference will have music like that when the show happens in Seattle next month. It can be any music we want! So want songs do you want to hear? Drop suggestions in the comments below. Or make a playlist at a place like WebJay or elsewhere and leave a link.

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You are in Seattle so it has to be grunge....

Comment by AussieWebmaster

| May 17, 2007 11:28 AM

Grab some of the best bits of the daily SearchCast. You and Dave talking about British coins. You and Marshall singing the 50 state song. Stuff like that..

Comment by Matt Cutts

| May 17, 2007 12:05 PM

This is almost impossible for me to resist...

Uh...

- The Coasters, "Searching"

- Chicago's "I've Been Searchin' So Long"

- Anything by The Searchers, especially their well-known cover of "Love Potion #9"

- Last but not least, The Beatles' immortal ode to the lonely lot of the pay-per-action employment recruiting copywriter: "Pay-Per-Back Writer". What? It's actually "Paperback"? D'oh.

Comment by Winooski

| May 17, 2007 12:13 PM

You are in Seattle, so it has to be...

JIMI HENDRIX!!!

Comment by Todd Mintz

| May 17, 2007 12:31 PM

Hi Danny,

How about search music!

Listen toour first album @ www.hakiasearchmusic.com

Cheers,

Melek

Comment by melek

| May 17, 2007 12:40 PM

you need to shoe-horn Muse in there somewhere..

Comment by mstoddart

| May 17, 2007 1:09 PM

Slightly off topic, given that it's not a suggestion, but it is about conference music - we were waiting on a vendor call last week, listening to the on-hold music, when we suddenly realized that we were listening to the SES pre-session music.

Comment by Simon Heseltine

| May 17, 2007 1:26 PM

If you were a Disney aficionado or aficionado of any theme park you'd know you want music without voices since it builds an atmosphere without interfering with conversation, so what you actually want is ambiance music. I'd suggest something somewhat eclectic like some of the soundtracks from any of Cirque de Sole shows. Another suggestion would be the symphonic version of Dark Side of the Moon.

If you want that theme park feel I've got over 12 hours of source audio from the Disney Parks and 2 hours from Universal Studios (I'm such a geek). Heck sometimes I put it on at home invite people over and charge them $4 for a soda

Comment by graywolf

| May 17, 2007 1:36 PM

I'm all for anything Journey-related. Or maybe Asia's "Heat of the Moment."

Comment by Rebecca Kelley

| May 17, 2007 2:33 PM

Seems like a no brainer... you are going to be in Seattle, the birth place of Grunge and many other great groups so why not play tribute to them. Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Hole to name a few from the Grunge scene. What about Heart and Hendrix for the older rockers. For the hardcore fans some Queensrÿche or Alice in Chains would do nicely. And for those of you who are looking for something a little more romantic how about "Bumpin Uglies" (kidding). I know that the Foo Fighters produce some really decent tunes and should have something for just about everybody.

Seattle has one of the best music scenes

Comment by Lucky Lester

| May 17, 2007 3:56 PM

To pick up where Winooski left off, "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" by U2 seems like a good pick for the playlist...

Comment by mblair

| May 17, 2007 4:27 PM

As the first SMX, you need something special, exciting and unique. I agree that non-vocal is a good idea for walk-in music, since people may desire conversation.

How about John Williams from Australia, a world renowned classical guitarist? I recommend his album "The Ultimate Guitar Collection."

Comment by JEHochman

| May 17, 2007 7:26 PM

Wouldn't "Another One Bites the Dust" be appropriate? There could be several connotations: another spammer is gone, another theory is busted, a competitor was overcome, etc.

Comment by sherrillh

| May 18, 2007 10:01 AM

Unfortunately I can’t attend Seattle but will be @ SMX Social Media NYC. However, I suggest Pat Metheny, Earth Wind and Fire, Vertical Horizons, Jeff Beck, and old BB King, Doctor John, and old Rolling Stones.

Comment by aimclear

| May 18, 2007 5:57 PM

Comment by SEOcritique.com

| May 18, 2007 8:41 PM

Save the date for:
• SMX Local & Mobile - San Francisco, CA (July 24-25) See the agenda, and register now!
• SMX Sao Paolo - Brazil - (Aug. 7-8)
• SMX China - September 23 & 24
• SMX Stockholm - September 23 & 24
• SMX East - NYC - (Oct. 6-8) Registration is now open.
• SMX London - November 4 & 5