this is way too accurate and absolutely brilliant. loved the initial setup of the scenario, and listening all the way through is a tremendously frustrating experience as i'm sure you intended it to be.

this is amazing!

did you add the slight fuzz/distortion that i'm hearing, or is that a result of the low bitrate necessary to submit such a long entry? either way, that aspect makes it incredibly realistic (why does hold music's quality always sound so shitty, anyway??)

Narrowed my EQ down to only cover 300 Hz - 3 kHz, which is roughly the range of most phone earpieces. Bitcrushed it a little and voila, sorta-kinda phone-y. After applying those 2 effects, it kind of didn't matter what bitrate I chose. Sounded pretty much the same all the way down to 32 kbps. Hardest part was getting my wife to agree to voice act for me. Her cameo is saying the word "two".

I thought the soulless fruits of the Corporate battle weren't supposed to instill emotion in the listener . . . so why am I feeling despair and frustration?

10/10 brilliant entry!

i've never actually been on hold, but i can imagine the fun and excitement that's conveyed through the cheery piano and wonderful melody!

Argghgjjjhh
In other words, you nailed it

Yo we were on the same wavelength with this haha

Definitely worth listening to all 18 minutes, the experience wouldn't be the same without doing so.

cool entry. is there an extended version?

I made it to 5:24

weak

I put down a controller and logged back in for this. Gah- this is amazing. I was like, fav @ 33 seconds. (Listening while writing) I use to work for a 1st tier down-stream affiliate of a national health-care before I" souled" my soul to Hot Topic (at least for the time being since I get to do mini live chip performances during my lunch breaks) and let me tell yah- this! This summarizes the feelings of so many callers that I received at what is now...the 8 minute marker. I love it ♡ can't wait to look/listen to the other stuff you've made so far at a later date Vav. Thank you for this.

brilliant

i listened to this...twice :D

this is so realistic and hilarious at the same time i love it lol

pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win
pls let it win

there are
two

The only thing that would make this more realistic/worse would be if the music stopped and started again in a loop offbeat. This is hilarious.

true realism/cruelty would also require me to hard-pan everything to one ear, but alas i was too kind

Wow, this is perfect. Kind of catchy too, just like it so often is... +1 for blistering piccolo solo.

im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won
im glad it won

Unfortunately this song is my life right now :|
Fortunately this song makes it fucking hilarious

I'm on hold with UPS right now. I want you to know I legit got flashbacks to this entry right now.

I have legit listened to this on loop a few times. It's great to listen to while I'm working

there are two callers ahead of me

Hey, seems your real job IRL is to make corporate music? It sounds to real ahah!
Congratz for the win!

this frustrates me so much XD

great job!!!

can i use it as my answering machine message :)

yes

I hate it
Edit: wanted to post a second comment saying "good job" under this for *comedic timing* ,but I can't apparently,so...

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How can the music be stereo if this is over telephone... But this is indeed not far from how I once made a call to an insurance-service telepone-exchange :D