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: music for both places that set the mood and reflected the environment,” Wagner said.
Feltes compiled about 48 hours of music divided into playlists particular not only to each residence but also the activity and time of day, like, for example, Latin jazz tracks for a lazy afternoon floating in the pool in Palm Beach while gazing at snow-capped mountains in Aspen.
“When someone walks in and hears great music, it’s like looking at a wonderful painting on the wall that gives you certain emotions,” said Wagner, who gets his playlists updated quarterly. “I love that I don’t have to think about what to put on. It’s already done for me.”
Spoilt for choices
With so many genres and artists, it’s hard to stay on top of everything that’s available. ITunes, the online music store, has a catalog of over 8 million songs. And there are countless new performers whose work is not so widely distributed. “Our clients are the type who send people all over the world to find the perfect spoon, or doorknob or type of marble,” said Jeffrey Reed, a club DJ and a founder of Audio Sushi, a custom music service in London with an international clientele. “My job is to find the perfect music.”
Another service, Audiostiles in New York, helped Jessica Goldberg, 35, three years ago when she wanted music to match the apartment she and her husband, Billy, a doctor, had recently renovated in the West Village. With two small children, Goldberg said, “I’m not going to clubs anymore to hear what’s new.” The Goldbergs filled out a questionnaire about their daily life and their musical tastes. In a phone interview, they described their home, which has wide-plank wood floors, large windows and modern furniture. “It was amazing how they extrapolated from that what we liked and would fit our place,” she said.
Most of the tracks on the 10-hour compilation that she continues to play are by acts she had previously never heard of, like the contemporary pop singer Joshua Radin and the folk artist Brett Dennen. The playlist has an overall warm sound, Goldberg said, which harmonises with her apartment’s open floor plan and casual, contemporary feel. “It was like they could read my mind.” Goldberg hired Audiostiles again earlier this year to create a playlist to listen to at home while playing with her children. She said she wanted tunes...
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