canned music

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In 2002, its radio stations in Minot, N.D., aired canned music as a toxic cloud blanketed the community after a train transporting anhydrous ammonia for fertilizer derailed and exploded.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

So even though Joice’s bass is amplified, “it’s totally different” from piping canned music from a phone through a speaker.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2022

From a few feet below you can see the creases of his jowls as he shouts above the canned music.

From The Guardian • Nov. 27, 2020

Since its launch in 2007, the Berlin-based online music service has allowed pretty much any audio to be uploaded to its cloud — from Kanye West outtakes to teenagers singing over canned music.

From US News • Mar. 29, 2016

Speaking of canned music reminds me we have a small portable trench machine, which closes up like a valise, easily handled and carried about.

From “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went by Keene, Louis