Music everywhere, too much?

Most of the ambiant noise that you're reffering to as music I don't consider to be music. Music I don't mind.
But I guess if beauty is in the eye of the beholder - than music is in the ear.

I often find the incessant music soundtracks in film to be really irratating. Where's the silence? Silence can be as emotive or even more emotive than many of these lame soundtracks.

No music in the great outdoors. Best way to escape it all.

It's a bit like having food everywhere, except with food you can choose not to eat it. I find it awful that they play this crap through your phone while you are waiting on hold. Yes, too much "music" pollution all around.

The worst tends to be what's on the phone while you wait. But generally, I don't notice that music is all around -- it's not at my office, I listen to NPR during the commute, many of the stores I frequent don't play music. All in all, I'm not overexposed so it doesn't bother me. Noise on the other hand is all around. It would be great to reduce both noise and light pollution overall -- per Themadmilkman, the great outdoors is the place to go (except for the dirt bikes, snowmobiles and jeeps!).