There are certainly too many music “critics” (all living in the same echo chamber, considering the scope of available musical tastes being courted).
And too many music industry weasels trying to tell the public what band they SHOULD be listening to.
I can hardly stand it. Even on tv now, regular programming has music in the background.
And yet with all of this is another high profile release of the complete Beatles catalog...
Since music died in 1972, the answer is NO — there is not too much music because there is NO music.
Crap to the ears, we have plenty of.
Is there too much oxygen? nitrogen? Its all around us... will we be overwhelmed
Perhaps a better question is, “Is there too much CRAPPY music?” To which I answer an emphatic yes.
Yes, there is too much music everywhere. You can’t get away from it.
There is a great lack of silence, peace and quiet everywhere.
I’ve written Starbucks about the excess music and volume in it’s stores and got a reply that said the “public wants it”. What Starbucks wants is to sell CD’s in it’s store.
Even book stores have music blasting all the time. Name one store or mall where there’s no music. I’d like to shop there.
People are afraid of silence. They might have to listen to their brain or even, gasp,...Think!
Music is aural pollution and graffitti when it is forced upon you in public places.
If you want music, listen to it at home or in your car (with the windows rolled up) or with a low volume MP3 player.
Noise kills.
I attended South By Southwest, there’s just enough music there. Great time, great music.
Got to have "music". Americans are afraid of silence, of own thoughts, it seems.
You do know, don’t you, that as a strict rule, American commercial television does not allow a second of silence, between programs, commercials, between anything? You notice it when you travel abroad and see television elsewhere. Got to have have noise here, boys!
Among the sweetest things about living in the country on a side road in your own house on your own land is the wonderful silence you can enjoy.
There is far too much truly awful music, especially on commercial radio stations, which are utterly unlistenable no matter what genre they feature.
Too much music? Where?
I hear almost none at home. No TV means the house is quiet most of the time, save for conversation, babbling baby, and snoring dogs. If there is music, it’s because I want to hear it.
I hear almost none when driving. Mostly just a few seconds of bumper music for talk shows, and the occasional ad (signal to change stations). If there is music, it’s because I want to hear it.
I hear most of my music at work. That’s because I use ad-free podcast DJ sets to mask background noise of office conversations and the factory across the hall. Being podcast driven, what I hear is the latest music compiled by DJs I trust as insightful.
Sure there’s some background music when shopping. Yes, BJs and Starbucks is playing it to sell it - ya see, hearing it is really the only way to know (as opposed to looking at covers), and more than once I’ve inquired “what song was that?” It _is_ a store, and their purpose _is_ to sell something, and my purpose _is_ to buy something - funny how sometimes it works out.
The only “saturation” happening in my paradigm is it’s so easy to pick up & hear music I generally like, so I’m disinclined to hunt down & attend live performances (which I usually find out about shortly after the fact).
You choose your lifestyle. Your choice has consequences.
BFL (as Haydn’s C Major Quartet plays on my desk stereo)
I learned long ago to ignore extraneous noise. If I like it I listen. If I don’t like it I don’t listen.
Well, yes, if you’re in the middle of a 4-day festival featuring 2000 performers, then it will be ‘everywhere’, and you will be overwhelmed by it all...
Otherwise, I love listening to music, and dancing to it, and especially playing it, as long as it’s of decent quality. When it’s not of decent quality, there are still uses for it, like a screamo/hardcore CD put on repeat and turned to an extremely low volume makes a ‘white noise generator’ that’s just as effective as those super-expensive ones sold for people who have trouble sleeping if it’s silent...
I once had enough of this crappioli at our local Pier One which endlessly played teeny-bopper soft rock at high volume (same screechy girl singers) while you tried to have a pleasant experience at this interesting store.
I put the contents of my basket on the counter and walked out. Made me feel good. Actually, it was a short time later that Pier One eliminated the music altogether. Maybe my one small step for mankind helped facilitate this change.
Leni