I was at the gym yesterday. And I was listening to the “Radio Lab” podcast – an episode about music. And they made the point that music is everywhere. In our cars. On TV. Phone answering services. Elevators. Grocery stores. Movies. Alarm clocks. Shopping malls.

Everywhere.

And they said this is probably a bad thing. But they never elaborated on why…

Of course, I couldn’t help but ask why… And I decided it probably was bad, but not for the reasons they might’ve considered.

I think it’s bad because we hear music so much that we aren’t really able to hear it anymore. It’s just a part of the background noise of life – like in a movie. The new “white noise” of our everyday existence. Our brains have probably learned to tune it out.

And I think that’s pretty bad…

I make music. And I sometimes make music for others to hear. And I’m starting to hope that you really listen to my music when you hear it.

But you might not.

In fact, I might not.

Bad.