Frankly, I would rather listen to music I hated, or news radio, than the sounds of my work environment. The sounds present in my work environment include an assortment of whirring fans, rushing heaters, buzzing and clicking equipment, beeps and bells and chimes, and when I focus on all of that, I develop a raging migraine so intense I verge on throwing up.
Music, of any sort, gives me something else to focus on and use to drown out those sounds.
I imagine you'd notice a hell of a lot more sound-pollution in your various environments if you didn't have the organized sound of music to distract from them, and it's not the pleasant silence you would hope for.
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