Iâm fairly sur e that many professional musicians will share my horror on reading the article by Jake Hulyer on âThe (quiet) rise of background musicâ (The long read, Journal, 6 November).
Iâve spent a very large part of my life trying to persuade people to listen carefully to music so that it becomes an integral, civilising feature of their lives. The research into its commercial usage shows it being downgraded to an environmental level that many find pleasant, but others of us regard as intrusive and debilitating.
Is that the world we want to create?