Music in places

In what other places/spaces do you encounter music – athletic events, grocery stores, parties? Choose one of these spaces and discuss how music is encountered and what purpose music serves in that space.

I think that the majority of people do not realize how much music that the normal person actually hears throughout the day. I think that I encounter music more in grocery stores, even though I have defiantly experienced music at parties and at sporting events, I see it more as a tool in grocery stores. In Grocery stores it is played to relax the customers and to provide noise to the otherwise, generally, quiet store. For instances, I was in my local grocery store yesterday and Michael Buble was playing. It was soft and quite so that most people do not acknowledge it. It is funny though, most of the time I hear the music, but my mom or dad or whoever I'm with never hears the music playing. Something else, I've noticed that my local store, Publix, plays today's hits along with older stuff. Maybe that is to keep the store balanced with the diversity of people that go to the store. It is also funny how sometimes I have seen people listen to their MP3 devices while shopping. I think that music is played in grocery stores because it is generally a solitary activity.