We just had a thread where a famous musician made a custom soundtrack for his favorite restaurant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17604501 https://news.y

We just had a thread where a famous musician made a custom soundtrack for his favorite restaurant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17604501 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17604501 Grant Achatz went out and solicited playlist ideas from the public when opening Roister in Chicago https://chicago.eater.com/2015/11/4/9670684/roister-music-crowdsourcing https://chicago.eater.com/2015/11/4/9670684/roister-music-cr... It's simple. The music is now part of the decor. It must be heard at all costs, so up goes the volume once people fill the place. Then it becomes a positive feedback loop of people shouting to hear each other speak, volume goes up again, and everyone goes deaf.