No, but if the title was instead "I gave up listening to [the top commercialized] music for a month and it changed my brain" I suspect it would receive a positive reaction.

I don't think it would.

A slightly rephrased title could be "I gave up listening to music while working", and I'd agree with the general conclusion. I find that listening to music can interrupt my flow state during a 45 min Pomodoro. When the song changes, or when the playlist ends, I notice, and get distracted trying to choose a new album to put on.

That’s easily remedied though. Put playlist on repeat for example.

I doubt you would get a positive reaction because listening to music isn't considered a problem. There might be a lot of reasons for that, one of them might be that most people don't sit and exclusively listen to music.

Well that's food for thought isn't it? I don't really listen to music anyways, but one of those people who seems to need constant music in their life should try it and report the results.

I'm more or less one of those people. Working to music helps me because it keeps that hyperactive part of my brain that always wants to get detracted at bay. I will highlight that I normally just drop down into a playlist I have of all my music, or listen to an Artists discography.

I have had instances where I'm doing something that requires 100% of my brain power to solve, and just the extra bit of music becomes overwhelming. That's a twice a year type of issue though.

As someone who can play 3 instruments (sax, guitar, percussion), TV & music are very different

Music is very actively engaging for me. Even listening to it, I tap and strum along. I even find myself “air fingering” to sax music. I primarily stick to unknowns, local acts, live shows on YouTube.

TV on the other hand just makes me feel numb and tired. With little exception I nothing from it. I read up on popular shows here and there, mostly on Wikipedia, just in case someone brings it up I can kind of follow along (same with movies).

Also when and where I grew up we had a clear public TV picture, and the CBS affiliate that barely came in. Perhaps my brain never developed enough of an interest.

Instruments are much cheaper and less environmentally destructive to make.

For me the benefits of sticking to music far out weigh TV