> I said "Something relaxing, do you have ambient music?". This turned out to be a terrible choice; the music was so quiet I could barely hear it.

That was a golden opportunity to experience ambient music in the most historically authentic way possible!

Listen to Brian Eno's story of what inspired his 1978 album, "Ambient 1: Music for Airports":

https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2016/01/05/brian-eno-tell...