I'm not keen on 'live music' in pubs, it's usually because the 'music' is too loud and distorted because the amplifiers and speakers are of such poor quality. I always then go to another pub up the road. Two years ago I stayed in the YHA in Ambleside and on the way into the town I went into a pub/hotel for a meal and when I ordered the bar person asked me and the other customers what three tracks of music we would like to listen to via Spotify. I chose Joan Baez, Diamonds and Rust, a Jimmy Smith track and the Ry Cooder theme from the film 'Paris, Texas.' The pub audio was pretty good and it was nice to be asked. Evidently, the landlord got fed up with the staff hogging the Spotify channel and he demanded that the customers should choose the music! I did choose some other tracks later but I can't remember now what they were.