Namely, Lakeview Manor.

When I make a request to play a song, like Age of Aggression for example, the background (main game) music keeps playing, and doesn't mute like inside Inns when a bard is asked to play.

Is this a bug, or is this normal?

The bard's songs are blending together with the game soundtrack, and it sounds dreadful.

It's normal. Or it should be. It's annoying though.

Really? It's normal? Bethesda seriously never even noticed it?

Likely one of the many oversights Beth made. Then again, HF was a.pretty small DLC.

I would think that an extremely minor effort would have been required for this to be corrected. Like one small tweak so that the music didn't mix, set to the same calibration as inns.

Wow. That's really lame.

That part of Hearthfire annoys me.

The music slider is the settings is only for background music... I think.
if it is then mute the background music when inside a hearthfire house.

I realize that is an option, but I don't like the fact that I have to do it. Oh well. I will get over it.

I can always role play as someone who has a has-been musician who can't play anymore living in my house. Lol.

I hate having to mute music when in an inn or hearthfire house but I still do it anyway.