diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/musician.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/musician.dm
index cfd036b9bbe..fa9221f4c39 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/musician.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/musician.dm
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 	var/sound/music_played = sound(soundfile)
 	for(var/i in hearing_mobs)
 		var/mob/M = i
-		M.playsound_local(source, null, 100, falloff = 5, S = music_played)
+		M.playsound_local(source, null, 100, falloff = 0.5, S = music_played)
 
 /datum/song/proc/updateDialog(mob/user)
 	instrumentObj.updateDialog()		// assumes it's an object in world, override if otherwise