This is my reason for blasting music from my bicycle. Feels less rude than clicking a bell at the pedestrians and somewhat more effective at attracting attention.

Better still, a nice free hub. If you don’t pedal, it’s noisy, if you back pedal it sounds urgent.

As an upside, your better get good at hill climbing as freewheeling or backpedaling up hill takes some practice.

It's great for announcing that an asshole is approaching.

We don't have bears or mountain lions where I live but mountain bikers still do this.

How about don’t ride on the sidewalk or any pedestrian path.