The wonders of REM rebound, eh? What is probably happening is that you are getting less REM sleep at night, so your naps consist almost entirely of REM sleep. It is generally accepted that the most vivid dreams occur in REM sleep, and the less you get at night the more you'll catch up in naps, if you are able to nap. This is why naps are such a breeding ground for lucid dreams for most of us. Your brain will often basically just go straight into REM sleep, cycling through the other stages of sleep rapidly.
I've had some of my most vivid, surrealistically realistic dreams during naps, or sleeping in into the afternoon, like today. I had some crazy, vivid dreams myself late this afternoon, with long drawn-out chase sequences, Spiderman-like agility, and gory evisceration.
Anyhow, naps tend to produce better recall quite often, as well, since you're typically waking at the end of your natural sleep cycle, instead of to an alarm, breaking in in the midst of a sleep cycle. The same could be said of the way you're waking up frequently during the night. And don't listen to anyone that tell you we dream at most ten dreams a night--my best recorded recall is fourteen detailed dreams in a night, and I get close to that fairly often. I recall an average of six to eight dreams every night, not counting those dull fragments that never go anywhere. I had to quit keeping a dream journal--it took too many hours out of my day to record my dreams in any kind of detail. It is completely possible to recall every dream you have, every night, with a bit of work and dedication.
An interesting experiment you might want to try, since you're napping with loud music playing anyway, is putting on something that mentions dreams, like Aerosmith's Dream On, on loop before your nap. Besides that, do reality checks right before you nap, and as soon as you wake from your nap, as false awakenings are common. As you doze off, mentally assert that you'll have a lucid dream, and if you wake directly from a dream, without moving or opening your eyes, ry to re-enter the dream lucidly (a DEILD).
Good luck!
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