i should explain where i am getting at: that music is made, produced, and bought for "personal pleasure" or as a "personal hobby" is a historical anomaly. music was always tied in to societal, political or cosmological structures. made for royal ceremonies or religious events. even in the 19th century, when the power of pope and king had waned, there was a consensus that art should not be created for its own sake, but for the betterment of mankind and society. even in the 20th century, in the soviet union, art was not seen as a personal but a political thing, and "unpolitical" music like rock'n'roll music was banned for this very reason. (of course it was wrong they banned it - but it shows that music was understood political back then - even if the soviets were in the wrong and acted wrong in this matter).
that music is a hobby or a "simple leisure" in todays society, is something bizarre and basically wholly new in the last 5000 years. art was always seen as something with a higher purpose, a higher goal, that was far beyond "everyday experience" or a hobby, as it is now.
sure, in tribal societies, or medieval times, there were also all-out parties were people got drugged to oblivion and danced till they dropped - but even those were usually societal or religious in nature - not just "pleasure for everyday's sake".
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