^ I agree with your comment in some capacity however, I think recognition/too much adulation can sometimes feed narcissism and cause stagnation in creativity - which happens with all great artists/ sometimes why they go into drug-induced breakdowns - good works of creativity; recognised by contemporary standard success/not - are still the former, imho. It feeds peoples essence; communicates something that is beyond financial or other, accolades - ( if some receive both, then great but generally, I rekon that through creativite works; if the human condition is realised and connects; even if it isnt cashed-in--on on by the populous, it is still of pretty valuable, powerful and of timeless value - that can not be quantified by popular systemic means; hence it's value).
Am not discussing 'edge' here, just the subjectively felt, value of works, that are not/should not, be sold as consumables alone and should not be considered as more than just disposable 'audio-hits' - music, like everything has been funneled as a commodification (artists need money but the value of its meaning; the power of it, is often industry-pimped, into extinction - made to be subservient to the financial gods - who can not even connect with it - and they have thwarted and bastardised the essence of this very human focused, free medicine )...very unfortunate. Music is far more healing, spiritual and regenerative to the human condition, than the illusion that it is
simply entertaining - it is the pulse of life, it is more related to quality of health and well-being, than any pharmacology could cure. Interesting stuff.
