Yes people today treat music as if the sound were an end product (consumerism), but music is a medium through which major areas of experience are communicated.

Yes people today treat music as if the sound were an end product (consumerism), but music is a medium through which major areas of experience are communicated. E.g. scales could be thought of buildings. One can hardly make one without inflecting it in some way that reflects values. To the point where evading this inevitability invokes meta-communication.