I think music and its production is much more deeply intertwined with regular life than figurative arts. Band is a thing from elementary school to college. So

I think music and its production is much more deeply intertwined with regular life than figurative arts. Band is a thing from elementary school to college. So it's facially idiotic to the man on the street to call a single trumpet player "the artist". The apparatus to deliver a major pop event is very visible, literally. And it's also obvious that the band didn't put up the stacks of speakers, run the mixing board, etc. Whereas for a sculpture or painting, it just shows up. Voila! Often without any artist visibly involved. There's now a thing on the sidewalk, or in a museum or gallery. There's probably a nice way to express this using the term "degrees of alienation", but I can't figure it out before I go back to work. :)