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For better or worse, today people are often more interested in the story - the myth that a work of art tells about itself and its creator - than in the substanc
by cousin_it 7y ago
For better or worse, today people are often more interested in the story - the myth that a work of art tells about itself and its creator - than in the substance of the art itself.
- hrktb 7y agoIn comparison to when ? I’d be more optimistic about people’s interest in music. I grant you the days where affluent people bought partitions and sang in their home at the piano could be seen as focused more purely on music. But from there, the second a know name is associated with the song there is a part of imaginary that is stuck to the piece. Then album covers with art, tv performances, music clips, famous actors going into singing. It’s all the same mechanism to my eyes, just optimized to put a halo around the music wider than just a famous name. It’s always been there in a form or another, and it doesn’t prevent people to get hooked on random songs they heard somewhere or got recommended without any exposure to the press campaign.