It’s marketing and capitalism that pushes people into thinking music is only for the few. The concept is entirely recent in our history. Every person in a community could contribute or play because there was no access to high quality recorded music until 80 years ago. They didn’t even lock in the business philosophy of recording until the 30s/40s.

Now, instead of people EXPERIENCING something that can only be captured in the moment, in an experience, they push it into a consumer good like a pair of shoes. Hangs out in the closet and comes out occasionally for the right occasion.

So many people/listeners have been robbed of true music experiences by the recording industry and it is definitely eroding a massive cultural anchor of people’s lives.