Honour Thy Music

- I was trying to make small talk so I asked her what sort of music appeals to her taste. She said “I hate commercialized music. I mainly listen to New Age music”. My mind was jammed as I tried to make sense of what she has just said. I did not comment on her “choice of words”, I should say. But when I got home and thought it over, I discovered that her seemingly-smart answer makes no sense.

What, exactly, is that? What is “commercialized music”? I assume she meant pop music, but then again, it can be any genre of music that she deems “commercialized”.
After some considerable musing over the matter I ultimately reckoned that she is rejecting some types of music for the wrong reasons.
I do not picture how you do not listen to some types of music purely because the “makers” of that music make money out of it. After all, not every artist in the world is struggling to provide a living. Certainly not every artist makes millions, but putting it like that in one’s head makes one quite lose the point of art, and in this case, music.

Do you listen to music because the beat of it you like? Or do you listen to it because you “believe” it’s not commercialized and in that sense “pure of the evils of this money-worshipping world”?
In my estimation, music is not an object. It is pointless and naïve to deny that some of the big names of this form of art do make “beaucoup bucks”. But seriously now, do you deny their creativity ( should you discover any once you listen ) on basis of their being well-off?

You retain your right, dear anonymous girl of once ago, to choose what you listen to. I respect your right and free choice. But do not dramatize things, and do not be all Kill-The-Money-Generating-Music on me.

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