music

thank you for really making my point. Blues, Jazz, Rock and Gospel came to be because thousands of years of musical traditions were ripped from their places of origin, left to its own devices in a climate in which making music was a just another part of life, where the process of making music and listening music were one and the same. And that musical culture was then confronted by the advent of sound recording, which canonized those musicians who were "lucky" enough to be recorded. That it was able to keep its vitality despite being "trapped in amber" is a testament to its sheer power, but also to the fact that the fledgeling music industry hadn't yet become the cultural industry of today.

Misery doesn't automatically lead to great art, the conditions under which it can lead to great art are instead very fickle and capitalism has tried its hardest to not allow them to be.