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This assumes music's value and power are absolute and independent of the listener's experience. But most evidence points to the opposite.

For one, music is culturally dependent and music from some regions of the world sound bad to people from other regions. Secondly, music becomes more enjoyable the more you listen to it. Yes, people certainly replay the songs they like, but replaying them makes them like them more; it's a positive loop that that feeds itself. And also, emotions derived from music use many other pieces of non-musical information: connection with the artist / ideas expressed in the piece / personal memories / etc.

All of this makes it quite unlikely there is some absolute sound yet to be discovered in the musical universe that would wow anyone on the first hearing.

parent bambax 3 years ago

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