But is it music?….

 I’m thinking of the old adage about ‘if a tree falls in a wood, and no one is there to hear it,  did it really fall?

Which is daft. Of course it did. Whether it makes any difference to anyones lives should it stand or fall, well is another issue. 

But anyway. It caused me to ask;  if a musician plays a song, and no one hears it, is it music?

What vital components are required to make music ‘real’ Is an audience the vital final factor? 

Then, is it enough to have the music heard? Does it only qualify if people are prepared to ‘buy’ it? 

Is music only valid if it is sold?

Is a musician only a really a musician if people pay him or her to be one?

How many people?

I mean, is a musician and his or her music only valid if one person is prepared to buy it, or if one hundred people are prepared to buy it? Or one thousand?

 Or one million?

Is music only really music if it makes a difference to other peoples’ lives?