Music you will not find in the Apple download chart

You won't find Khandroma from Patti Smith and the Soundwalk Collective in the Apple download chart. But does that reduce its worthiness? Today audience size is used to measure the worthiness of not just downloads, but also live music, websites, and every other aspect of classical music . Which is a big mistake: because art music is not about attracting the largest possible audience. It is about meeting human needs . Every human is complex and different, and every human has a different musical need, and these unique needs also vary with circumstances . So there is no 'one size fits all needs' classical music . Which means that, despite industry dogma, there is no mass market for classical music . Patti Smith and the Soundwalk Collective have had a long involvement with psychogeography . In 2016 their exploration of the effect of geographical location on emotions and behaviour took them to Upper Mustang in Nepal . The ...