Thank you for the great expansion:

... It is a type of narcotic where it gives happiness but does not really relieve our status or situation. If you are living in a ghetto when you first hear a piece of enjoyable music, you will be sure to be in that same living condition long after you cease hearing it. It adds nothing in real terms but it does give mental and emotional relief for the time being.

 However the musician may become wealthy if you had to pay to hear the enjoyable performance.

And, now the music industry in the US also fashions the taste of the population upon what they decide should be enjoyed, according to which new band (boy bands...) they select to use a means of monetary exploitation.