Matt LeMay posted a great article over at MBV entitled Living in the Age of Art vs Content in which he eloquently waxes on about the state of the music industry, how we consume music, the Internet and corporations influence on music and what that is doing to how we perceive art vs content. It's a fascinatingly good read with loads of pertinent quips to take note of.. such as:

I don’t think we see music as something that is corruptible - we no longer relate to it as art. “Art” and “content” are both interpretive frameworks, and music is not “art” unless we choose to engage with it as such. This is not always an easy choice, since experiencing music as art means making ourselves vulnerable to it. We grant art access to memories and emotions that might be upsetting, inconvenient or disruptive. When we consume music as content, however, we retain complete control. We can skip, delete, share, and comment if and when we please. We can be distracted, we can multitask. We look to art for escape from our everyday routines, but we turn to content because it fits so seamlessly into our everyday routines.

The comments below the article are, for the most part, pretty intelligent and engaging as well. Top to bottom, it's worth taking the time to read through. I particularly enjoy the sentiment of engaging your music as something to be experienced, listened to intently and wholly.. not just as a background soundtrack to your browsing (something we're all guilty of but should take the time to legitimately engage music we care about).