Humans began making music to mimic the sounds in their environments. We are habituated to respond physically to sound. For some, this produces dopamine when James Brown is on stage. Meh. Garbage in, garbage out, yadda yadda.
Let's talk music, no genre boundaries
This is an offshoot of the jazz thread. I and others found that we could not talk about jazz without discussing other musical genres, as well as the philosophy of music. So, this is a thread in which people can suggest good music of all genres, and spout off your feelings about music itself.