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Originally Posted by Cipher
So who's taste brought the first song? or the first genre of the song? It's created by an individual right?
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Is it created by an individual? Possibly. It depends on how you define individuality within the context of a society. Specifically, it is possible that an individual entity will notice the lack of a specific product, and consequently "create" a product to fill the niche that the "creator" has found. Or, more simply, the product could just reflects the times and the groups responses to certain stimuli (ala the punk movement and the music that evolved from the predominantly fashion and drug based movement).
In the end, though, much like any art form, "taste" is purely a matter of personal criticism. You can dislike something, even if it is popular, for specific reasons (based on known technical or non-technical criteria known only to you); or you could greatly like something, even if it is hated by the majority again for various reasons (again, based on known technical or non-technical criteria known only to you).
Then again, you can take the cynical viewpoint, in which case the majority/society always creates an "average" product, and a few bellwethers come along once in awhile to minutely change things.