Musical fetishism is a social commodity phenomenon, not a psychological one.

Evidence

The concept of musical fetishism cannot be psychologically derived. That ‘values’ are consumed and draw feelings to themselves, without their specific qualities being reached by the consciousness of the consumer, is a later expression of their commodity character. For all contemporary musical life is dominated by the commodity form; the last pre-capitalist residues have been eliminated. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 80

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines musical fetishism as a social-economic category — the crucial anti-psychological move that must be preserved when applying Adorno.