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I'm not convinced there's an "art side" or "craft side." Art is a nebulous thing that you can't pin down, but craft has no such nebulousness to it. There are hundreds of old rock records from the early 60s, and they all have pretty much the same crafting: 3 chords in verse/chorus/verse/chorus structure, then a bridge-often with a key change to 3 other chords, then back to the original three for verse/chorus. Small variations on this patter, of course. But what stood out? Art of the Beatles and the Byrds, amongst others. Who still listens to Herman's Hermits?
Would you say Lennon was on the "art side" or the "craft side"? I'd say he's an artist, but he definitely knew the craft of making music.
I.e., "Art" and "Craft" are different things, but not mutually exclusive terms.
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Feels like I'm fiddling while Rome is burning down.
Think I'll lay my fiddle down, take a rifle from the ground!
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