Music and art in communism?

[Riveraxis]

Are the artist and musician included among the ranks of the workers? In a communism, would the work they do rightfully qualify as important to society? Or would that matter?
I see art, music, and culture in general as very important. But it's hard to argue that they're as important as manufacturing, farming, education, or healthcare. So where do they fall in a communism? Would a musician or an artist have a chance to spend their life creating art? Or would passions like that have to fall behind your occupation- as they'd be expected to work?
You couldn't base it off "whether or not they're good" because that's bound to breed controversy. The majority of people probably wouldn't like the music I listen to, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't exist.

Not to say that you can't be a worker and an artist at the same time. You absolutely can. But plenty of artists would rather explore art as more of a career than a hobby. But it seems to me that this might be really limited under a communism because they could easily be seen, in some people's eyes, as freeloaders who aren't really giving much back to society.

[The Garbage Disposal Unit]

Insofar as communism means the abolition of work as such, the distinction between "art" and "work" should cease to exist. That said, on the concrete level of communal organization, odds are decent that somebody who spends all day smoking doobies and shredding is likely to get pretty unpopular pretty quickly.
I like to try to imagine questions about communism as though they were questions about my roommates (probably this might not make sense to folk who aren't experimenting with various forms of collective living, but I digress). Do I like living with musicians? Do I value their music as a contribution? Unequivocally, yes! On the other hand, does "I can't do the dishes, I have to focus on my craft!" fly? Absolutely fucking not.
One would hope that communist forms of life produce well-rounded individuals, and that nobody would be so entitled as to assume any one activity constituted "their fair share".