Is Old Music Killing New Music?

Things change. But you do need to stand up and dance every now and then. 

I would ask what that 70% number represents. If it represents sales then I believe it. The young generation listening through their phone or $10 bluetooth speaker’s do not purchase music. They are content listening to what ever the server spins next. This is the issue when you start to reference a percentage, you can make it mean anything you want by omission of how you got there. Weather forecasters will will tell us their is a 40% chance of rain. Why not tell us their is a 60% chance it won’t rain? Because we would not check back again and again to see if it will rain snd they have commercials to show us.

@yyzsantabarbara ,

Thanks!  I’m still not into streaming yet, but I still enjoy hearing new and new to me music.

All the best.

JD

@aewarren 

New music is killing new music.

My first thought too. 

The monotony. The simplicity. The same three chords over and over again. The way almost all cars look the same because of aerodynamics for gas mileage regulations, and SUVs and trucks all look the same for utility is the way music has become. It's very formulaic. Songs are now written by committee, so they're dumbed down to a common denominator. It amazes me that you need seven writers to come up with the same old three minutes of "boots and cats" computer-generated rhythm overlaid with fake auto-tuned vocals. And don't get me started about rap, which is much more literature than music, and even more monotonous.

"New music is killing new music" is my thought as well.

I primarily look for music coming from new Blues artists who re-interpret the classics and come up with new tunes.

To me, "pop" music is still pop music; commercially driven crap that is put out there for world consumption.

I have a nephew who plays alternative rock and has his own band. He writes his own music which he labels as "original". Honestly, most of it sounds really bad. He complains that only a few can appreciate his original music. His point of view is if you don't like his music then you must be an idiot.

To each his own, but to me musicianship is paramount regardless of the genre. Autotuned, drum machined pop music is not what I am looking for.