Is Old Music Killing New Music?

I find it incredible that people find dearth of new music that is worthwhile. But then I see the threads listing music played last night and no longer incredulous.

I'd say my streaming listening sessions split pretty much 50/50 between old and new, but then I listen to virtually every genre of music known to humankind. So many talented wonderful contemporary artists out there, a shame audiophiles don't support them.

Based on my observations, audiophiles in general not adventurous in regard to their musical proclivities. For sure I listen to many older recordings, and certainly there are many old recordings still new to me, but music evolves and I like at least some of this evolving music.

For the vinyl only guys this proclivity for older recordings makes sense as so few new recordings available on vinyl relative to streaming. But for streamers, virtually no work required to find adventurous new music and new forms/genres of music, you're just not trying. And yes, my vinyl listening sessions are much different from streaming sessions, older vinyl recordings predominate.

I just guess I'm an oddity in that I'm boomer that enjoys both reminiscing and evolving in my musical appreciation.

@femoore12 - good to see you're a Steven Wilson fan (Porcupine Tree tix for US shows go on sale this week), but it's surprising that you're a prog rock fan and didn't hear of him until 4 years ago; both with Porcupine Tree and his own bands, he's been doing massive world tours playing venues usually holding 2000 or more for 15 or 20 years now, and was playing and touring on a smaller level before that. 

@larsman I know it sounds crazy that I had no idea of Steven Wilson until about 5 years ago. I actually grew up listening to Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP, King Crimson and Genesis. I loved browsing record stores and even worked in one to get myself through college. When music switched to an on-line process it lost a lot of the appeal to me. I was so used to learning about new bands from coworkers and friends. That all stopped when it switched. Also, life happened and there was a long time when I couldn't afford buying music. 

Thank you for letting me know about the ticket sales. The last time he came through a town near my home I was 8,000 miles away working. Maybe I will get to see him this time. 

@ Larsman, 

    I don't agree that arranged or improvised sounds that contain only one element of music, e.g. rhythm, qualifiies as music.  Is spoken word with rhythmic accompaniment "music'?  Then what is the difference between poetry, which has rhythm, and music?  It's like Justice Stewart's definition of pornography; it may be difficult to define, but "I know it when I see it."  Is John Cage's "4:33" music?  I personally do not think so.  It is interesting, philosophically, ONCE, but that's about all.  It pretty clearly established the limits of human patience with bs and the dividing line between "music" and "not music", imo.

   There appeared to be a bass player and musicians at the Super Bowl, which implies a modicum of tonality.  It was inaudible, and seemed to be just for show.

    Some percussion pieces can be considered "music"; in addition to rhythm, they can contain tonality, melody and harmony. .Are drums used for signaling "music"?  They could convey emotion, they are communicative, but they lack harmony and melody and so on that we associate with "music". Is a drum solo "music"? Usually not; it is an interlude between musical sections.  Gives the musicians a chance to rest and everyone else a chance to get a drink..

   Even most Mid-20th century 12-tone, Schoenberg, for example, barely qualifies as "music" (but it does; it has multiple elements of "music" one would include in any reasonable definition.)  They tried, it pushed  boundaries.  It can be interesting.  It was a reasonable experiment.  Like 4:33, it was an interesting intellectual exercise. But it was a dead end that didn't pan out, and hardly anyone wants to listen to it now. (I'd sell my lp collection of 12-tone stuff cheap!) 

   I'd concede that rap, hiphop etc. can be poetic, tribal, danceable, whatever.   Imho, regardless whether people like or enjoy it, it is not music.  

   Look, up in the sky, is it a bird? is it a plane? is randomized sound without rhythm or melody, "music"?  No, it is Yoko Ono.

@lloydc - thanks for your explanation! I still disagree, but nothing wrong with that, the world would be boring if everybody had the same opinions.