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Why does most new music suck?

Ok I will have some exclusions to my statement. I'm not talking about classical or jazz. My comment is mostly pointed to rock and pop releases. Don't even get me started on rap.... I don't consider it music. I will admit that I'm an old foggy but come on, where are some talented new groups? I grew up with the Beatles, Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix etc. I sample a lot of new music and the recordings are terrible. The engineers should be fired for producing over compressed shrill garbage. The talent seems to be lost or doesn't exist. I have turned to some folk/country or blues music. It really is a sad state of affairs....Oh my god, I'm turning into my parents.
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***** I haven't even touched the surface and I dare say no one here has heard anywhere near the full gamut of what's been done in the past.********

Very true, and another reason some people don't rush to embrace NEW music. They have not heard nor discovered all of the old yet. I am discovering Jazz greats from the 50-70's on a regular basis just from recommendations made on the Jazz Thread.

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"**** I haven't even touched the surface and I dare say no one here has heard anywhere near the full gamut of what's been done in the past.********"

That's very true and a good way to go if new music is not of interest. I do some of both, but still tend to lean towards the old more than the new.
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Tube,

The PT tree concert I attended (FOABP tour) was also excellent. It was my idea to go and dragged a friend along as well who also enjoyed it. It was the loudest concert I had been to probably since college. The sound was stellar as well as the performance, the best heavy metal volume live rock concert sound I have heard, and in a venue that has proven hit or miss for me over time.

YEah, I know SW has been around a while. HE is 8 years younger than me. Still making new music though that has appeal to multiple age groups, especially since adapting some heavy/death metal type elements into some more recent material.
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*But it's always been the simplest of melodies that are the most pleasing
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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The "90% of everything is crap" theory IMO is close to accurate and applies to OP's question.
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