Why does most new music suck?

Agree with Toddnkaya

Talent always rises like cream. There are 80,000 to 300,000 bands online. That makes for a big pool.

All the music I listen to is new bands. I love new music. Bored to death with iconic bands. They had their place and time. But the time is now. I could care less for four decades ago. 2013 is where it is at in 2013.

This is just my opinion, at any given time "90% of everything is crap" is true in general but I threw this out specifically as a response to this thread.

Many of us are listening to something from the 10% of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, etc. or the present. I don't believe that more "new music sucks" any more than more "old music" does. In other words, there is definitely new music that's worth hearing but probably about 10% will stand the test of time.

I'd venture that approximately the same percentage holds true for the Baroque or Romantic periods. Not everyone was a Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms or Schubert and there's plenty of obscure, forgotten repertoire in existence.

However, the fact that repertoire is forgotten or obscure may not alone relegate music to the 90%. Other factors, such as geographic isolation or a reclusive composer, could have been responsible. Such music could achieve a place in the 10% upon initial assessment or reassessment at a different time. Conversely many once extremely popular composers are almost unheard of today.

Again, I'm throwing this out to illustrate that the "90%" axiom is not absolute and may change with time, place and new or different perspectives.

Rok, beautiful song, and Oleta Adams has a beautiful voice with a lot of different colors and great phrasing. Music like that is a breath of fresh air in its lack of pretense, as opposed to so many other examples that seem to be trying so hard to be "unique".

Toddnkaya, thanks for introducing me to Ben Howard. Of all the examples of "new" music so far, probably the only that I would definitely buy. I think the guy really has something to say, and a really interesting voice and singing style. Great stuff.

Obviously, not all new music is rock n roll, but one of the things that I miss (and I have a feeling it is one of the things that Goose also misses) is this kind of raw abandon and "I don't give a f&@k attitude":

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0WzG64syKHA