Is Old Music Killing New Music?

@hilde45  Why don't you just delete your first posting.  It is lacking in context and appears to be an equity play for young people versus boomers.   Equal opportunity is available to young people.   They spearhead technological innovations today, not boomers (and sometimes get rich doing so).  Unfortunately, our public education system is dumbing down young people.  They are dumber and tend to be less capable of taking care of themselves.  Also, how often do they read a book or newspaper?   I'm sure you are all in for equity, not equal opportunity and probably think books (those old things written by dead people mostly) are passe.   WRONG!  

@mike_in_nc  I was into 50's rock and roll, pop music from the 20's to 50's, classical and opera as a child.  At about 30, I became interested in jazz from the 20's to the 60's, then in my 60's in hard bop and fusion.  My wife brought me into 60's to 80's rock after we met when I was 41.   I am open minded and find new horizons in music.  (I have 28,500 LPs, 7,000 78s and 7,000 CDs with all these types of music).   I dislike rap, hip hop and the genre that spawned them.   They are antithetical to my moral beliefs.

@beasmooth1 Yes, patience is required to listen to music.  The most important factor in music is rhythm, the timing of music (even one note repeated in time can be considered music).  Streaming and earpod listening to music on phones does not convey the full character and experience of concentrating on music using more elaborate sonic setting (although there are some excellent quality earpods/phones but listening while exercising is not paying attention in my opinion and doesn't convey the full listening experience).   As Type A personality that I borderline on, I take time out each day to listen/envelop myself into listening to music.  

Perhaps a many bad things in our world can be blamed on the greed & short sightedness of my (boomer) generation. But we can also proudly take the credit for by far the best rock music ever! It’s not even close.

it’s survival of the fittest!  How many new rock bands have come out in the past 25 years that will still be remembered & listened to often in 25 more years? Very few because most have little talent & creativity. The Dead, the Stones, cream, Allmans & course the Beatles etc. live on because of the quality of their music & their innate artistic talents. Everything eventually seeks its own level & the auto tuned junk will & has wound up near the bottom. 

@fleschler 

 (I have 28,500 LPs, 7,000 78s and 7,000 CDs with all these types of music)

Wow! That is an impressive collection. Especially the 78s. 

Yes, I've sold 18,000 records in the past 35 years.   I have a rule for myself, if I don't potentially want to listen to a recording 3 times a year, out it goes (except for ethnic music which I have 3,500 records/78s/cds).  I have about 5,000 LPs to listen to still and decide to keep or toss.  I stopped purchasing 78s (except ethnic music) 20 years ago.   So many of the vocal, violin and piano recordings have been wonderfully remastered by Ward Marston, Obert-Thorn and Andreas Meyer to CD.