Is Old Music Killing New Music?

@mustbethemusic :

"As many have mentioned, the limited talent of performers in lieu of the shtick or the talented overshadowed by over produced digital electronics, makes it difficult to embrace new music that is not very musical"

I agree BUT there is plenty of excellent new music that lies outside your characterization, especially in the Americana, Newgrass, singer-songwriter, folk genres. Many highly skilled young musicians can be found working in these styles. BTW, I am a Jazz fan, as well and when I want a break from Jazz, this is where I go. . 

@stuartk - Noted. Didn't mean to suggest that all new music is inferior, just responding to the overall generalization from the article's author that old music was a threat to new. 

To your point, the author's focus might have overlooked great music in the categories you mentioned. IMO

@stuartk and @mustbethemusic 

You are correct. There is fantastic new music being released. We just have to work to find it. The record companies are lazy and only push what is easy to sell - nostalgic tunes and trendy instagram stars. The good new music seems to be released on smaller labels or else directly to their fans.

Take Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) for an example. He is a phenomenal musician and song writer, but he gets no publicity outside his own fans. I learned of him four years ago in Reddit after looking for new progressive music groups.

I also realize that most people want to listen to the same music that their friends are listening to that month. They want to be part of something popular. A lot of us in this forum have eclectic tastes and will have to work to find new music that we like.  

@mustbethemusic 

Sorry for the misinterpretation- thanks for clarifying!

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.