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Has new music gone down the tubes?

The demand for "old" music grew 14% in the first half of 2022 while the demand for new music dropped 1.4%. In the streaming world "old" music represents 72% of the market. Why does new music seem to be so bad compared to old/classic music?

I go though youtube sometimes and kids post videos of the first time they hear classics like the beatles, bob dylan, whatever and inevitable jaws drop. The music companies keep rereleasing old albums in new formats. Is it because todays artists just can’t "git er done"?

U.S. Music Catalog vs. Current Consumption

 

kota1
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mapman
22,198 posts
 

Good music is good music.  No matter when. 

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mapman
22,198 posts
 

What if I admitted I probably could not identify a single Taylor Swift song by name and possibly do not even recognize her when I hear her?  It’s probably just me being an old guy. 

kota1 OP
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I find new music in playlists pushed into my feed by Tidal and by listening to DJ's on Mixcloud

czarivey
5,946 posts
 

Research right channels and you will find overwhelming flow of great new music every day. New, new, new and more new just like that. New band, new album, new artist, new instrument, new orchestra, new album...

Mass media makes us all deaf and blind, but there’s GREAT music and it’s coming back to the streets as well so quit complaining!

What I finally see hear -- everyone mentioning Taylor Sfift, Beetles, Sinatra etcetra... Folks ya'll never heard good music so quit complaining as well!!!

 

hotei
153 posts
 

Very basic for me.  Contemporary “pop” music for me is shite.  However, if one meanders from the “pop”,  there is some fantastic music being made in numerous genres.  Just saying

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