Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older?

It’s not the same now…I can’t get into a lot of the new stuff. I love 50s 60 70s jazz, soul r&b rock in its hey day 70s and 80s. Today most of the pop/rock sounds bland without soul. Thank god there’s still plenty of the music of that era to keep exploring. 

I just can't find much new music that catches my interest.Oh how I wish I could

One of my favorite radio stations is local WTMD - Towson State, MD - college radio.  I grew up in the 1970’s listening to WUSF “The Underground Railroad” outta Tampa, FL, and KFAT 94.5 Gilroy, CA, then others like Bayern 3 München or whatever country uncle sam sent me to for many years. Sure, some of the sounds can be annoying, but I find some things are still satisfying, and with digital services I can buy what I want, mix and match, not have to buy the whole record although I do sometimes.

Local college radio station WTMD is great for sampling. I use ENCORE app a LOT to figure out what’s playing (if I can’t log on for the playlist).

At 66, I’ve collected nearly everything Stephen Wilson and Porcupine tree, God is an Astronaut (my son and I went to one of their shows in DC 3 years ago, SRO and my arthritic knees are still complaining but it was awesome), we saw Forever the Sickest Kids a few years earlier, All Time Low, and I also have Jazz going back to 1920s (oldest LP is from 1949). I probably own 20 King Crimson LP’s, a dozen Todd Rundgren, then most of Flash, Genesis, Humble Pie, dozens of Shelley Manne, Miles Davis and  I rarely miss listening to Hot Jazz Saturday Night on WAMU FM or streaming, too.

My musical tastes are, one might say, a little eclectic.

I think this really depends on the spirit of the person. Some people are like that with books, too. 

I got that way with television though years ago. In the words of my neighbor Herr Hermann Hegele (a one-time medic in WW1) regarding TV “das is Mist” (“mist” being local slang for the liquified human waste sprayed on farms). 

But music, even 18th century performances of old dead white guys, never gets old, only we do.

Most people that I know in my age group do not listen to new music at all.  That is not me.

Streaming has enabled me me discover lots of music that is new to me.  That includes brand new releases, new artists, and older music that I have not listened listened to. 

Discovering new music is far more important to me than the minutia fo tweaking the sound quality of the music systems in my home.  Roon's ability to play or suggest new music to me has enhanced my music enjoyment far more than any gear upgrades that I have made.  To me, it is all about the music..

Modern music is rubbish compared with yore

Some chap analysed it and found it was repetative, more simple and less of everything

Funny..

As raised previously was the question as to what constitutes ‘new music’.  I bet that many of you consider ‘new’ to be the same as the old, but a different version, or unheard artist.  So, new doesn’t really introduce you to a substantially different experience.  There is a reason the music is repetitive.  It’s much easier to sell what has proven to be popular.  Much of the music that I listen to is more entertaining on video.  The outfits,  choreography and dance add so much to the performance.  I put a good bit of money into my home theater, but the experience would be so much better if it were on the same level as my two channel listening room.