Why does most new music suck?

I like music from all time frames but would not like being stuck in some era and do my best to make it sound good, only to come to the conclusion that the gear doesn't matter, it's the music. Why have this hobby? It's the fox and the sour grapes analogy. Older recordings can only sound so good and simply can't be rescued. Some can sound really good, but just some. It can be a great piece of music, but too bad it wasn't recorded with todays equipment.

Another overlooked aspect is when someone doesn't realize they no longer really like the music but long for the times when it was made and use it as a device to anchor themselves in the past.

C'est la vie.

As for what sounds good, haven't we all had this discussion before? It all boils down to personal taste and no one here is correct. No one here is determinant in their perspective to the point where we all acquiesce.

For me, the gear makes it possible to get lost in music and if it's great music, all the better.

All the best,
Nonoise

Frogman,

My point about progress is that as music moves forward, it may lose me from time to time. Maybe I'll catch up, maybe I won't. Maybe the music took a bad turn and there's nothing to catch up to, because the way forward may involve some temporary steps backward.

All I'm saying is that I tend to view my own dissatisfaction with....say electronica...as a disconnect rather than an inherent problem with the music (or with me, for that matter) .

Music is such an abstract art form that I'm hesitant to be dismissive of new and unfamiliar variants. I feel comfortable making judgements about rock n roll (though I don't expect everyone to agree with me) because I have a context in which to judge it. I don't feel like I can discriminate good electronica from bad electronica, so I conclude that I don't "get" the genre, rather than conclude that the genre sucks

Hope that makes sense.

Marty

Doesn't Suck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ-_4A4gGjg

Nonoise, I think a little of everything you've said applies to all of us. I certainly relate to your last statement. Don't we all long for the 'good ole days'? I knew they were happening when I heard Carly Simon sing about them. There's a lot of music from that time frame I haven't heard yet. Why would I sweep it under the carpet in favor of something that by necessity is sub-par. The gear does matter but it's secondary. My interest has not evolved. The goal is still to make the best music sound as good as it can. Every time I put a poor recording on I rescue it.

Acman3, I rest my case. It's virtually impossible to distinguish one of those bands from another. There must be some kind of a generic hat they all draw their material from. They could interchange members and still not change a thing. On the suck meter they're off the scale. I'd like to see you whistling or humming one of those tunes at your work place or walking down the street. Yeah, sure. And the slow tunes are no different, just more pathetic. Nothing but an act of desperation as Nonoise stated. However in this and most if not all other cases we're not talking about actual artists, just greed.