Why does most new music suck?


Ok I will have some exclusions to my statement. I'm not talking about classical or jazz. My comment is mostly pointed to rock and pop releases. Don't even get me started on rap.... I don't consider it music. I will admit that I'm an old foggy but come on, where are some talented new groups? I grew up with the Beatles, Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix etc. I sample a lot of new music and the recordings are terrible. The engineers should be fired for producing over compressed shrill garbage. The talent seems to be lost or doesn't exist. I have turned to some folk/country or blues music. It really is a sad state of affairs....Oh my god, I'm turning into my parents.
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Todd,These days I am discovering a lot of music that is -New - to me.Starting from the present to early recordings of the 20th century.I have always had an open mind concerning music.I listen to many genres,,any genre is fair game.There is some very talented artist out there ,certainly more than I will be able to listen to in my lifetime.
So much music has been recorded ,I have a lot of fun discovering the old stuff that I have not heard yet,to me that is new music ,if I have not heard it yet. I seem to listen to more single songs from artist ,as opposed to hearing full albums in my pre-internet days,mainly the 70s,80s and 90s,in that order.
I like Bill Callahan,Eilen Jewell,Eliades Ochoa,Harmonious Wail,Lhasa De Sela,Loch Lomond,Nitin Sawhney,Bearfoot,Salif Keita,Rodrigo y Gabriela,Devendra Banhart,Oren Lavie,Boy and Bear, is a few of the newer things ive listened to and liked.I listened to a few of Alt Js tunes ,and really like a lot of it.He has a voice that I think most will either like or dislike.
I think that because it is so easy to record a decent sounding album nowadays ,and have it heard by many, has taken some of the mystique from the process.The kid next door is probably recording an album that will sound decent.It was more expensive,as was good equipment in years past.My friends and I tended to listen to whole albums rather than single songs .
New music doesn't suck. You're just lazy and are not willing to get out there and find the good stuff. No surprise considering your hobby is sitting in a chair listening to music. Maybe you should stand up and play air guitar once in awhile.