Interesting article - pretty long, I'll read the whole thing later. I used to work in retail and wholesale record business from '74 - '84, and the record business today is nothing like it was back then; the business is different, the model is different, the consumer is different. But I notice he brings up the Grammies - are they really significant anymore? I don't know, maybe they are, but I never cared one bit about them and never watched them. And to me, there is no 'good music' or 'bad music' - there's music I like and music I don't like, but I try to make no value judgements.
Is Old Music Killing New Music?
I ran across this Atlantic magazine article on another music forum. It asks the question if old music is killing new music. I didn't realize that older music represents 70% of the music market according to this article. I know I use Qobuz and Tidal to find new music and new artists for my collection, but I don't know how common that actually is for most people. I think that a lot of people that listen to services like Spotify and Apple Music probably don't keep track of what the algorithms are queuing up in their playlists. Perhaps it's all becoming elevator music.
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I'm 70 and I've always tried to keep up with contemporary rock, reggae, and pop music. I don't like jazz, blues, or country, but I like all kinds of indie rock and pop, and hip-hop/rap, metal, etc. I also like Grateful Dead music! There are so many thousands of new releases each year that nobody could ever listen to more than a fraction of it, so it's amusing to see so much of it written off as 'not as good as music from the 60's' or whenever. Sounds like people of my parents' generation going on about all rock music sounding the same - noise! - and why can't you listen to Bing Crosby and Perry Como - that's REAL music! 🤣🤣 Guess some things don't change. |
@lloydc - yes, it sure is, because RHYTHM is part of music, too. Unless you wish to discount a great deal of jazz and contemporary classical as well to be 'not music' because you can't hum it or whistle it. I really enjoyed that half-time show! 😁 |
@mustbethemusic - out of curiosity, do you think something can be 'good', even if you don't happen to like it? You primarily enjoy jazz - great! I don't like jazz at all, but I wouldn't question its worth because of that - people have different tastes, and I would never say that one person's taste is 'better' than another's... I'd say the same about blues, country, and lots of other genres I don't like, besides rock, pop, hip-hop, and reggae, which I do like... I'm not required to like it for it to be good, but maybe that's just me. |
@mustbethemusic - thank you for replying! 👍 |
@femoore12 - good to see you're a Steven Wilson fan (Porcupine Tree tix for US shows go on sale this week), but it's surprising that you're a prog rock fan and didn't hear of him until 4 years ago; both with Porcupine Tree and his own bands, he's been doing massive world tours playing venues usually holding 2000 or more for 15 or 20 years now, and was playing and touring on a smaller level before that. |
@lloydc - thanks for your explanation! I still disagree, but nothing wrong with that, the world would be boring if everybody had the same opinions. |