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. 

Is Old Music Killing New Music? - The Atlantic

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I listen to jazz and classical mostly but otherwise have been part of the music biz for over five decades as a musician (not jazz, I'm not that smart) and (more recent decades) a live sound mixer. The music biz has never been a good idea for a career (I was lucky for many years), and neither have any of the other arts. Period. Touring always sucked for all but the very few, record companies pretty much consistently ripped everyone off in any way possible, and for 99.9% of musicians...well...get a gig in the local bar scene? What's that? Be a solo artist and practice your ass off and get VERY good, and do the "coffee house" thing. Play French Horn in Les Miz. Otherwise it's DJ or zip. Get good but don't expect financial success and you might not go insane.

There's lots of great new stuff from all over the world for the tiny minority of jazz freaks like me, and streaming has turned me on to some amazing music I likely never would have stumbled on otherwise. Modern Pop music...mostly just don't care about it with a couple of exceptions...but really...meh...