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.
Why is rock and roll dead? Almost all the rock stations went Class Rock and new rock artists no longer found an audience. I actually listen to a FM station that is incredible for new music of almost all genres. However, I think most people want to hear what is old and comfortable to them. I bike almost everywhere these days and the thing that has got me hopefully is all the people cranking tunes on their cars.
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@curiousjim It is KCRW out of Santa Monica, CA. They have 2 feeds, the periodic NPR FM one and the 24 hour HD FM one. I prefer the NPR one which I listen to from 9AM - 12PM and also sometimes in the evening, from 8PM - 3AM. Listening right now. I love this station so much that I ended up getting 3 FM tuners last Sept, Luckily, vintage FM tuners are super cheap and sound great. Music | Streaming Internet Radio Online | KCRW This station allows the DJ;s to play whatever they are in the mood for. The DJ's are walking music encyclopedias.
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Technology has made making music easier and more accessible to the masses. Not everyone in the masses should be making music. There is more new music than ever before but the number of real musicians, people that can play instruments, is likely not that much greater than in the past. I read 2 instances of articles on this subject and heard a report on NPR. My take was that NEW MUSIC was classified as something at most 2 years old.
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