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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@mapman : "One of the nice things about streaming is it enables exploring music that otherwise might go unheard. You don't have to buy to listen and you can let the service decide what to play next that you might like....you don't have to even know about it prior. Try it you'll like it!" Thanks for the suggestion. My recently acquired Hegel H390 has streaming capability. I have no idea how to use it but I don't imagine it would be difficult to find out. I do make use of features on Spotify and allmusic.com and I read reviews of Jazz and Americana new releases but given the poor results, I might very well have better luck following your advice. |
It started with Napster ~20 yrs ago Record companies lost control over the product and the loss of money followed. Now there is a mountain of garbage that nobody has time to sift through. Similar to what’s been happening to the US over the last 20 years, further catalyzed by those currently in control.
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If you were around at the time just before the punk explosion you would have heard that mantra a million times
That was understandable considering just how much had happened in the previous 2 decades - rock and roll, skiffle, folk, protest, beat bands, psychedelia, heavy rock/blues etc. By the mid 70s popular music seemed to be in a lull and no seemed to no longer have its finger on the teenage pulse. Prog rock was not for everyone. Then along came punk, a rehash of early rock and roll and underground US garage bands of the late 60s. New wave and rap followed as the teenage rebellion continued. Then all of sudden it seemed to implode once more as musicians seemed to either lose interest in current world affairs or were driven underground once more. We now find ourselves in a strange retro zeitgeist, where everything seems a rehash/reinterpretation of something familiar, whilst waiting for the next big thing. So for fans of popular music, what better thing is there to do than to endlessly explore the rich musical history of the past 60 years or so? |
Stop whining, get off your butt and take over anytime you want to. No one's stopping you. Although I think it's funny that when I was growing up the Greatest Generation called Boomers lazy, communist, tree-hugging drug-crazed bums. Now people call Boomers greedy capitalists, etc. etc. Can't win. It's all the boomers fault, the world was perfect before 1950, right? Anyone up for talking audio now? |
