Is Old Music Killing New Music?

Awesome response Hilde45!

@fleschler 

An interesting response to ponder. First, I'm sure you have an above average IQ. As for being a *Sigma, I can't tell from a short post. On the surface, you seem to have some traits, and a streak of curiosity to a certain level, but not to the obsessiveness of a Sigma. Sigmas don't tend to dabble in things. They become immersive. For instance, I've literally read 250+ books on economics, finance and trading. Sounds nuts, but that's a Sigma for you. And that has been just one of my many immersive hobbies. Sigmas would never say "I don't know what I'd do if I retired." Not having anything to do just doesn't register as being a realistic possibility in a world filled with a seemingly unlimited number of things to do.

I can't speak for streaming in your favorite genres, however I thought it would lack with some of my obscure preferences, but it doesn't. So I sold all my LPs and all but a handful of my CDs. I haven't listened to physical media going on two years.

On YouTube, Rick Beato (a former record producer) does some interesting analysis of new music quite often. To say his audience is less enthusiastic than he is is an understatement. But even he has to admit often that new music lacks creativity. His latest Grammy nominees video is a case in point.

*Sigmas can also be determined by the  Myers-Briggs INTJ test result, which I took in my early twenties.

@femoore12 

I wonder if this also affects how we select the equipment in our systems? Something else to consider. 

Hmmm ... don't know, but somehow I doubt it. I think you'd have to start with whether this trait makes you objective or subjective. That has a great deal to do with your system criteria and priorities.

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. 

@jssmith I like to watch Rick Beato videos.  I've learned much about modern music from him and about guitars.   

I suppose I am not a Sigma.  However, I never want to retire.  I run a full business (which is now mostly from home, real estate rentals and equity investments) instead of my former driving 30,000 miles annually all over California for commercial real estate appraisal.   High school IQ tests had me at 97 (Stanford/Binet) and 98 (Berkeley).  The school informed my father than I should be in pass/fail courses.  I had already achieved nearly straight A's in accelerated courses so all that remained were AP courses.  It was either college instead of 12th grade or AP.  They permitted me to take AP courses instead of losing student funding.   By 18, I was a junior at UCLA in dual majors.  I took an on-line IQ test which tested me at 129.  Maybe I got better at test taking 50 years later,  

@larsman Yes, I agree that there is much new music which I have not heard.   I also agree that so much great music was recorded in the past 100+ years just like so much great film/video was recorded.   I have 550 DVDs/Blu-Rays and an avid watcher of TCM movies.   Comedy, musicals and film noir are my favorites (my wife forgoes the musicals).   Video is much easier to retrieve great picture quality compared to music.   4K high end LCD screens were not wallet breakers.  However, I have a higher end audio system which is 15X+ more expensive than TV screens to achieve similar results.