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In reply to the discussion: Is the music of today worse than it was 20, 30, 40, or even 50 years ago? Or am I just old? [View all]MuseRider
(34,109 posts)but I do believe there is some very good music that is just delivered differently. Like everything else, the music business has changed greatly. The "popular" music IMO, like yours, is horrid. Much of it depends on so much more than music. That has been with us for a long long time and I don't disagree that performance is not important in some types of music. Getting attention by using words that offend and doing things that push societal boundaries are more common now and if you need that your music needs much more than feeding it to kids.
I really don't listen to much anymore. I am a classical musician and I know where to find that, and other music I love. Most of it cannot be found on the radio, some can but not most. My kids play jazz and listen to and play some phenomenal music but you are going to have to look for what they do and what they listen to.
I think our problem is that things have changed so completely that we can keep up with some things but while we were figuring that all out, things like music exploded into many different ways of being heard and now that just about anyone can make their musings and messing arounds available it takes more time than I want to invest to find it.
JMO