(08-18-2012, 06:31 PM)alpha7388 Wrote: I wonder how much is the lack of good music now versus the fact that young people don't purchase music like older people have over the years. Maybe its the older ones still buying.
Here's another possibility. There's nothing much new in the music that gets radio play these days. It's mostly various forms of top 40. A lot of cookie cutter music sounding similar on the radio. Then there is 50 years of older music that does get play on classic rock stations and serious music fans may want to spend some money on those classic albums. The math is in favor of the older music. 50 years of top albums completing against 2 or 3 years of current top music. For music fans in there teens, 20's and 30's those old albums are new to them. For them there is not much difference from buying an Adle album or Carly Simon album. In my experience there are young fans of classic rock. I remember being at a party were a couple of 25 year olds were discussing the Yardbirds. Another time a group of twenty somethings, playing poker, listened to Led Zeppelin the entire night!
I'm not saying there isn't good music being made today. There is plenty of good music being made these days but it doesn't get radio play. If you use Pandora you'll discover many artists that you never heard of but have released excellent songs.
