Originally Posted By: Joe V
Interesting answers.

There was a time I felt sad that all the music I liked was more than 30 years old...now I accept it,


There's a good reason for that. It's generally true. While there a lot of notable exceptions, for the most part, the quality of music, movies, books, has declined the past few decades.

Particularly because of the easy of entry. It's much, much easier to get a book published or record a CD now than it was 10 years ago

I consider myself pretty open to current pop music. I like some of it. I'm not hung up on just listening to the stuff from the past. However, the overall quality of pop music has and is in furthering decline.

In my field, many of the newer upcoming jazz musicians are copies of older players void of any originality or style of their own.

With the advent of the Internet and particularly social media there is a complete lack and understanding of real genuine connection. Unfortunately this is blatantly clear in the arts.