Thanks for sharing this Atlantic article. As someone not plugged-in to this industry but interested in it, it enlightened me to a few things. IMHO, anybody who is trying to make a living from writing fresh, new music with an eye toward being popular should understand everything written in this article.

This, over the years, has summed up my general opinion regarding new music [although there are a few exceptions]:
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"Some people—especially Baby Boomers—tell me that this decline in the popularity of new music is simply the result of lousy new songs. Music used to be better, or so they say. The old songs had better melodies, more interesting harmonies, and demonstrated genuine musicianship, not just software loops, Auto-Tuned vocals, and regurgitated samples."

An entire book could be written on this one quote . . .

And my "evidence" to support this has been too much lack-luster new music on Austin City Limits. And anybody familiar with past iHeartRadio TV specials? Same non-passionate music there too, imho. These 2 datapoints align nicely with the decreasing interest in the Grammy's as explained in the article.

I say what a crying shame. I'd love to experience new high-quality music, but that seems quite rare these days for a host of reasons (litigation being one).

I'm certainly no music pro by any stretch, but of the time I allocate to music, about 40% is spent writing in BiaB, 10% spent listening to music, 10% studying music and the remaining 40% learning to play "the classics" from the 60's, 70's and 80's on my bass.

To "young" muscians trying to make it in today's stacked-against-you music industry I say don't give up.

Be passionate about your art and persevere.

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