I agree, but also think/hope it is an unmet need in people. Maybe it is just that there is so much low quality, ignorable music out there, people just don’t invest in it in the same way. But I’ve seen with giving my kids access to the whole Spotify catalogue, they have ended up reaching back into the past and listening to older music that I also like, but haven’t pushed on them at all. This makes me happy that we can bond over music I like, but also sad for them that it seems like they don’t have generational records/sounds of their own. The people in the family most knowledgeable or invested in current chart music are the grandparents- it makes no sense!
Early 80s records are like a teleport back to my childhood for me now. But what sounds will do that for them? The endless Ed Sheeran shit we hear playing in the shops?🤷♂️
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I agree todays generation are way less concerned about release date and are as happy checking James Brown and The Stooges as anything new, that is a plus. I know lots of very good young musicians too.
The model now is very different. I’ve made a living in music for 25 years now, either teaching or involved in the process as an engineer etc.
I’m very hopeful about the future but think we have to cut a new path somehow. Spotify, by there own words, value music at zero, personally I find art to too fundamental to the soul for such a valuation.
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