"Old songs now represent 70 percent of the U.S. music market. Even worse: The new-music market is actually shrinking."

  • p_sharikov [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I think the Beatles and Zeppelin were able to do that because the music industry actually invested their musical development, which apparently doesn't really happen anymore. As capital has become more and more narrowly focused on next-quarter profits, investing in promising artists and nurturing their musical development has become impossible. Basically, everyone is permanently trapped in the early Beatles stages and never get to progress to the highly innovative stage.

    I know what you meant, but I gotta drop Greta Van Fleet here to be a jackass before someone really does call you a boomer.

    Lol, thanks, I'll check them out. Also, I agree about metal. It feels like the genre has stagnated a bit.