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

  • Norm_Chumpsky [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I think a big factor is that new music has become so atomized/niche. There used to be a monocultural force that would put new music on everyone's radar constantly: radio, MTV etc... With streaming, you have to actively seek out new music and I'm too old to care about that shit.