There’s no lack of “tastemakers” in music. But the next thing you talk about creates an environment not conducive to developing really tasteful ones. The prob

There’s no lack of “tastemakers” in music. But the next thing you talk about creates an environment not conducive to developing really tasteful ones. The problem is the absolute flood of garbage produced in bedroom studios. Cutting through the noise to find what’s good has become near impossible for everyone. Popular music used to focus on scenes, the internet made sure to stomp that into the dirt. Given an environment like that, how is someone going to develop good taste? There are still music scenes, BTW. They are distinctly non-mainstream, however.