For what it's worth I lived in LA for several years after graduating college. Dispite playing in bands and being knee deep in the music industry I found that al

For what it's worth I lived in LA for several years after graduating college. Dispite playing in bands and being knee deep in the music industry I found that almost all of the new music I was introduced to as being "great" really sucked, notwithstanding the awesome stuff my late 20's roommate had on his CD rack. This was about 9 years ago. Fast forward to today, and I've found more great DJs and bands based in Seattle in the past 4 months than I did the entire two years I lived in LA. And the 4 months before that, and the 4 months before that. And this is dwarfed by all the great music new being made all around the world. I find most of my music through fliers, last.fm friends, hyperlocal news and forums dedicated to particular subgenres. We're so much better networked than we were a decade ago that not being amazed at what is being made (and what has been made under your nose) shows a lack of being hooked into that network, not that great art isn't being made today. It's easy to mourn the death of an industry. Some really great people were involved in making and promoting some really great things. But it's silly to expect the death of art. The kids are alright.