I don't mean to be nonconstructive but... my gut response is "naaah". A generation of wealthy nostalgics overspends on the same old music. A generation of har

I don't mean to be nonconstructive but... my gut response is "naaah". A generation of wealthy nostalgics overspends on the same old music. A generation of hard-up youth (and there's nothing wrong with that in strictly origin-of-media-cultures terms!) won't pay anything the "music market" can easily measure, for what they actually value. Musicians aiming for commercial appeal really seem to be scraping the barrel now. There are people with new ideas but the profusion of barrel-scrapers makes "try to sell big" a poor use of an inventive musician's time. Where do we go from here? No idea, but it probably needs to involve inventing (or reinventing) some different kind of engagement. I don't think my preferences for what kind stand much of a chance, but no matter.