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The reasons are complex—more than just the appeal of old tunes Does the author explore the reasons at all? Should we just guess? One jumping out at me is the s
by dfxm12 5y ago
The reasons are complex—more than just the appeal of old tunes
Does the author explore the reasons at all? Should we just guess? One jumping out at me is the share, population and disposable income-wise of boomers, who might just be buying music that was popular when they were growing up. Are people rebuying their current collection of old tracks in new formats? Does the current lack of a mono-culture around music mean that new music can't get the same traction old music had enjoyed? Do fans of new music spend less time/money enjoying music compared to other things that fans of older music don't like, like twitch subs, games, whatever?
- yetanotherloser 5y agoI think you hit on something I missed, and much of this thread missed: there is one weird generation that was sold the daft idea of rebuying its music as format shifts - the 45, the LP, the cassette for the car, the CD remaster... - who also have economic advantage and so the commercial stats just don't reflect what lots of people enjoy because the metrics measure that generation's interest and vice versa. Thanks. that was useful. Combine that with new or rescued recordings meaning a greater range of _really old_ music is available to people prone to falling down musical-history rabbit-holes... and you really do have a recipe for it becoming hard to spot the evolution of music happening vs. the surrounding (pardon me) "noise". Yet it is still happening...