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How much of this is due to some fundamental cultural decline, and how much is due to the fact that, starting relatively recently, old music stopped being someth
by CommieBobDole 4y ago
How much of this is due to some fundamental cultural decline, and how much is due to the fact that, starting relatively recently, old music stopped being something that you had to seek out and obtain, and instead became something that's provided almost effortlessly via vast archives and recommendation engines?
There is an enormous amount of old music out there, and while only a small percentage is really good, that still amounts to an enormous amount of non-new good music that competes with new music.
- fullshark 4y agoNot even sure it's decline so much as cultural fragmentation. The head pop culture creations (hollywood movies and the top streaming songs) are things with universal awareness (so things that came of age before the internet and mass media was created by a few brokers). The tail has been growing absurdly. Go ask a teenager what they like to watch or listen to, they'll probably mention some youtube/tiktok streamers you've never heard of, and have a tiny cultural footprint.