What most of these discussions don't highlight is that old good music is good music. A 40 year old song was good then. It's good now and will continue to be goo

What most of these discussions don't highlight is that old good music is good music. A 40 year old song was good then. It's good now and will continue to be good. What's killing new music is the lack of variety that's been part of the last 20 or so years. There's a sense of sameness to it all. I suspect that it's related to the fact that there's no way to pick a trend that the majority of music buyers will follow. It used to be that a hit songs would change the path of the music trends. Now that streaming dominates people can just pick a song from millions but they don't have the nudges that music stations of the past would give. Music radio stations created hits and therefore they define the music trend for the period. Without a trend, music becomes a mush over time. If you want variety you look towards the past. Also, availability, we can now stream just about any song. That's new to the last 20 or so years. Before it was easier to get a new song versus and old song. Now it does not matter. It takes just as much effort to play a new song as an old song. There is no extra effort needed.