Limited bandwidth in my case. I simply don't have enough time to track the several hundred bands/artists I've liked over the years, with a job and family too.

Limited bandwidth in my case. I simply don't have enough time to track the several hundred bands/artists I've liked over the years, with a job and family too. New is even harder. Combined with the impact of the accountant-driven music business and internet pulling the rug out from the industry, overall quality has actually declined. Not only in the "kids these days" sense. (There was an interesting article recently on here about music discovery being very difficult today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33179147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33179147 "Too Many Songs, Not Enough Hits: Pop Music Is Struggling to Create New Stars - billboard.com") I was focusing on live music up until very recently. Unfortunately the ticketmaster surveillance/auction dystopia has turned me off of a substantial portion of that as well.