If you see music from an economic standpoint: there is an abundance of music being made and distributed today. And the cost of making a professional sounding

If you see music from an economic standpoint: there is an abundance of music being made and distributed today. And the cost of making a professional sounding recording, and bringing it to a large audience, has plummeted to where it is within the means of anyone with a bit of talent to make, and distribute, music. Merely recording music isn't "special" anymore. Anyone can do that. There is a sense of entitlement that is out of sync with reality here. The world has changed. Whining about it isn't going to change that.