Why is there no "great" music anymore?

I'm gonna put these thoughts in the second post so nobody tl;dr's me


back in the day musicians got together with people they met in town, or guys that answered an ad in the paper, threw a band together, and had to pay an arm and a leg to get recorded and get their music out.

these days, instruments are better and cheaper than they used to be, you can learn whatever instrument easily on the internet, and you have a million ways of finding bandmates. and once you do all that, you can get essentially the same quality of recording equipment the great musicians recorded on for cheap off ebay, record yourself, put your music up so anyone can hear it, and some people might even pay you

these days anybody can learn to play, form a band, record and distribute their music for nearly free.

the great bands of the past had to squeeze together money for instruments, basically had to teach themselves to play or learn from somebody else, form a band with people they pretty much already knew, then pay thousands upon thousands to record and distribute their music. music used to be a full time job and a big chance and sacrifice to make to pursue a career in

these days anybody can make music and be heard, so where is all the great music?

but you see, i already partially inb4'd that argument


your grandfather is at least partially right if that's what he thought though because 70's >60's>50's >80's >90's




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radio's conglomerate's like clear channel that own all the radio stations decide what's what and just play it regardless of if its worth a shite or not, used to people would drop by a record and try to get the dj to spin it and then people would request it?

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your grandfather is at least partially right if that's what he thought though because 70's >60's>50's >80's >90's




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You think 20's music is > than 80's music? My and your great grandfather would think so.....

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radio's conglomerate's like clear channel that own all the radio stations decide what's what and just play it regardless of if its worth a shite or not, used to people would drop by a record and try to get the dj to spin it and then people would request it?

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yeah yeah, i know nickelback isn't as good as led zeppelin


that's not what we're talking about

anybody can make music and put it on the internet for like free for people to hear

look how many views rebecca black got

my point exactly...

I promise you nobody who grew up listing to 80's music thinks 90's is greater.

"great" is relative

it isn't relative


find me a band from post 2005 that's better than led zeppelin

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find me a band from post 2005 that's better than led zeppelin

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Stupid argument is stupid. Led Zeppelin has benefited from over 30 years of popularity inflation. 42 years of exposure beats 7 years of exposure every time.

I know I have several bands from the last decade that I much prefer over Led Zeppelin.

they should change this board's name to "the 12 year old board"