The truth about why modern music is so awful.

NY Times will let you have about 4 free articles per month, FWIW.

Here's the link (I think):
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/what-these-grammy-songs-tell-us-about-the-loudness-wars.h...

@cleeds Perhaps I was being a trifle idealistic but I like to believe that the new genres in popular music were generated from social trends often identified by fashion and hairstyles etc. For example Rock and Rollers, Mods, Skinheads, Hippies, Heavy Rockers, Punks, Disco, Heavy Metallers, Rappers etc were all social movements of one kind or another.

Apart from the growth in popularity of tattoos and piercings it's difficult to think of a recent sociological movement that might be connected with music in some way.

It's as if social media has now replaced music as the common bond or glue that used to unite these individuals into a recognisable group.

We probably need someone young, at the cutting edge so to speak, to point out what the next musical trends might emerge from the underground, if any.

@tostadosunidos Thanks for the link to the Greg Milner article. His book Perfecting Sound Forever is an interesting read on the development of the recording industry all the way from Edison to recent times. I got the impression that the 1950s were a golden age for audiophiles in the sense that the industry followed the money back then and paid real attention to us.

The onset of the CD era loudness wars reveals only too clearly what they think of us now. No wonder many audiophiles always hold vinyl close to their hearts.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/is-new-vinyl-exempt-from-loudness-wars

Did you see the Super Bowl half time show? That is why today's music sucks ass!! 

Good post cleeds