Comment on The Indie Bubble Is PoppingparentComments−shmerl12yWere things any different in the past really? There was always the mass market junk including the one marketed by the big publishers.−guard-of-terra12yIn the past we have things like Jethro Tull which are both popular, critically acclaimed and good for every piece. And we have a lot of that.Everything we have today is either mass market junk or only appealing to a narrow demographic or an experimental kludge.I listen to a lot of kludges and one-trick ponies these days, but I can see it's not how it was, and popularity (of music as whole) reflects that.
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Were things any different in the past really? There was always the mass market junk including the one marketed by the big publishers.
In the past we have things like Jethro Tull which are both popular, critically acclaimed and good for every piece. And we have a lot of that.
Everything we have today is either mass market junk or only appealing to a narrow demographic or an experimental kludge.
I listen to a lot of kludges and one-trick ponies these days, but I can see it's not how it was, and popularity (of music as whole) reflects that.