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Today, with the loss of the infrastructure that gave the music industry it's focus and power. we have fragmentation. Everyone has their own playlists. There is no longer a 'system' whereby new artists would get exposed to a mass audience. I am talking radio, MTV, The Tonight Show when there were only 3 networks and a few cable channels, Grammys and magazines and concerts....
While many of those things still exist today they exist as watered down versions. I saw recently how a newly released CD had made it to #1 on the Billboard charts...by selling 33,000 copies!! Back 20 years ago I would take 10x that amount to make it to #1 upon initial release. Now it takes just a few thousand copies. So how many does the #6 CD sell in a week? 20K? Unbelievable.
My point is that today fewer are being exposed to "what's good" but instead are left to discover "what's good" on their own, or through social media. It is truly pathetic, and heartbreakingly sad. Thank Yeezus we have literally thousands and thousands of awesome albums created way back when to listen to otherwise this new post-2000 life we are all living would suck major donkey balls.
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