Your Gene Simmons excerpt was more interesting than the article.
“...but it is true that bands like the Stones, Van Halen, the Beatles, as well as U2 are fewer and farther in comparison to what we are seeing today.”
There is tremendous new music being made in all sorts of different styles. It just won’t be popular in the foreseeable future. Finding non-popular good music is easier than it has ever been thanks to the internet.
Yes, it stinks that millions of people will never be exposed to it together like they used to be. But if you are more than a casual music fan it is a great time to find the sort of stuff that you dig.
FReegards
Not only are we more than casual music fans, we’re musicians working in the industry.
Despite the fact that the market has been revolutionized, and the way in which musicians record and build a band have changed, musician are still creating great music.
There are elements to the industry that I think is great for the artist. Everyone has there own home recording studio. Production’s now in the control of the artist. With that freedom comes the influx of mediocre music.
I should have mentioned Toto in that list.