The average person stops seeking out new music when they hit 30 (trunc.)

The Province. com ^ | June 18, 2018 | Sadaf Ahsan

[canuck_conservative]

In case you needed another reason to feel far older than you actually are, a new survey by music streaming platform Deezer, via NME, suggests that by the time you hit 30, you reach something called “musical paralysis.”

That means 30-year-olds have hit the threshold when they no longer seek out new music, or are open to listening to something new and beyond their established taste....

Survey participants gave various reasons for just why they’ve checked out of the music scene, mostly citing having children and too demanding a job to keep up with what’s new.

A considerable 65 per cent said they usually only listen to artists they already know. But 60 per cent said they do wish they had more time to listen to new material — they’re just too busy.

Among the worst offenders are those music fans in Wales and Northern England, where people give up on finding new music by 24 and 23, respectively, while Scottish fans hold out the longest, hitting their threshold at 40.

[MV=PY]

"It can be argued that Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones were big acts that won’t be replicated But why is that? Just great music? Stage presence? Great show? (It's not just an academic question ... there's probably record companies out there that are spending big bucks trying to find the answer) "

Those bands became popular in the middle stages of the broadcast era. There were a very limited number of channels on TV, and everyone in the US watched the same thing.

With the internet there are an infinite number of "channels," so we have lost a large influence that unified our culture in the 60's/70's/80's, for better or for worse.

We grew up in a very unusual time. The one-time era of "broadcast" media is winding up, much to the concern of the old media participants. It was an anomaly in the evolution of communication technology.

Now it is almost impossible to create the sensation those bands created. The closest thing these days is probably American Idol and the like.

[Wilhelm Tell]

I grew up enjoying classical music and also some jazz and various ethnic music from around the world. I generally don’t care for electric guitars, synthesizers, etc. I remember as a teenager and young adult going to a concert and just taking in some great work. Or going to a concert of Spanish Renaissance music or traditional Chinese music or sometimes jazz. I had and have a lot to enjoy musically. I remember hearing people talk about which “Top Forties” radio station they liked the best and I would think, “there is a big world out there, why be limited to that?”

[Southern Magnolia]

I don’t believe that for a minute. There’s a lot of great new stuff out there and “new to you” old stuff.

I use about three different radio apps: tunein, radio.net and radionomy.

Connect your device to your old stereo system via headphone jack and a stereo splitter, so you have the two red/white aux wires to go into the back of your stereo and you’ve got access to the world’s internet radio stations and podcasts.

I tried a bluetooth speaker but it only does the room it’s in, even if you turn it all the way up to “blaring”. The stereo system I can hear all over the house on “soft”.

[Paul R.]

I can’t resist...

( “Let these words ring out!” )

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Oh, when I was a kid
I still see what we did
We were always on the run
It would seem
That you had a dream
And you could be anyone

I remember one day
An old man passed my way
He looked at me and he said:
Boy don’t you cry
You reach for the sky
Boy you look straight ahead!

If you know what you want
And you know how to get it
Don’t let any man
Let you forget it
If you know what you need
You won’t regret it
Dream On
That’s what I say
You Dream on
Till love comes your way
You Dream On

And as time went by
As a man... and I would love
And I would hide
Love to me
Was so easy so free
With no concern and no burning inside

And then one of those nights
In the city lights
As the boys and me, we ran wild
She looked at me
And his words I could see
As plain as when I was a child:

If you know what you want
And you know how to get it
Don’t let any man
Let you forget it
If you know what you need
You won’t regret it
Dream on
That’s what I say
You Dream On
Till love comes your way
You Dream On
Dream On, You better Dream On
You Dream On

So if you love and you lose
And you pay life’s dues
And at times life don’t work out
Don’t you cry Jack
And don’t you look back
You let these words ring out!

If you know what you want
And you know how to get it
Don’t let any man
Let you forget it
If you know what you need
You won’t regret it
Dream On
That’s what I say
You Dream On
Till love comes your way
You Dream On
You better Dream On
You Dream On
You better Dream On
You Dream On
You better Dream On
You Dream On
You better Dream On
You Dream On

“Dream On” by Russ Ballard

[zeebee]

I thought Scott Joplin was the best two handed melody piano music until I heard Bach

[Bonemaker]

It’s because pretty much since the early 90’s and decades earlier all the “new music” sucks.

[Paul R.]

I’m not necessarily into sad songs, but, just... Wow...

[MayflowerMadam]

I think that’s about right. (Is actual music even being written any more?)

[subterfuge]

Check out Blackberry Smoke. Cross between Black Crowes, Skynyrd, Allman Bros.

[MayflowerMadam]

I was listening to the oldies station this week and they played Leslie Gore singing, “That’s The Way Boys Are”. I went between laughter and shock. She was perfectly OK being treated like crap all the time. She loved him anyway. After all, that’s the way boys are, y’know.

[MayflowerMadam]

I love Tom Waits!

[Vermont Lt]

My daughters are in their mid twenties. Their iTunes have a lot of songs that are also in mine.

When I was in my mid twenties, I DID NOT have songs from my parents era (late 40s) in my record collection.

Our generation had new music “forced” on us by radio stations. I cannot recall the last time I listened to traditional radio for more than ten minutes.

[Vermont Lt]

I wouldn’t be throwing your buddy under the bus for making bootleg copies. That is a big no no.

[Vermont Lt]

And I am almost sixty and I like early gansta rap. The lyrics are funny.

Not all the time, but in the middle of the night driving back streets on the way home from a gig, I would be shuffling between Robert Johnson and snoop. Anyone listening would think me insane.

[RipSawyer]

The Cherokee Cowboy, the Big O and Willie and a little Festus Hagin.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWR6FLnPack

[Night Hides Not]

Check out Blackberry Smoke. Cross between Black Crowes, Skynyrd, Allman Bros.

Thanks for the tip.

I'll admit that I'm pretty much stuck in the 60s & 70s, primarily due to my tour in Germany, 77-81. I lived off base, and basically went without TV for four years. I'd buy at least 10 albums a month and mix my own tapes. Afternoons at work, I'd turn on Radio Luxembourg.

My tastes are all over the place: classic rock, jazz (such as Spyrogyra and George Benson), R&B - Stevie Ray Vaughan. Yes' Siberian Khatru dominates the first song of playlists I use when out walking. By the time it's over, I'm in a great mood, and ten minutes away from the house for my 5-7 mile walks.

Other recent influences came from my two trips to Sun Studio in Memphis, and the show "Million Dollar Quartet."

[hinckley buzzard]

Because by the age of 30 most people actually have a life. Pop Music is a vehicle of infantile fantasy.

[BBB333]

If you like Ms. Shirley Bassey listen to her with The Propellor Heads:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzLT6_TQmq8

And if you listen to the words are poignant to our times...MAN She has a voice!

[ßuddaßudd]

hell yeah,, now that is some good noise . . reminds me of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so9DBHCo64Q
fatboy slim - push the tempo

[JonPreston]

Note to Fox & Friends: The median age of a primetime Fox News viewer is 68, according to Nielsen. That means half of the channel's viewers are older than 68.

So why not custom fit bumper music to your viewers?