Did technology and lawyers kill the music industry?

Vinyl to tape to CDs, and now internet. There a drastic drop in the quality of music being produced today, and I find myself looking more and more to the past. I feel bad for the people that had to keep replacing their sound equipment and recordings. I also feel bad for the artists being sued over the slightest copyright infringement. Small wonder it's the untalented nobodies we mostly see now.

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Really · 80-89, M

It's the listening/subscribing, tasteless public sheeple that have killed the production of decent music. Just as its the dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers electorate that enables the deplorable state of politics.

dancingtongue · 80-89, M

@Really Agreed. People used to be interested in trying something different, being a little unique, thinking and choosing for themselves rather than following the herd on social media and streaming services, listening to what they are constantly being reminded is TRENDING so MUST be good. And if you were a performer, you got noticed by breaking from the herd and being able to attract your own crowd because there were sufficient venues, sufficient smaller producers/distributors, that would give you an opportunity to succeed or fail on your own.