[Sticky] What song are you listening to?

@osricpearl can back girl! I will make a space for all Latino members. te echamos de menos 😍

No judging. Listen to whatever pleases you. My favorite piece is over 300 years old.

https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/is-old-music-killing-new-music?s=r

had a hunch that old songs were taking over music streaming platforms—but even I was shocked when I saw the most recent numbers. According to MRC Data, old songs now represent 70% of the US music market.

Those who make a living from new music—especially that endangered species known as the working musician—have to look on these figures with fear and trembling.

….I saw it myself last week at a retail store, where the youngster at the cash register was singing along with Sting on “Message in a Bottle” (a hit from 1979) as it blasted on the radio. A few days earlier, I had a similar experience at a local diner, where the entire staff was under thirty but every song more than forty years old. I asked my server:

@alectmanila kumbaya music

@dyno