Just commented on a post by @🐈 asking if/why new music is bad. My take: 1. Too many cooks spoiling the broth. Some pop hits have 10-12 credits! You can’t produce anything memorable when you’re focused on pleasing ten or twelve people. You get the lowest common denominator. 2. Pop and rock songs from the 60s and into the 80s (90s in some cases) had key changes, wide dynamics, interesting harmonic structure including borrowed chords and other non diatonic elements, tempo changes, and interesting lyrics. All this led to more interesting melodies and emotional content. 3. Most of the classic rock musicians grew up in households hearing jazz and classical music. They knew the Great American Songbook and could play many of the tunes. 4. Heavy jazz, blues, folk, and classical influences.

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