Fr like power to the people and bless the internet, but I miss the days when there was that MUST SEE movie for the year, or must listen album for the genre, it creates a sense of unity we can’t have if nobody is listening to the same thing⭐️
1989 was a terrible year for music. It might be the worst year in the history of rock music, thanks to bands such as Chicago, Poison, Warrant and Bad English. It also saw the rise of the worst boy band ever: New Kids On The Block. This was the year where every single hit song was a boring, soulless adult contemporary power ballad.
ngl, I felt overwhelmed by spotify today that I just didn't want to listen to music anymore for the time being, and then I see this video. I feel seen.
I remember james Murphy saying something to the effect of liking slow music years. It allows stuff to breathe and you can form opinions like you've had time to mull it over. One thing to mention this study might have had different results if it included crappy demos and tapes in recorded in 1989 as releases. Might not be as dramatic as the numbers suggest.
I think that second point is exactly right. In 1989 there were just as many people making music, but most of that was making tapes at home, maybe a few would get played on local radio but no actual releases. These days anyone can make a Spotify account and get their music out there for free through a distributor.
Literally just commented the lyrics to Too Much Love but with the word "love" replaced with "music" lol weird coincidence. Anyways James Murphy is a genius on not just music but art and popular culture as a whole, and as usual he's absolutely right
I for one am really excited. I haven't been this excited about music in so long I haven't had this many albums in one year that I fucking loved come out at once and I haven't had this many artists too look foreword too in the future at once either. It is sort of amazing and such an awesome thing to think about and be excited about that while a RECORD amount of music is being released every day is happening we have ALSO seen a HUGEEEE increase in genuinely amazing music as well of which is actually moving culture along too both at the same time!!! Record amount of music and talent both at the same time. I am so hyped and can't wait to see what 2025 brings.
I agree, not only is there a lot of incredible music and sounds, but powerful, amazing lyrics and structures. So many artists, even mainstream, have been really embracing their own artistic journey and trying out different styles and really pushing the bar of what makes my brain do that thing, lol. I've been saying for a while that the hypercapitalism and accelerationism that's happening, especially with the AI boom, is going to lead to a renaissance of art in general. Human emotional expression and authenticity is what we all want and need right now.
I don't think we're living in particularly good or innovative times. I don't see many artists shaking up culture like Dylan, Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Patty Smith or Lou Reed did. I think the market has taken the reins and has made everything that is successful hegemonic, friendly, motivational, charismatic, politically correct.
@@gerardovazquez6441I think that’s mostly because our culture is not as homogenous as it used to be. There will probably never again be major unifying artists like there used to be, the internet has caused all of these micro-cultures and niches to pop up. I don’t think it’s really necessarily a good or bad thing (too early to tell) but it’s just different. The only stuff that gets widely popular is (as expected) that sort of lowest-common-denominator, industry-pushed pop that you’re talking about, but it doesn’t really have the influence it used to have because everyone is deep into their own little subcultures and don’t really care too much about that stuff
@@spodefollower It is true that social media has allowed this monocultural phenomenon, but it is no less true that culture is developing within postmodernity. From that modernity where the market had to deal with countercultural, ideological and even religious phenomena, we have moved to this reality where the culture of consumption has taken over everything, there is no political discourse that is not ridiculed in a world sponsored by multinationals, Ticketmaster or the monopolies of 3 record labels and 3 streaming platforms.
With so much music, you’ll either feel excited to listen to all the new music and artists coming out, or you’ll feel so overwhelmed and not know when and where to start
@@Juju.. Some people don't have enough time or it's not their #1 hobby. In that case, reviews are absolutely for picking and choosing what to listen to when there are so many options and so little time. So yes, that is why we have reviewers to "guide" us, not choose for us, key word.
@@ImDeluxeSP33somewhy even listen to music if you don’t have time to listen to it 😂. You miss the whole point of music, it’s not “this music is regarded as good by people so it must be good and I must like it” it should be “this music in itself inspires me to feel good, therefore I like it” and that is an entirely opinion based experience. That’s what enjoying music is supposed to be 😂
To be honest this “revelation” does not discourage me from releasing music because at the end of the day it’s about finding an audience and there is an audience for everything.
Yea there’s is. There’s 70 million new artists every year…but there’s 8 BILLION people on the planet, so there’s definitely a crowd for everything, guaranteed. You just gotta reach it.
Absolutely, keep in mind that most of the 75m is just fluff that no one's even listening to, esp when you consider ANYONE can release music with a few clicks. If we change the criteria to there being even just at least 100 listeners or any semblance of a fanbase however small, I'm sure that number goes down DRASTICALLY. If you're making interesting art or there's a niche for what you're doing that you know how to reach, there really hasn't been a better time to be an artist. And I'd say about 90% of the 75m people do not do this seriously, or even have a solid vison or a plan or know what they're doing. Anyone can upload videos on TH-cam and so much gets uploaded daily, that doesn't mean it's a bad time to be a creator if you genuinely have something of value to add or have interesting stuff to say. Quite the opposite, it's a great time. Same with music.
Absolutely. Artists who would have been passed by major labels for being too niche can find tons of fans on little corners of the internet now. It's pretty cool.
What annoys me is that you can cut that number down to very little of them who actually care and put effort into their music. The rest are taking up space for a quick buck. They want to make a viral song or sound. It’s over saturated for no reason. Most of them are gonna make the same garbage
There is no large scale consequence of neighbors and randos releasing music, they're most likely paying a distro to do so and will never see that money back so they're not making money which means if someone is making music they do have an interest in the craft (or they have misplaced trust in meritocracy but usually those people find another grift pretty quick, I digress). Nobodies making a quick buck, and oversaturation often isn't bad. Gatekeep your scenes, not the means.
Has it ever been different? Formulaic music has existed ever since music became an industry. It seems bigger than before because we see farther than before.
@@jadesded yes there is. the entire mechanism is now gunked up with slop. there is more slop being put out by labels and getting publicists to write positive reviews on it because it is an easy investment. the whole industry has shifted to producing mostly short shelf life slop.
@@ab8817 artists making noise on a large scale enough to reach critics ears and backed by labels are a much smaller percentile of music being released everyday. Since an argument that music industry was better when labels controlled the ENTIRE conversation is misguided, I'm assuming you're trying to speak to the minority being incentivized by labels to keep churning out content which is a valid critique, but a majority unclogged has no weight on that.
I agree with this ten fold. The amount of music to listen to gets overwhelming and almost discouraging, especially when a lot of it is quantity over quality.
Bro who is telling you people that you have to listen to all the music ever released. Why is the amount of music discouraging for you 😂? Just listen to the artists you like, what is there to be discouraged about. It’s like saying the mall is discouraging for having too many stores. Just shop where you wanna shop bro it ain’t that serious.
@@emilianorodriguez8961 music is an obsession for me, there’s always something in every genre I like, it’s like a treasure hunt. Nothings wrong with wanting more out of a hobby, especially when it can be really rewarding.
This is exactly why I don't take people seriously when they gawk at my music choices. Like I'm not worried about who is the best, who is the worst, who sells the most or who doesn't. I listen to who I listen to and that's it. There's too much going on rn
No matter the drawbacks, I ultimately think the world is a more beautiful place for having such a tremendous amount of music in it. Even considering all the songs I'll never personally hear, other people will, and their lives will be improved (if the music is good). In the end, that's what it's all about.
I have been noting for a while that there is more music that comes out everyday, than I can ever listen to in my lifetime. I think it might be impossible to hear everything at this point, you only have so much view and focus. Instead it is a sea you wade through, looking for the currents that move you. There has been so much recent music that has blown me away, some from huge artists, some from brand new artists. Lot of artists are making different genres of music, and a TON have a lot to say with their words. So much music has hit me so deep recently, lot's of experience to relate to. There have been artists coming back after 15+ years and releasing albums. Something big is happening with music right now. It's in the air. It's all very cool, but it makes me sad because I know that I am missing so, many, amazing artists and works, all the time. Right now even. My TH-cam algorithm serves me some awesome new artists, and other places of the world have some amazing things happening too. It's a big, ever interconnecting web of accelerating influence and accessibility. As a side note, I like thinking about the natural evolution of music. How, we all started as small clans living far away from each other, and each developed their own sounds, and as we grew out, expanding and gaining better travel, communication, those styles of music and cultures all start to mesh together and evolve with histories and traumas, and now with the internet, we have almost global, instant, communication with the entire world, with little barrier of entry. All of humanity's artistic ambitions connected, if you can find it. I think about all of my favorite songs I'll never hear.
It is totally impossible. It's like video content too. Millions of people upload videos every day. That quickly turns into billions over a relatively short period. We'll never see a fraction of all the content that's available out there but it's also pretty exciting.
Ngl, 2024 has been packing with so much music, it’s basically a buffet. with pop we got Brat by Charli, HMHAS by Billie, Short n Sweet by Sabrina, and so much more hip hop we got Kendrick, Vince, Peggy, and the fucking beef between drake and kdot, etc metal and rock, we got Linkin Park back, The Cure came back, Knocked Loose dropped Metal AOTY, Poppy dropped my personal fav album of hers, Ulcerate, Chat Pile, and Thou also dropping. This year is so fucking packed its insane imo.
This year has had some incredible releases, but if you're curious for some strange reason, there have been some notable duds this year (namely Katy, Ye, Ice, and Camila) and now RYM has removed the ability to search by worst because they think it's toxic...
This is a reassuring video for my personal feelings! I track the albums I listen to every year and I've surpassed 500. I couldn't say if it was a lot or not. But mainly I realised that I truly *know* very few of the records that come out. I used to listen to new releases so much that I would know the tracklist order and the lyrics to every song, but nowadays it only happens if a record is crazy good. Even my favourite artists don't automatically get that treatment. I either listen to a lot of new stuff that I immediately forget about, or I only listen to old favourites and sort of refuse to look into what's new. Right now I don't really know what to do about all this, but to have an objective explanation for this feeling of overwhelm is comforting, in the meantime.
For me, i literally just follow my whims. I could never just feed from someone else’s list, that’s not exploration that’s an audio feedbag. So somedays i’m listening to the current hit song, sometimes i’m doing deep dives on this that or the other genre, and there’s my favorite strata; weirdo artists who’re just kinda their own vibe, like NIVI, Dr. Steel, and Tub Ring. I view it as walking through a used book/record store. You can’t evaluate everything on the shelves, so you use whatever metric works at the time for you. Idk, works for me…
Honestly, maybe it's just me, but I don't feel like it's overwhelming at all. I'm just gonna stick with the music that I enjoy, and the music that my friends recommend to me, I don't really feel the pressure to listen to everything. And it feels wrong to complain about there being "too much music" when that just means that there are more and more musicians out there who are actually following their dreams and, in this digital age, are able to get their music out there when they might not have been able to otherwise. I'm happy for them for that, even if I'm not interested in listening to it
I listen to a lot of genres and damn we’ve been getting drop after drop. Sabrina Carpenter , Chapelle Roan, we got new Mitski early this year, new Kendrick, new Tyler, new Juice world, new J Cole, etc. its hilarious lol
So heres something that helps me alot with this personally. I have 2 versions of a playlist i made called my "Need to listen to later" playlists. 1st version (Need to listen to later): I add any music that I would be interested in listening to as some point. Once I listen to something off of it, it gets removed from the playlist. 2nd version (NRS) Need to listen to later playlist, not removing songs)": Its just the first version but i keep anything that ive listen to on it. Kind of a way to track my progress. Whenever i want to listen to something new, I look at how many songs I have total in the first version of the playlist, then input that number into a random number generator on google, and have it pick the song/album im gonna listen to. Example: Pick a number between 1 and (whatever amount of songs are in the 1st version of the playlist) I use the random number generator because, if you didnt know, spotify's shuffle isnt truly random. It runs on an algo. (Idk how apple music works) To find music I wanna listen to, I usually look at some yt music critic's I like (ahem), suggestions from friends, or looking at the top rated albums of all time on 2 music rating websites i like, then just adding as much as I want from that. I usually do it at the end of the day. Just laying down in bed with the lights off just listening to a new album. Ive accumulated about 22k songs in the 1st version, had to split it up into 3 playlists so far because spotify only allows 10k songs max in a playlist (I dont think your liked playlist has a limit tho) I have found so much good stuff using this method, the playlists have rarely missed so far and I'm pretty proud of them. 95% of what i used to listen to was rap, and like 50% of that was from one artist. Ive been using these playlists to branch out into literally any kind of genre and have really enjoyed it.
I’m from Poland and I have a band that is doing alternative/indie rock music. We’ve been doing pretty good, had two tours around the country, but even with Spotify adding us to lots of playlist we don’t have much streams out there. Because of how many other artists are realising their stuff. There is no time to listen to all the new music. And the worst thing about it all is “TikTok artist” type. I remember how pissed I was when we released our last album and most slots on Spotify playlists were occupied by popular tiktokers and TH-camrs, who don’t know anything about how to make a song, how to sing or how to play on any instrument. I’m not objective, cause I’m just a kid trying to do anything with music since I was 7, and something like this really makes me depressed and angry. But something needs to change.
As a film buff I've been feeling this way about films for a minute now. Not only is there a surplus of mediocrity and monotony to sift through there is also a metric tonne of great world cinema, tv series and indie films to the point that if you get busy with life or work (mainly work let's be honest) for a minute it piles up and leaves you utterly paralysed to make a choice. Thus, I've been watching less and less films and series and trying to focus on creative endeavours in my free time instead. Yet there is pressure and even guilt to not have seen this or that, or not have heard of a new director from X country etc. It compounds into not wanting to bother at all because it feels like if "gotta watch 'em all" is the goal you can literally watch media for the rest of your waking life and not even get close.
There is no need to get on board with the arrogance of the present, I got off that ship a long time ago, I let time pass, I know that in 2030 it will be clear which were the good films of 2024, everything superfluous will have evaporated.
2:22 it doesnt give option paralysis, most of that music is just a regular 4/4 ditty produced on fl studios. Bubblegum music, thats what i call it, its like a bubblegum, its only good enough to chew while doing something else
I've been feeling like this for a long time. People constantly tell me about artists and I'm just like " i have no idea who that is" but there are pockets of popularity that exist. I used to keep up and remember names and song names artist names but at this point I have a hard time. My bucket is full. A lot of times I actually recognize the song if they play it for me. But I just gave up on trying to remember any of it. Unless it's something that I really enjoy and plan to revisit.
I totally understand why many many many others believe that too much music is being released. But as someone who’s neurodivergent and has music (specifically hip hop music) as my special thing that I’m good at, it doesn’t bother me near as much. So while I can’t relate, I definitely feel for those who are burnt out by all the music that has dropped.
I may be bias because im also releasing music into the sea of tunes 🎶 but I'm pretty happy about all these goodies despite the sea of blah but I feel like this is just going to further push bands and artists & things to build audiences more locally and grow an organic fan base as apposed to random people on the internet. Your art and music won't be on the internet to reach new people but just for the people who already know about it
it's going to crazy to see what comes after the content sludge era of art. mainstream movies, tv, and music are all suffering from a lack of inauthenticity, pandering too much to financial incentives, and a general lack of risk taking. I second as well there have been so many good underground projects this year, take the time to seek it out - it's worth it!
I've been saying this for a while, but not as a negative thing. I'm sure that it's too much if this is your career. I think the days when a person can have a good notion of the whole landscape of new music are done. You're forced to either go shallow (covering lots of genres but missing a ton of stuff) or going deep (into a small set of genres). It's even hard to keep track of what's going on in any given genre. This is how a guy like Rick Beato can think that music has gone downhill. He's only hearing whatever small corner his algorithm has gotten itself into.
the internet makes albums immediate. they're out. you have all the time in the world to appreciate. it's just that it's not good for monetization if you can't respond to in a minute or two. Just do the one's interesting to YOU. and i agree about Spotify, they're the major label man.
As someone who has been listening to music for 20 years and has spent the last 4 years trying to listen to every significant artist in popular and rock music in order. Yes, there is a lot of music. I haven't made it past 1974 yet and it only gets bigger every year.
What will you say when the day comes When it's no fun When it's all done, when it's no fun? What will you say when the time comes There's a dry run, when it's undone And there's no one? When it's too much music Too much music Too much It's too much music Too much music Too much What will you do when you wake up Fatten you up Fasten you up Fatten you up No memories to get cloudy To get cloudy to, when you can't see What you can't see It's all the same when it's morning And you're boring Still ignoring everything No memories to remind you Of the old you, nothing for it Just keep it up, keep it up When it's too much music Too much music Too much When it's too much music Too much music Too much What will you say when the day comes When it's no fun When it's all done, when it's undone? What will you say when the time comes There's a dry run, when it's undone And it's undone? When it's too much music Too much music Too much It's too much music Too much music Too much What will you do when you wake up Fatten you up Fasten you up Fatten you up No memories to get cloudy To get cloudy, when you can't see What you can't see It's all the same when it's morning And you're boring Still ignoring everything No memories to remind you Of the old you, nothing for it Just keep it up, keep it up When it's too much music Too much music Too much When it's too much music Too much music Too much With no memory With no memory With no memory To keep you up at night With no memory With no memory With no memory To keep you up at night
My experience of finding new artists to listen to on Spotify goes something like this: -See artist I've never heard of with songs with 100M plays; listen to it, like it -Go to related artists; see artist I've never heard of with songs with 100M plays; listen to it, like it - and this continues, until the end of time
You're right, there's too much music, and I often get overwhelmed with the paradox of choice (too many choices of music to choose from)
Same. I have a LOT of tracks on the "for later playlist" cause i can't keep up with the overwhelming volume of new content and i found myself procastinating going through it and consuming tracks less than i had before because it became less enjoyable and almost like a chore to "not miss out".
I'm reading thru the comments and seeing mixed opinions. Some are saying they dont see major crrative talents emerging like they used to in the late 1900s, early 2000s. But heres the thing: the formula to success has shifted. It used to be more about talent. Now more artists are realising you dont need talent to suceed. You just need an acute understanding of media marketing, money, a fat ass or all the above. Alot of the artists that are innovating, experimenting and making incredible new sounds dont have an understanding of marketing and thus they dont get heard. Its up to the consumers now to choose who they give their attention to and up to the emerging artists to learn how to be heard in an evolving atmosphere
I'm sure others here have this; I listen to alot and keep up to date with music, yet i still regularly stumble on artists with 100m plus listens that i'd never even heard of. I think the last one i remember that happening to was - the neighbourhood. I do usually listen to more underground music but i think it's so easy to have music pass you by or not be mentioned in any of your circles. As you mention - we don't really sit with music in the same way anymore so it's harder for music to resonate and stew in the same way as years gone by (at least for releases to be considered classics)
I thin right now we're dealing with the deluge of projects made during covid, that no one wanted to release during covid. Obvs the bigger trends won't end, the AI slop/cookie cutter acts won't stop - but on the mainstream side of things, things will get less cluttered.
I think this also has to do with the fact that artists weren't dropping during COVID and had a chance to really sit with their music and have a catalogue now to put out
2:41 YES. When Every Noise At Once was a thing, I would take a couple hours every week to surf every single genre I wanted to and sprint down every rabbithole I could find looking for my next hit of magic. Plus, I have so many reviewers and aggregators from all sorts of genres recommending me so much music that I have playlists after playlists of unexplored territory. I MUST CONSUME WITHOUT BOUND
Music for particular niches probably, which changes things a bit. Individuals don’t have to keep track of the whole of music, just the genre they like, assuming that they don’t listen to much outside of a genre. This genre-focus probably has increased as music output has increased; taste is more specialised. That kind of parochialism might not be great, but it mitigates the increased and increasing scale of the output of music somewhat.
As a creative person, all I ever wanted to do was create for a living. A modest living. Feed my family. That seems all but impossible now. Not only is it harder to get paid for anything, it’s unlikely enough people-or anyone-will interact with your art in order to turn that attention into some sort of income in some avenue. There’s just so much out there.
Not only this, but I can't help but feel the culture of listening to music has become more overwhelming than the music itself. It's often hard for me to even relax listening to albums anymore, I have to be taking notes and giving arbitrary number scores to all the tracks and logging it on a website, etc Seems like enjoying music for music's sake has kinda gotten lost in the process
@@WiloPolis03 I engage with the "online music community" just fine and I don't do any of that crap lol - even if so, there's no good reason to turn your hobbies into a chore.
You don't need to engage with anything. You can just listen to music you enjoy and then go live your life. You're literally choosing the things you're complaining about.
I don’t think it’s any one persons job to consume ALL music released. I think it’s cool that so much music is released that we need to rely on others consensus to filter through them.
I don't find it hard to find new music or check out classic stuff on any given year, but as a Deezer user, holy shit there is a lot of literally who slop that the algorithm puts on your plate. Happy for the ones who stand out and find their audience, but a lot of the indie scene is seemingly pretty generic.
I've found in 2024 I constantly go back to stuff I liked in the past, particularly post rock. I just like listening to something where I feel like every single note and moment has been curated. No matter how much more music comes out, Lift your Skinny Fingers, Ágætis byrjun, and deathconsciousness will always sound special and unique. I think the world is desperately craving some sense of authenticity that it lost at some point in the past few years.
i dont know how you go about the guest reviews, but maybe you would like to increase their frequency (if possible of course)? it would give a platform for other creators to voice their opinions and give you that time/space to enjoy some of the music you want to for a longer amount of time :)
In the mid 2010s I remember having a weird kinda anxiety attack about how there's so much music that I'll never hear so I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 10 years later that its even more overwhelming
I felt that too, that was basically when monoculture died. Actually feel less stressed about it now tbh, there's no expectation to keep up with anything anymore. Of course there's other downsides with the lack of widely shared experiences.
I've had 41 years to find what I like. Hear me out on this, as it will change your entire perception. 2 of the things I find most enjoyment out of in this life. Horror movies and music/playing bass guitar. Every year it gets HARDER to find something new and fresh I enjoy due to the massive influx of modern media. BUT, it gets EASIER to find something from the ever-shrinking pool of older media, because I've already had so long to sift through it. It doesn't matter how old it is, it's "new" to you if you've never seen or heard it before.
I can understand where you are coming from as a music critic, and I can understand how even some casual listeners are overwhelmed just trying to keep up, but I don’t feel any FOMO or exhaustion. I’ve long abandoned the desire to consume every fine piece of art or media that exists, and the new music that I listen to still greatly enriches my life.
Dude there is so much music. Take your time with your reviews; as long as you are doing something that makes you happy, we will support it and you! Mental health is important man, I get it, and if that means a reduction in coverage, then by all means, do it! I just watch you because you are passionate about what you do and it makes me happy to watch your takes on things! Have a wonderful day!
It's also tough when you love to loop the shit out of songs you like... I have clocked over 500 plays on ISIS - So Did We (a 7 minute song)... I feel kinda guilty for not devoting that time to checking out other artists who deserve to be heard but at the same time, life is short and if you find something you love and aren't sick of hearing it then why not keep listening
I think the availability of free use production tools and ease of upload due to modern technology has caused this boom of music, same goes for video games due to the boom of indie developers. It was inevitable.
I think there's no such thing as too much music, everybody should try making some. Labels pushing more and more 'major' artists just means there's more variety to enjoy. All we need to do as consumers is get a bit better at filtering. Small price to pay in my opinion.
The weird part is that with all media/content creation, we'll end up having to (as fans) deeply focus on the things we like the most and... _hope?_ that those things earn adequate support to properly blossom. The real question is whether the industry will be able to handle it, or how the industry / indie infrastructure will adapt... because if it _doesn't_ adapt, there's going to be a lot of missed brilliance out there that found too little support :(
The amount of shovelware video games right now reminds me of this. Fortunately there are gems you find when sifting through rubble as you know. Very good video here Anthony. Thank God there are VERY exciting artists right now.
My big problem is that even though I'm hearing so much more music that I like than basically ever before, I have no time to sit with and get acquainted to alot of the stuff that I'm enjoying. That being said, I never want to go back to when you had to scour shops for whatever physical media happens to be at that exact location at the time and then pay full price for that one single album. I could basically not afford to hear anything that wasn't radio fodder at that point. We are in a Renaissance moment with music where the majority of people at least have the chance to hear something if they're at least aware of it's existence. This is where we should be with art, entertainment, and academic literature. Everything available to everybody to mull over, discuss, and take inspiration from. I even get a bit bummed when people do stuff like releasing physical only media or choose to just post up their stuff on bandcamp and barring youtube and streaming services. That new Armand Hammer would probably be a top album for many fans and listeners but only a small few are even going to be able to spin that one
It’s not just music. There’s literally too much of everything.
It’s getting so annoying yet boring
what are next?
Fr like power to the people and bless the internet, but I miss the days when there was that MUST SEE movie for the year, or must listen album for the genre, it creates a sense of unity we can’t have if nobody is listening to the same thing⭐️
I could go for a few more CGI-based action movies with quirky humor and contemporary pop culture references
Except decent mid budget films
The boom in music quantity has finally given me the confidence to produce my jazz-infused electro funk with Mongolian throat singing album.
Charles Mghengus
That sounds dope
Pah, Mongolian throat singing, how droll.
hell yea 🥶🥶
drop that shit king cant wait
Ok that’s it, everyone needs to stop making music until I can listen to all of it, then you can start again
My words exactly.
cool, looking forward to you finally listening to my stuff
@@cocorococoonI actually went to click on ur account and saw an empty library 😢 I would have listened
thats where 2025 come in
@@jojoeljefe haha thanks, once in a lifetime chance missed cause my stuff is not on youtube
just when i was anticipating a fantano album
I'm waiting for the next Cal Chuchesta mixtape
Fantano The Harpist album coming, feat. Goth Emily, hopefully.
The music released in 1989 was a 36,000% increase from 300 BC
Alexander the Greats era had goated music 😤😤😤
1989 was a terrible year for music. It might be the worst year in the history of rock music, thanks to bands such as Chicago, Poison, Warrant and Bad English. It also saw the rise of the worst boy band ever: New Kids On The Block. This was the year where every single hit song was a boring, soulless adult contemporary power ballad.
@ true but Doolittle is one of my favorite albums ever, rock music was evolving perhaps I agree a lot of it was very corny
@@whyisthomyorkepixies are overrated but in comparison to Chicago they’re basically the best band of all time
@ Doolittle is their best album by far imo! And agreed lmao
ngl, I felt overwhelmed by spotify today that I just didn't want to listen to music anymore for the time being, and then I see this video. I feel seen.
Yeah, I've probably listen to more podcasts than music this year.
@@Zeverinsen there are too many podcasts too, it feels like everybody and their grandmother has a podcast now
Ask your friends for music reccomendations, instead of spotify front page, like a human would! Less overwhelming, less bland garbage
I haven’t listened to an album and 2 years and stopped listening to music entirely other than a song or two every 3 months
@@sugarrookieartfrfr
And not enough Theneedledrop reviews.
Imagine how many not goods we missed 😂
@@joaquin5929there’s probably thousands from this year alone waiting to be unearthed
@@joaquin5929most of them all Kpop
Bunny maloney mentioned
Welp time to release my 2 hour drone metal album.
Same. We should collaborate and make two four hour albums
@@DS-nw4eqCollaboration of the century. Do it.
@@DS-nw4eq would love to get in on this, playing triangle or smn
unrelease it!
Sounds horrible. I’ll be waiting for it
I remember james Murphy saying something to the effect of liking slow music years. It allows stuff to breathe and you can form opinions like you've had time to mull it over.
One thing to mention this study might have had different results if it included crappy demos and tapes in recorded in 1989 as releases. Might not be as dramatic as the numbers suggest.
I think that second point is exactly right. In 1989 there were just as many people making music, but most of that was making tapes at home, maybe a few would get played on local radio but no actual releases. These days anyone can make a Spotify account and get their music out there for free through a distributor.
Literally just commented the lyrics to Too Much Love but with the word "love" replaced with "music" lol weird coincidence.
Anyways James Murphy is a genius on not just music but art and popular culture as a whole, and as usual he's absolutely right
james murpy :)
lpd song sitting
I for one am really excited. I haven't been this excited about music in so long I haven't had this many albums in one year that I fucking loved come out at once and I haven't had this many artists too look foreword too in the future at once either. It is sort of amazing and such an awesome thing to think about and be excited about that while a RECORD amount of music is being released every day is happening we have ALSO seen a HUGEEEE increase in genuinely amazing music as well of which is actually moving culture along too both at the same time!!! Record amount of music and talent both at the same time. I am so hyped and can't wait to see what 2025 brings.
I agree, not only is there a lot of incredible music and sounds, but powerful, amazing lyrics and structures. So many artists, even mainstream, have been really embracing their own artistic journey and trying out different styles and really pushing the bar of what makes my brain do that thing, lol.
I've been saying for a while that the hypercapitalism and accelerationism that's happening, especially with the AI boom, is going to lead to a renaissance of art in general. Human emotional expression and authenticity is what we all want and need right now.
I don't think we're living in particularly good or innovative times. I don't see many artists shaking up culture like Dylan, Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Patty Smith or Lou Reed did. I think the market has taken the reins and has made everything that is successful hegemonic, friendly, motivational, charismatic, politically correct.
@@gerardovazquez6441I think that’s mostly because our culture is not as homogenous as it used to be. There will probably never again be major unifying artists like there used to be, the internet has caused all of these micro-cultures and niches to pop up. I don’t think it’s really necessarily a good or bad thing (too early to tell) but it’s just different. The only stuff that gets widely popular is (as expected) that sort of lowest-common-denominator, industry-pushed pop that you’re talking about, but it doesn’t really have the influence it used to have because everyone is deep into their own little subcultures and don’t really care too much about that stuff
@@spodefollower It is true that social media has allowed this monocultural phenomenon, but it is no less true that culture is developing within postmodernity. From that modernity where the market had to deal with countercultural, ideological and even religious phenomena, we have moved to this reality where the culture of consumption has taken over everything, there is no political discourse that is not ridiculed in a world sponsored by multinationals, Ticketmaster or the monopolies of 3 record labels and 3 streaming platforms.
@@BismuthKaiju Can you name some you think are really good?
I believe the music is just easier now to release than ever before
Exactly
WHAAAAT? REALLY? NO WAY!
The exacerbating part is that everyone needs a lot of money just to pay rent and eat. So yea people gonna pump it out
No ish
@@Nick-cs4ocman nobody is making money from music
With so much music, you’ll either feel excited to listen to all the new music and artists coming out, or you’ll feel so overwhelmed and not know when and where to start
That’s why we got reviewers to guide us 🥹
@@joaquin5929 Never went for or trusted a review before listening to an album, what are you doing? 🤦
@@Juju.. Some people don't have enough time or it's not their #1 hobby. In that case, reviews are absolutely for picking and choosing what to listen to when there are so many options and so little time. So yes, that is why we have reviewers to "guide" us, not choose for us, key word.
I find myself stuck later situation, unfortunately.
@@ImDeluxeSP33somewhy even listen to music if you don’t have time to listen to it 😂. You miss the whole point of music, it’s not “this music is regarded as good by people so it must be good and I must like it”
it should be
“this music in itself inspires me to feel good, therefore I like it” and that is an entirely opinion based experience. That’s what enjoying music is supposed to be 😂
To be honest this “revelation” does not discourage me from releasing music because at the end of the day it’s about finding an audience and there is an audience for everything.
Yea there’s is. There’s 70 million new artists every year…but there’s 8 BILLION people on the planet, so there’s definitely a crowd for everything, guaranteed. You just gotta reach it.
Absolutely, keep in mind that most of the 75m is just fluff that no one's even listening to, esp when you consider ANYONE can release music with a few clicks. If we change the criteria to there being even just at least 100 listeners or any semblance of a fanbase however small, I'm sure that number goes down DRASTICALLY. If you're making interesting art or there's a niche for what you're doing that you know how to reach, there really hasn't been a better time to be an artist. And I'd say about 90% of the 75m people do not do this seriously, or even have a solid vison or a plan or know what they're doing.
Anyone can upload videos on TH-cam and so much gets uploaded daily, that doesn't mean it's a bad time to be a creator if you genuinely have something of value to add or have interesting stuff to say. Quite the opposite, it's a great time. Same with music.
Population is declining and content is ramping up exponentially… idk if that will be true for much longer.
@@pricklycatssslol which population is declining? Cuz humans are still fucking in record numbers
Absolutely. Artists who would have been passed by major labels for being too niche can find tons of fans on little corners of the internet now. It's pretty cool.
I agree with you Antony
he really do es make a valid point .
Your opinion is formed haha enjoy it
What annoys me is that you can cut that number down to very little of them who actually care and put effort into their music. The rest are taking up space for a quick buck. They want to make a viral song or sound. It’s over saturated for no reason. Most of them are gonna make the same garbage
There is no large scale consequence of neighbors and randos releasing music, they're most likely paying a distro to do so and will never see that money back so they're not making money which means if someone is making music they do have an interest in the craft (or they have misplaced trust in meritocracy but usually those people find another grift pretty quick, I digress). Nobodies making a quick buck, and oversaturation often isn't bad. Gatekeep your scenes, not the means.
Has it ever been different? Formulaic music has existed ever since music became an industry. It seems bigger than before because we see farther than before.
Maybe oversaturation bringing down the value of music would discourage these people.
@@jadesded yes there is. the entire mechanism is now gunked up with slop. there is more slop being put out by labels and getting publicists to write positive reviews on it because it is an easy investment. the whole industry has shifted to producing mostly short shelf life slop.
@@ab8817 artists making noise on a large scale enough to reach critics ears and backed by labels are a much smaller percentile of music being released everyday. Since an argument that music industry was better when labels controlled the ENTIRE conversation is misguided, I'm assuming you're trying to speak to the minority being incentivized by labels to keep churning out content which is a valid critique, but a majority unclogged has no weight on that.
this is why you need to bring back YUNOREVIEW fantano
exactly
YUNOREVIEW hosted by Miles Wahlberg (Yuno Miles) himself 👀
Or the short reviews lol just to crap on something for 20 seconds and that’s it
@@joaquin5929he did shorts on main channel for that, dont know why it stopped
Seems like he's been too busy, I loved the short reviews, but wouldn't mind if he brings back the YUNO version.
I blame Mama Cass for encouraging everyone to make their own kind of music
foh with that mama cass slander
@@zonkedmc Yo mama bigger than Mama Cass
lmfao @@apatterson619
I went back to CD’s this year tbh
I agree with this ten fold. The amount of music to listen to gets overwhelming and almost discouraging, especially when a lot of it is quantity over quality.
you just have to curate your feed, otherwise it is like drinking from a fire hose
Fr, I wish artist were more like Bruno Mars, like you don't need to release a new song every week
@@t.c.bramblett617 to hell with the feed
Bro who is telling you people that you have to listen to all the music ever released. Why is the amount of music discouraging for you 😂? Just listen to the artists you like, what is there to be discouraged about. It’s like saying the mall is discouraging for having too many stores. Just shop where you wanna shop bro it ain’t that serious.
@@emilianorodriguez8961 music is an obsession for me, there’s always something in every genre I like, it’s like a treasure hunt. Nothings wrong with wanting more out of a hobby, especially when it can be really rewarding.
This is exactly why I don't take people seriously when they gawk at my music choices. Like I'm not worried about who is the best, who is the worst, who sells the most or who doesn't. I listen to who I listen to and that's it. There's too much going on rn
Yes. I feel overwhelmed at points to the point I can’t relax
yet not enough corey feldman songs
😔✊
No matter the drawbacks, I ultimately think the world is a more beautiful place for having such a tremendous amount of music in it. Even considering all the songs I'll never personally hear, other people will, and their lives will be improved (if the music is good).
In the end, that's what it's all about.
I have been noting for a while that there is more music that comes out everyday, than I can ever listen to in my lifetime.
I think it might be impossible to hear everything at this point, you only have so much view and focus. Instead it is a sea you wade through, looking for the currents that move you.
There has been so much recent music that has blown me away, some from huge artists, some from brand new artists. Lot of artists are making different genres of music, and a TON have a lot to say with their words. So much music has hit me so deep recently, lot's of experience to relate to. There have been artists coming back after 15+ years and releasing albums. Something big is happening with music right now. It's in the air.
It's all very cool, but it makes me sad because I know that I am missing so, many, amazing artists and works, all the time. Right now even.
My TH-cam algorithm serves me some awesome new artists, and other places of the world have some amazing things happening too. It's a big, ever interconnecting web of accelerating influence and accessibility.
As a side note, I like thinking about the natural evolution of music. How, we all started as small clans living far away from each other, and each developed their own sounds, and as we grew out, expanding and gaining better travel, communication, those styles of music and cultures all start to mesh together and evolve with histories and traumas, and now with the internet, we have almost global, instant, communication with the entire world, with little barrier of entry. All of humanity's artistic ambitions connected, if you can find it. I think about all of my favorite songs I'll never hear.
Can you suggest some that you really like?
It is totally impossible. It's like video content too. Millions of people upload videos every day. That quickly turns into billions over a relatively short period. We'll never see a fraction of all the content that's available out there but it's also pretty exciting.
a lot of it is really bad or not worth your time, so don't feel bad for yourself.
Ngl, 2024 has been packing with so much music, it’s basically a buffet.
with pop we got Brat by Charli, HMHAS by Billie, Short n Sweet by Sabrina, and so much more
hip hop we got Kendrick, Vince, Peggy, and the fucking beef between drake and kdot, etc
metal and rock, we got Linkin Park back, The Cure came back, Knocked Loose dropped Metal AOTY, Poppy dropped my personal fav album of hers, Ulcerate, Chat Pile, and Thou also dropping.
This year is so fucking packed its insane imo.
No tyler mention... 😔
The funny thing is that I agree with you but my list is almost entirely different, and I bet most people would have their own largely different lists.
Disk
bro snuck in short n sweet and thought we wouldn't notice
can your picks get any more online and basic jesus
Parrappa fit fantano
This year has had some incredible releases, but if you're curious for some strange reason, there have been some notable duds this year (namely Katy, Ye, Ice, and Camila) and now RYM has removed the ability to search by worst because they think it's toxic...
This is a reassuring video for my personal feelings! I track the albums I listen to every year and I've surpassed 500. I couldn't say if it was a lot or not. But mainly I realised that I truly *know* very few of the records that come out. I used to listen to new releases so much that I would know the tracklist order and the lyrics to every song, but nowadays it only happens if a record is crazy good. Even my favourite artists don't automatically get that treatment. I either listen to a lot of new stuff that I immediately forget about, or I only listen to old favourites and sort of refuse to look into what's new. Right now I don't really know what to do about all this, but to have an objective explanation for this feeling of overwhelm is comforting, in the meantime.
Team Fortress 2 red engineer ahhh fit
There are too many Melons
Start eating then
The state of things being as they are, it's actually more important than ever to try to remind people to actually BUY THE MUSIC THEY REALLY LIKE.
For me, i literally just follow my whims. I could never just feed from someone else’s list, that’s not exploration that’s an audio feedbag.
So somedays i’m listening to the current hit song, sometimes i’m doing deep dives on this that or the other genre, and there’s my favorite strata; weirdo artists who’re just kinda their own vibe, like NIVI, Dr. Steel, and Tub Ring.
I view it as walking through a used book/record store. You can’t evaluate everything on the shelves, so you use whatever metric works at the time for you.
Idk, works for me…
Anthony, you can complain about anything you want, this is your channel
I love you
same he's so hot
And it is still not enough, gimme more music, I'm hungry!
we need to ban music for decade
Honestly, maybe it's just me, but I don't feel like it's overwhelming at all. I'm just gonna stick with the music that I enjoy, and the music that my friends recommend to me, I don't really feel the pressure to listen to everything. And it feels wrong to complain about there being "too much music" when that just means that there are more and more musicians out there who are actually following their dreams and, in this digital age, are able to get their music out there when they might not have been able to otherwise. I'm happy for them for that, even if I'm not interested in listening to it
Get a job
I listen to a lot of genres and damn we’ve been getting drop after drop. Sabrina Carpenter , Chapelle Roan, we got new Mitski early this year, new Kendrick, new Tyler, new Juice world, new J Cole, etc. its hilarious lol
you mean late last year
So heres something that helps me alot with this personally.
I have 2 versions of a playlist i made called my "Need to listen to later" playlists.
1st version (Need to listen to later):
I add any music that I would be interested in listening to as some point. Once I listen to something off of it, it gets removed from the playlist.
2nd version (NRS) Need to listen to later playlist, not removing songs)":
Its just the first version but i keep anything that ive listen to on it. Kind of a way to track my progress.
Whenever i want to listen to something new, I look at how many songs I have total in the first version of the playlist, then input that number into a random number generator on google, and have it pick the song/album im gonna listen to.
Example: Pick a number between 1 and (whatever amount of songs are in the 1st version of the playlist)
I use the random number generator because, if you didnt know, spotify's shuffle isnt truly random. It runs on an algo. (Idk how apple music works)
To find music I wanna listen to, I usually look at some yt music critic's I like (ahem), suggestions from friends, or looking at the top rated albums of all time on 2 music rating websites i like, then just adding as much as I want from that.
I usually do it at the end of the day. Just laying down in bed with the lights off just listening to a new album.
Ive accumulated about 22k songs in the 1st version, had to split it up into 3 playlists so far because spotify only allows 10k songs max in a playlist (I dont think your liked playlist has a limit tho)
I have found so much good stuff using this method, the playlists have rarely missed so far and I'm pretty proud of them. 95% of what i used to listen to was rap, and like 50% of that was from one artist. Ive been using these playlists to branch out into literally any kind of genre and have really enjoyed it.
This year fr felt like SO MUCH Music released even i was feeling it this time.
Yoh... I've been saying 😭
Especially when you listen to multiple genres 🇿🇦🎸
we need to cancel label culture first, trust me. artists with artists, for people.
f labels, labels are dying. cheers
I’m from Poland and I have a band that is doing alternative/indie rock music. We’ve been doing pretty good, had two tours around the country, but even with Spotify adding us to lots of playlist we don’t have much streams out there. Because of how many other artists are realising their stuff. There is no time to listen to all the new music. And the worst thing about it all is “TikTok artist” type. I remember how pissed I was when we released our last album and most slots on Spotify playlists were occupied by popular tiktokers and TH-camrs, who don’t know anything about how to make a song, how to sing or how to play on any instrument. I’m not objective, cause I’m just a kid trying to do anything with music since I was 7, and something like this really makes me depressed and angry. But something needs to change.
Just one more Cal Chuchesta album wouldn’t hurt though
As a film buff I've been feeling this way about films for a minute now. Not only is there a surplus of mediocrity and monotony to sift through there is also a metric tonne of great world cinema, tv series and indie films to the point that if you get busy with life or work (mainly work let's be honest) for a minute it piles up and leaves you utterly paralysed to make a choice. Thus, I've been watching less and less films and series and trying to focus on creative endeavours in my free time instead. Yet there is pressure and even guilt to not have seen this or that, or not have heard of a new director from X country etc. It compounds into not wanting to bother at all because it feels like if "gotta watch 'em all" is the goal you can literally watch media for the rest of your waking life and not even get close.
There is no need to get on board with the arrogance of the present, I got off that ship a long time ago, I let time pass, I know that in 2030 it will be clear which were the good films of 2024, everything superfluous will have evaporated.
2:22 it doesnt give option paralysis, most of that music is just a regular 4/4 ditty produced on fl studios. Bubblegum music, thats what i call it, its like a bubblegum, its only good enough to chew while doing something else
I'm exactly at 2:22
Glad I’m not the only one noticing this. I can’t keep up with anything, even from some of my favorite artists. It’s insane.
All this new music and my playlists have hardly changed this year. Most of it has been below mid this year.
I think about this all the time with books and movies and tv shows too
I think it's a good thing with small genres.
this makes sense why no clarence clarity review, thanks anthony ❤
I've been feeling like this for a long time. People constantly tell me about artists and I'm just like " i have no idea who that is" but there are pockets of popularity that exist. I used to keep up and remember names and song names artist names but at this point I have a hard time. My bucket is full. A lot of times I actually recognize the song if they play it for me. But I just gave up on trying to remember any of it. Unless it's something that I really enjoy and plan to revisit.
3:49 I don't care about those
that's why people don't appreciate music or stuff they ''have''
I totally understand why many many many others believe that too much music is being released. But as someone who’s neurodivergent and has music (specifically hip hop music) as my special thing that I’m good at, it doesn’t bother me near as much. So while I can’t relate, I definitely feel for those who are burnt out by all the music that has dropped.
I may be bias because im also releasing music into the sea of tunes 🎶 but I'm pretty happy about all these goodies despite the sea of blah but I feel like this is just going to further push bands and artists & things to build audiences more locally and grow an organic fan base as apposed to random people on the internet. Your art and music won't be on the internet to reach new people but just for the people who already know about it
it's going to crazy to see what comes after the content sludge era of art. mainstream movies, tv, and music are all suffering from a lack of inauthenticity, pandering too much to financial incentives, and a general lack of risk taking. I second as well there have been so many good underground projects this year, take the time to seek it out - it's worth it!
There’s too much music, games, movies, content in general
This is Dream's fault
I've been saying this for a while, but not as a negative thing. I'm sure that it's too much if this is your career. I think the days when a person can have a good notion of the whole landscape of new music are done. You're forced to either go shallow (covering lots of genres but missing a ton of stuff) or going deep (into a small set of genres). It's even hard to keep track of what's going on in any given genre.
This is how a guy like Rick Beato can think that music has gone downhill. He's only hearing whatever small corner his algorithm has gotten itself into.
the internet makes albums immediate. they're out. you have all the time in the world to appreciate. it's just that it's not good for monetization if you can't respond to in a minute or two. Just do the one's interesting to YOU.
and i agree about Spotify, they're the major label man.
As someone who has been listening to music for 20 years and has spent the last 4 years trying to listen to every significant artist in popular and rock music in order. Yes, there is a lot of music. I haven't made it past 1974 yet and it only gets bigger every year.
What will you say when the day comes
When it's no fun
When it's all done, when it's no fun?
What will you say when the time comes
There's a dry run, when it's undone
And there's no one?
When it's too much music
Too much music
Too much
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What will you do when you wake up
Fatten you up
Fasten you up
Fatten you up
No memories to get cloudy
To get cloudy to, when you can't see
What you can't see
It's all the same when it's morning
And you're boring
Still ignoring everything
No memories to remind you
Of the old you, nothing for it
Just keep it up, keep it up
When it's too much music
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What will you say when the day comes
When it's no fun
When it's all done, when it's undone?
What will you say when the time comes
There's a dry run, when it's undone
And it's undone?
When it's too much music
Too much music
Too much
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What will you do when you wake up
Fatten you up
Fasten you up
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No memories to get cloudy
To get cloudy, when you can't see
What you can't see
It's all the same when it's morning
And you're boring
Still ignoring everything
No memories to remind you
Of the old you, nothing for it
Just keep it up, keep it up
When it's too much music
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To much music but all I hear is still the same radio hits, especially at work.
My experience of finding new artists to listen to on Spotify goes something like this:
-See artist I've never heard of with songs with 100M plays; listen to it, like it
-Go to related artists; see artist I've never heard of with songs with 100M plays; listen to it, like it
- and this continues, until the end of time
You're right, there's too much music, and I often get overwhelmed with the paradox of choice (too many choices of music to choose from)
stay away from music for while, its good for the brains guys..
the same instagram.. tiktok, all that bullshit.
Same. I have a LOT of tracks on the "for later playlist" cause i can't keep up with the overwhelming volume of new content and i found myself procastinating going through it and consuming tracks less than i had before because it became less enjoyable and almost like a chore to "not miss out".
Daniel Ek can go out and buy a $500m villa but can’t even get wrapped out on time.
I'm reading thru the comments and seeing mixed opinions. Some are saying they dont see major crrative talents emerging like they used to in the late 1900s, early 2000s. But heres the thing: the formula to success has shifted. It used to be more about talent. Now more artists are realising you dont need talent to suceed. You just need an acute understanding of media marketing, money, a fat ass or all the above. Alot of the artists that are innovating, experimenting and making incredible new sounds dont have an understanding of marketing and thus they dont get heard. Its up to the consumers now to choose who they give their attention to and up to the emerging artists to learn how to be heard in an evolving atmosphere
I'm sure others here have this; I listen to alot and keep up to date with music, yet i still regularly stumble on artists with 100m plus listens that i'd never even heard of. I think the last one i remember that happening to was - the neighbourhood. I do usually listen to more underground music but i think it's so easy to have music pass you by or not be mentioned in any of your circles. As you mention - we don't really sit with music in the same way anymore so it's harder for music to resonate and stew in the same way as years gone by (at least for releases to be considered classics)
finally a take i can get behind!
I thin right now we're dealing with the deluge of projects made during covid, that no one wanted to release during covid. Obvs the bigger trends won't end, the AI slop/cookie cutter acts won't stop - but on the mainstream side of things, things will get less cluttered.
I think this also has to do with the fact that artists weren't dropping during COVID and had a chance to really sit with their music and have a catalogue now to put out
2:41 YES.
When Every Noise At Once was a thing, I would take a couple hours every week to surf every single genre I wanted to and sprint down every rabbithole I could find looking for my next hit of magic.
Plus, I have so many reviewers and aggregators from all sorts of genres recommending me so much music that I have playlists after playlists of unexplored territory.
I MUST CONSUME WITHOUT BOUND
Why is he dressed like the entirety of 80s sitcoms
So that you'd comment on it. Thanks for the engagement.
@ no problem!
Dressed like a character from the show "Doug" that never got screen time
Theres too much entertainment
Music for particular niches probably, which changes things a bit. Individuals don’t have to keep track of the whole of music, just the genre they like, assuming that they don’t listen to much outside of a genre. This genre-focus probably has increased as music output has increased; taste is more specialised. That kind of parochialism might not be great, but it mitigates the increased and increasing scale of the output of music somewhat.
bro look like parappa
As a creative person, all I ever wanted to do was create for a living. A modest living. Feed my family. That seems all but impossible now. Not only is it harder to get paid for anything, it’s unlikely enough people-or anyone-will interact with your art in order to turn that attention into some sort of income in some avenue. There’s just so much out there.
Not only this, but I can't help but feel the culture of listening to music has become more overwhelming than the music itself. It's often hard for me to even relax listening to albums anymore, I have to be taking notes and giving arbitrary number scores to all the tracks and logging it on a website, etc
Seems like enjoying music for music's sake has kinda gotten lost in the process
Or you could just listen to the music and not pretend like you *have* to do all that other stuff?
@dabu73 Sure, but it's hard to engage in the online music community without playing by the rules
It's still your choice lol don't think anyone is forcing you
@@WiloPolis03 I engage with the "online music community" just fine and I don't do any of that crap lol - even if so, there's no good reason to turn your hobbies into a chore.
You don't need to engage with anything. You can just listen to music you enjoy and then go live your life. You're literally choosing the things you're complaining about.
I 100% agree, just when I think I've listened to everyone I wanted to hear I kept hearing abut and finding new artists or songs, it never ends
I don’t think it’s any one persons job to consume ALL music released. I think it’s cool that so much music is released that we need to rely on others consensus to filter through them.
When all is said and done, thank you for your service Fantano
I don't find it hard to find new music or check out classic stuff on any given year, but as a Deezer user, holy shit there is a lot of literally who slop that the algorithm puts on your plate. Happy for the ones who stand out and find their audience, but a lot of the indie scene is seemingly pretty generic.
I've found in 2024 I constantly go back to stuff I liked in the past, particularly post rock. I just like listening to something where I feel like every single note and moment has been curated. No matter how much more music comes out, Lift your Skinny Fingers, Ágætis byrjun, and deathconsciousness will always sound special and unique.
I think the world is desperately craving some sense of authenticity that it lost at some point in the past few years.
i dont know how you go about the guest reviews, but maybe you would like to increase their frequency (if possible of course)? it would give a platform for other creators to voice their opinions and give you that time/space to enjoy some of the music you want to for a longer amount of time :)
In the mid 2010s I remember having a weird kinda anxiety attack about how there's so much music that I'll never hear so I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 10 years later that its even more overwhelming
I felt that too, that was basically when monoculture died. Actually feel less stressed about it now tbh, there's no expectation to keep up with anything anymore. Of course there's other downsides with the lack of widely shared experiences.
I've had 41 years to find what I like. Hear me out on this, as it will change your entire perception.
2 of the things I find most enjoyment out of in this life. Horror movies and music/playing bass guitar.
Every year it gets HARDER to find something new and fresh I enjoy due to the massive influx of modern media.
BUT, it gets EASIER to find something from the ever-shrinking pool of older media, because I've already had so long to sift through it.
It doesn't matter how old it is, it's "new" to you if you've never seen or heard it before.
I can understand where you are coming from as a music critic, and I can understand how even some casual listeners are overwhelmed just trying to keep up, but I don’t feel any FOMO or exhaustion. I’ve long abandoned the desire to consume every fine piece of art or media that exists, and the new music that I listen to still greatly enriches my life.
Dude there is so much music. Take your time with your reviews; as long as you are doing something that makes you happy, we will support it and you!
Mental health is important man, I get it, and if that means a reduction in coverage, then by all means, do it! I just watch you because you are passionate about what you do and it makes me happy to watch your takes on things!
Have a wonderful day!
It's also tough when you love to loop the shit out of songs you like... I have clocked over 500 plays on ISIS - So Did We (a 7 minute song)... I feel kinda guilty for not devoting that time to checking out other artists who deserve to be heard but at the same time, life is short and if you find something you love and aren't sick of hearing it then why not keep listening
I think the availability of free use production tools and ease of upload due to modern technology has caused this boom of music, same goes for video games due to the boom of indie developers. It was inevitable.
I think there's no such thing as too much music, everybody should try making some. Labels pushing more and more 'major' artists just means there's more variety to enjoy. All we need to do as consumers is get a bit better at filtering. Small price to pay in my opinion.
They're pimping a butterfly dawg
The weird part is that with all media/content creation, we'll end up having to (as fans) deeply focus on the things we like the most and... _hope?_ that those things earn adequate support to properly blossom. The real question is whether the industry will be able to handle it, or how the industry / indie infrastructure will adapt... because if it _doesn't_ adapt, there's going to be a lot of missed brilliance out there that found too little support :(
The amount of shovelware video games right now reminds me of this. Fortunately there are gems you find when sifting through rubble as you know. Very good video here Anthony. Thank God there are VERY exciting artists right now.
I've thought about this so often. so much music it's overwhelming
My big problem is that even though I'm hearing so much more music that I like than basically ever before, I have no time to sit with and get acquainted to alot of the stuff that I'm enjoying. That being said, I never want to go back to when you had to scour shops for whatever physical media happens to be at that exact location at the time and then pay full price for that one single album. I could basically not afford to hear anything that wasn't radio fodder at that point. We are in a Renaissance moment with music where the majority of people at least have the chance to hear something if they're at least aware of it's existence. This is where we should be with art, entertainment, and academic literature. Everything available to everybody to mull over, discuss, and take inspiration from. I even get a bit bummed when people do stuff like releasing physical only media or choose to just post up their stuff on bandcamp and barring youtube and streaming services. That new Armand Hammer would probably be a top album for many fans and listeners but only a small few are even going to be able to spin that one
This is happening in every media & I feel overwhelmed by all of it
and let me tell you, even if you only stick to one genre, you still face the same problem😭🙏