New music, Old music

[Ahriman]

Old music remains relevant because it's excellent and timeless and new audiences discover it.  Novelty crap fades, both old and new.  For new music to reach "classic" status, it needs to be as good as old music.  There's no mystery there.

It has nothing to do with the quality of the music. Older people just want to feel young, so they extend their youth through listening to music that makes them feel young.

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They need to retire. They're taking marketing resources away from up and coming acts. All of those old bands are doing that.

Nope, the free market is calling the shots, not the band(s).

The "free market" is not even a real thing, otherwise things (in general) would be much more diverse.