u/Tough-Bumblebee-6189

As a musician myself, I wonder this every time a friend of mine expresses their opinions on music. I see people who are excited for new songs to release, people who believe that music used to be good, but nowadays it's unoriginal.

I know people who listen to music constantly, but are only interested in the beat or groove but don't care about melody or lyrics.

I personally feel like music is an expression of human creativity, but there are so many people that I have seen who don't care if music is generated by AI (which I would say compleley differs from my idea of music purpose)

Could it be that music serves a different purpose for everybody? or is there a nice blanket definition you can use that encapsulates most people?

For example I will see posts on instagram of new bands or artists and I'll see plenty of hate in the comments even if they aren't that bad, and unfortunatelly I have to admit I feel this too sometimes. It's like there is the urge to stop any new creators from becoming popular, because "I'm already familiar with everyone who's currently famous, and I don't want to have to get used to someone new"

Or maybe because musians become succesful through social media nowadays it doesn't feel like they are special like how they used to be. In the past musicians were on TV or you would find their music in record stores, there were on a different level to your average person and there was no questioning their fame or skill, but now it's through gaming the social media algorhithm or having some strange gimic that gives you 10 seconds of fame, and it feels inauthentic, because "I could do that too, if only I was lucky with my posts on social media"

Does anyone else resonate with anything I've mentioned?