Of course, when I say "pop" I don't mean "pop" alone. I'm just distinguishing it from classical or traditional music.

Anyway, one explanation for the decline in music has been the lack of sound variation in newer music and another explanation, the one given by Gene Simmons of KISS, is that the music industry won't front a promising band with money. Simmons claims that this is the reason he claims there are no new supergroups like the Beatles nowadays. He claims there is no fronting of money due to the free music download culture (I would be cynical about that because nowadays I think free downloads are way down because they are spiked with viruses.).

Seems to me everyone who comes out is trying to sing past songs and make them their own. Kind of why I look towards other countries as they try to be new and edgy.

16 hours ago, Demon_skeith said:

Seems to me everyone who comes out is trying to sing past songs and make them their own. Kind of why I look towards other countries as they try to be new and edgy.

I play guitar and I find it quite easy to write new music on it. However, stuff that has words along with the music is a different matter, and, of course, that's what people really want.