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Okay: creatively, nothing is lost in the musical arts.

Music is more creative and varied than ever. You just don't like it as much.

Exactly, the new stuff feeds back into the old stuff and adds to the overall variety. Yesterday I listened to someone cover an Aphex Twin song on a harp.

Some researchers don’t agree with this:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/is-pop-mus...

If you only count 'pop music', of course not. But there is more music being made that isn't pop than ever.

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