The Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse: Rick Beato Explains

Algorithms ruined the promise of web1. I remember the narrative being about the lone artist finding his audience. Now we all listen to the same music. AI will only make this worse.

Devil's Advocate:

The Music Business today, even when adjusted for inflation, is the largest it's ever been. You would think if the product were getting worse then sales would be declining, yet the opposite is true.

I understand what Rick is saying, to me music is largely worse today than it was when I was a kid (I'm only a couple years younger than Rick). But that's subjective. Looking at sales is one way to keep it objective and the sales are telling another story.

So yes, I agree with Rick that music is getting worse, but it seems not a lot of other people agree with us, based off sales.