this one's for the people who think all new music sucks

as a music fan, it seems that at some point in life, the easy thing to do is realize you've reached a certain age where you're allowed to say something like, "music sucks nowadays. it was better back in my day," and totally give up on new music. and i get it. a lot of the new music you hear sucks. and finding new music that you enjoy listening to seems to get harder with age. so fuck it! fuck this generation of kids! give up and tell 'em all your generation did it better.

but i think that's all bullshit. i think there's always great new music being cranked out. right now, at this exact moment, somewhere in the world, someone is working on great new music. there's just too many people constantly working on new music for all of it to suck. that's a damn near scientific impossibility  i think anyone who gives up on new music altogether is just being lazy and letting that natural jadedness that comes with age get the best of them.

does a lot of the new music suck? sure does. y'know what else sucked? a lot of the new music that came out back in your day. if you limit your quest for new music to top 40 radio or hearsay from the hipsters around the water cooler at work, then you're doing it wrong. you're just as guilty as when any adult from your childhood said, "i just don't get what these kids are listening to nowadays." remember how lame that sounded coming out of their mouths?

if you can't find anything worth listening to nowadays, then you're probably not putting in enough effort. sure, as you get older, it's gonna get harder to be connected to what's new and exciting. cuz you're not constantly surrounded by people who are into that sorta thing. you're gonna have to try harder and dig deeper... really get your hands dirty, before you can say something as bold as, "all the music that's out today sucks ass."

and as music fans, we owe it to all that put their efforts into creating new music to give it a shot and hear them out. getting people to listen to your music isn't easy. you probably have a favorite band and at some point your favorite band probably had a hard time getting anyone to listen to them. every band/singer/musical act has to be the brand new thing that nobody wants to know about before they ever make it big. you owe it to all the music you ever enjoyed to always keep an open ear and never give up on a band just because they don't come from your grand era of music.

in the end, it doesn't matter. cuz great new music is always gonna find its audience. no matter how much you wanna hate on everything the kids are listening to, what's meant to be popular will find its way into the light. you can sit at home, staring at the wall, ignoring the world around you and curse these damn kids and their infernal racket like old people used to do with you, or you can embrace the idea that there will always be something new and great in music. you can either try to enjoy it or be a total crank about the whole thing. either way, it doesn't need your acknowledgement to be great.