Many of them are behind all sorts of firewalls, “protective” software installed on their machines etc.

Try comparing some of the big tunes of electronica to the oldskool roots. There’s a huge difference. I know tonnes of people that complain that their style of electronica has died because it has changed so much. You know why? All the genre bending that has taken place for years. Elements of DnB being incorporated into trance, elements of electro being incorporated into House. Rock elements being incorporated into Psy. Trust me. Saying that electronica today is almost identical to 20 years ago is almost completely untrue.

All that shit is so retro… just minor changes from shit from 20 years ago, which WAS new sounding. That whole thing is over, backwards looking… Just because it’s new to you doesn’t mean it’s new.

You must be living under a rock. No new music being made anymore? Yeah, I suppose if your thing is pop and top 40 then you’re all about wailing about Michael Jackson’s death while trying to moonwalk to ‘beat it’ and reliving the glory days of the big hair metal 80′s and the Grunge infested 90′s.

If you get your cues from MTV, then maybe yeah, what is ‘music’ as you know it is grinding to a halt and the golden day are over. Of course part of the problem what you think of as ‘music’ is a very sheltered and sanitized mainstream understanding of it.

Meanwhile, other genres of new and wicked beats are being produced in renaissance being invented by new artists every day; ingeniously sampled and flawlessly mixed into sets that are in themselves masterpieces of art. Unreal new genres are discovered over night, and music never stops evolving. Dubstep, breakstep, trip hop garage, new school D&B, are just a couple genres of the cusp of the bleeding edge of music today. If you have preconceived prejudices against the new and yearn instead for the days of big hair, spandex, and cheesy top 40 galore, then I’m sorry that you’ve chosen to turn your back on some of the best music being made, which is today … and remain mired in the past.

You appear to have lost your way.

I definitely think that streaming fulfils the “instant gratification” needs of many consumers. So in the same way downloading a movie was more instant than going into town, and into a store, streaming takes this to the next level. Though I do also believe their will always be hardcore collectors of content.

Also, there really isn’t any more good music being made anymore these days. I don’t think I have downloaded a recently made song in years. It’s mostly soundtracks, or old school 90′s or 80′s stuff. I got all that stuff a long time ago. I am frankly amazed the RIAA still exists. They are basically the GM and Chrysler of the music industry. They are just looking at their industry as a way to make money, and get rich. They don’t care about making quality music anymore.