Music is so great, there is absolutely nothing better. 

 

Way way back, a long long time ago, I was listening to bands like Cream, Jimi Hendrix, the Moody Blues, the Stones, Jethro Tull, the Doors, etc.  I know I am dating myself.   I loved music so much, and it seemed like I was discovering something new in it all the time, some new band, or bands that evolved on their own.  And that led me into other musical genres: jazz, classical.   My point is, if you think you are running short of great music you haven't heard before, you need to broaden your horizons.   Explore.   Don't restrict yourself to music that is brand new.  I guarantee you that if you have an open mind, there are mountains and mountains of great music that you have never heard before.   Some of it was written a long time ago.   Just open your mind, broaden your horizons.  Why does it have to have been written last month?   There's a very good reason some music that was written 200 years ago is still being played: it's phenomenally great.  Stupendously, unbelievably, artistic, clever, amusing, entertaining, deeply profound music. 

 

I left rock and roll and went to classical music.  Beethoven, Mozart, and so forth.  You may do something else.  But the point is, open your mind, and allow it to evolve a little.  The idea that you are running out of music is just weird, very strange to me. 

 

The trouble with rock and roll is that it ran out of ideas.   And that is inevitable when you define things in a narrow way: "this is rock and roll, anything else is something different."   If you think rock and roll is in a bad state, that shows that you are ready to move on.   Move on!   Pounding out power chords and banging on drums is a form of music, but can't you get tired of that?   Move forward!  Open your mind!  Evolve!  Look for something better!  Something higher!   Don't be afraid of something new.   It's out there.  Free your mind!  

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