I think two significant changes in the past decade have led to the "problems" described in this article. First, there are more people than ever making and performing music, and second, there are more people than ever listening to music. These have both happened because technology has eased many barriers that used to exist.
It's tougher than ever to find the band that'll stick with you for a lifetime. It sounds like people are just having trouble adjusting to change, as happens with every culture shift. Let's try and view the positive elements of all this...we have an abundance of music at our disposal, we have an abundance of web sources who try and filter out the crap for us...and it's all free! I'm pretty happy with the state of things.
-Nathan
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