Is old music killing new music?
I get the worst resistance when I say it but I think music died when autotune became ubiquitous.  Curiously this happened at the same time that Napster hit so piracy got a lot of the blame.<p>Personally I think autotune sucks all the emotional connection out of music.  It is one thing that Miku Hatsune sings like that,  it&#x27;s another thing that Miley Cyrus does.  (Not to pick her out as a particularly great musician but she is a competent singer with a beautiful voice that stands on its own without processing.)<p>Autotune music just washes over people without having any effect.<p>When there is autotune music on at the gas station people can&#x27;t tell you who the artists is sometimes they aren&#x27;t even sure if it is rap or country music.  Ask people on the street to actually name a Kanye West song and most of them struggle.  I&#x27;m almost tempted to say that &quot;Kanye West doesnt&#x27;t exist or that he&#x27;s just famous because his wife is famous.&quot;