Just some thoughts.
We are living in an instant age. We want everything in an instant. So we raise kids to think this is normal. So today's pop music sells best if the song has an instant riff or melody. Today's pop is the same musical phrase repeated 20-30 times. Maybe I'm being picky. You sit one of today's kids down and ask him to listen to a 20 minute YES song, or even a 9 minutes yes song where the musical phrases change. Oh you might hear the intro one or two more times which is cool. I'm not against repeating but today's loop are too much for my taste. Anyway what I'm drivin at is the music companies are just as fast. They want an instant hit. They don't even have time to wait for an artist. Man they'll grab something out of the archives and loop it 100 times for a hit. They can then choose any person they want to to be the performer of the new loop/song.
It's just the age we live in. Fast man. It's haulin. Somewhere in the future someone will have to build a device that will allow us to hear a 3:47 song in 10 secs.
I know there are lots of very talented musicians around. Very creative. Very excellent. Those that take their time to produce a nice musical composition. But they just aren't selling to the fast paced kids of todays instant gratification society. So I believe they exist. They are just not as obvious as they once were when life wasn't so convenient.
Hey, look.. I have about 2 mins to eat... Micky D's anyone?
j/k
Peace,
Bob