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PesticideDream posted...

Why it isn't as big as it once was, I don't know. Maybe lack of promotion now or something, and a lot of people in the rock music world can't move on past the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

Cultural zeitgeist changes over time. Rock had a solid 50 years as a dominant Western genre, but societal and interest changes happen, technology evolves which alters music, etc. Polyphonic has a great video essay on the brief rise and fall of disco, for example. Hip hop and rap became the dominant genres in at the turn of the millennium, which was also when a lot of the world was now able to access whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. Promotion or lack thereof is a given as part of the equation because capitalism and money, but we were just able to watch the transition happen in real time.

Like you said, rock is still around and there are lots of great rock acts, it's just not the dominant anymore. And that's cool too.

Cocytus posted...

I just wonder what young people are still picking up guitar to learn.

While I assume that still happens because humans have always wanted physical, acoustic instruments, I figure more young people would be gravitating to synths or iPad/Macbook for music creation/learning. Absolutely no idea though.