There is a ton of new music out there that sucks, BUT it is amazing how easy it is to get your music heard compared to past decades. I think the decentralization of music distribution that has occured in the last few years is a good thing. Hell, I have friends getting thier self produced music on iTunes. With podcasting, internet radio, website distribution, p2p, the opportunties are endless. Having said that, there has been a definite decline in overall musicianship. Programs like Grarageband allow anyone to cut and paste some electronic crap. In the end, I am not sure that the music is worse these days or if its just that, because there are so many more opportunties for people to get their "music" heard, that we are flooded with more and more crappy content.