No, this isn't the thread where people bitch and moan about today's music. I'm tired of seeing that shit here.

As far as someone trying to become famous but who didn't have any of kind of connection? Do you guys think it was easier 20-30 years ago or is it easier today? I would say that nowadays it's easier to get exposer because of things like youtube and myspace music. And somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't music in general made more quickly now? Computers can spit out a beat in a second. Back in the day they used real instruments, until the 80s I think.

It's changed and it's not changed. Yeah computers are often used and most records are recorded digitally but live instruments are still recorded and groups like the Foo Fighters still use analog. I'm guessing the traditional record deals still exist but it has to compete with 360 deals. And no one talks about A&R but I bet they still have it, just not in the way it was with Motown and Atlantic and such.

First of all, I'd like to point out how grunge......nah, I'm just kidding!

Great question and premise for this thread, and it's the perfect place to bring up my POV.

The refrain I hear most often from those who maintain there still is good rock and roll is, "There still is good rock and roll. You just have to know where to look for it".

But when I was growing up, you didn't have to look very hard for it! Back in the 70's in the major metropolitan area of Houston, Texas we had 2 rock FM stations and one pop AM station. That was it.

No YouTube. No Pandora. No Sirious/XM. No iTunes. No videos. No music channels on TV. All we had were three radio stations, and two Friday night TV shows - "The Midnight Special" and "Don Kirschner's Rock Concert".

And yet, finding new bands was NEVER hard! Actually, I'm leaving out the most important outlet for finding new bands back then - the wrecka stow. You went to the record store several times a week, and they'd be playing all the new albums and 45's. That was the main way we found all the great music of the '70's and the early '80's.

Now, even though there are vastly more musical outlets, it's awfully hard to find new, good rock bands. "You have to know where to look for it".

Isn't that weird?