Is Old Music Killing New Music?

guidomerkinsrules said

what Chuck says, but i think a major factor in the continuing presence of 'old' music is needle drops on tv shows
it's something that's been in play for movies (GotG is a mixtape with action scenes built around it) and tv for decades but it was something Breaking Bad was particularly noted for
now every showrunner looks for the perfect song that can help move a story along or is the perfect punctuation on a scene

also video games

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I think that's true, but it does kind of beg the question of why do they use old music for those things instead of new music? I mean, I guess part of it is that the old music is know so it imparts certain "feelings", but frankly most of the old music used in GotG is not music that I really knew before watching the movies since my musical interest has always been more in the realm of 80s and 90s alternative and punk.

I think I've said this before on here, but I always thought that the ability to distribute music without going through the big record companies and the ability to record music cheap with home computers would lead to amazing diversity, variety, and innovation in music. But most of the new music I hear in the area of indie rock, new alternative, and even hip hop all seems really the same or just very derivative of other music. Admittedly my experience isn't that wide since most of the new music I hear is from my wife playing Alt. Nation and Indie Rock stations on Sirius/XM along with the new music I hear on video games like FIFA, Madden, etc. but I just don't hear the innovation or variety I expected would result.

Maybe it's just because I'm old and don't know where to look for new music, but it all just seems very stale and derivative.