Y'all are some chatty mofos today, brings back memories.
Just a couple of comments at random, not sure who brought them up
1) Not sure who made the initial point about people just making music for money, and there's a lot of that for sure, but one of the GOOD things about the ease of access to digital media, is that now there are thousands of artists that we have access to that AREN'T making music for money, many of them are making very little money at all, but we can still get their stuff. Finding it isn't necessarily easy, but once you've found your avenues for the stuff you like, you tend to be able to do so over and over again.
2) I actually like Taylor Swift. I'm not a fan of the "Look What You Made Me Do" song, but her album 1989 was pretty killer from start to finish. I know MDT is a bigtime music lover, and I'd urge him to listen to that album a couple of times end to end. Not every song is a blockbuster but most of them are very good.
She's a talented songwriter on her own, she also knows when to collaborate to fill in where her skills are lacking, she has a great voice, and she is fantastic live. Yes, I've seen her live.
3) Slick's point that we have access to everything past and present is well taken, and it's now at our fingertips, in a way I dreamed and imagined in 1986. I sure wish I'd followed up on my ideas then, I might have been the one to bring solid stare digital media to the masses. Alas, missed opportunities and whatnot.
Anyway, I love music. The End.