The Future of Music

Through the history of mankind music has stuck with us. It started out with just drums, and rhythms, but grew into the masterful works of today. From Mozart to Beethoven to Liszt to John Williams, music has made huge bounds with its complexity and beauty. Now, the question arises: How much farther CAN music actually go? 

 

We have created billions of songs, how many more can we possibly create? Recently Vsauce, the Youtube science phenom, has recently tried to answer this question. It would take us twelve hundred years to just get through all the music we have in store via itunes, soundcloud, myspace, etc. But, like anything else in life, everything comes down to numbers. We have heard songs that sound very similar. But don't fret music enthusiasts! It would take thousands of years for us to run out of 'new' music.

But how about the actual future of music? In just the past ten years we have seen a tremendous shift in the genres of music we listen too.

"We, ten years ago, weren't licensing hardly any digital," says Bryant,CEO of BMI Publishing. "Today we're licensing it, it's the fastest growing sector or our income in percentage points. We will cross $30 million in this year."

We are starting to listen to more electronic/digital music. This may come to a surprise to avid classic rock fans, and classical music enthusiasts such as myself. We are now seeing genres like: Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Ambient, etc. Trained musicians are having to learn new styles which can come to be a hard switch.But for music lovers will be a change from the usual. We can only see for ourselves as time passes. But there is one point I will make clear. Music WILL never die, but will become more diverse and beautiful.