Thank you for responding.

>I think you'd have a hard time convincing the larger group of people that it is "improving".

I'd like to make it clear that I definitely am not attempting to convince anyone whatsoever. I was simply sharing an opinion because I was curious if a lot of people - or anyone at all! - felt the same way. I wholeheartedly respect and appreciate people's varied tastes and preferences in music.

>an argument could be made that youth automatically embraces new over old

I can likely agree with that, and would be curious to see studies and statistics around that as it pertains to music. For what it's worth, I am not young... lol. When I was young, I definitely did enjoy music that was recently released more than things like "classic rock." That said, even though I'm much older now, I continue to enjoy music that has been recently released more than decades-old music.