There is indeed great music made and you are right, finding it is the problem. The record companies, for all their faults, acted as a filter before profit completely overwhelmed every other consideration.
Today everyone has to be the modern equivilant of an old DJ rifling through crates at a used record store via you tube/Soundcloud searching or accept the poop that’s currently provided. Not a day goes by that this isn’t discussed on the music production boards.
The tower belonging to the whores of Media Babylon has collapsed (people don't listen to radio in the numbers they once did, they find no relevancy in the music, and if they are buying music, it is from untracked artists who never "chart" or even used album sales that are likewise untracked by the industry press).
We are all wandering around speaking in babbling tones unable to communicate with one another these days. Balkanization. No longer any shared experiences in the culture. You're on your own.