[Dr. Sivana]

If I wanted to listen to the whinings of teenage girls, I’d get a job driving a high school bus.

The problem is, that teenage girls listen to the whinings of teenage girls, which is why they sit next to each other on those buses. They also buy a lot more CDs/Downloads than folks like you.

[chrisser]

They also buy a lot more CDs/Downloads than folks like you.

I'm sure that's true, but I've often wondered if it is cause or effect.

I have plenty more disposable income than a teenage girl, but I don't have a lot of time to go hunting the web for new music.

The main way I hear new music is listening to the radio while commuting - if I heard something I liked, I'd probably buy it, but most of what I hear is crap (re: Taylor Swift).

I have to say I'd buy a lot more if I heard a lot more that was worth it. Sometimes I wonder if it's a self-perpetuating truism that the kids are the ones driving the music market - it could be because it's been years since anyone's tried a different approach, and an awful lot has changed since then.

I like music just as much as I did as a youth - probably more. I have more disposable income to spend and better equipment to listen to it. But it's rare that anything comes out that's better listening than the music I already own. Maybe that's where the kids have the edge - they don't have personal libraries to fall back on.