Why no great musicians today?

That's true. There are no 'legends' today as they were before. And I agree with grayxenon too, that quality music is tending to dissappear due to commercialisation. But I don't agree that there are no great musicians today. Actually, there are. The only problem is they don't come into focus due to the bad taste of todays listeners. So, there are hidden gems even today! All we need to do is find them which is a very difficult job. But if you are really fond of music, you will certainly find them. Lastly, I wish to say one thing, "It's our responsibility to create legends in todays world, and we can do this by becoming legends ourselves". Hope this helps! Happy mylotting!

It's not that there aren't great musicians, just the times have changed. In the past there weren't many genres like there are today, that's why the land of music is a lot bigger now. Sure you can compare - there are a lot of composers nowadays who create classical music. And, by the way, most of the classical composers known today weren't very popular during the time they lived.

Because popular music is not just about music now a days, it is how you can sell cds and albums buy having gorgeous smile, sexy body and charisma. The music industry has been so commercialize, money plays a big factor and sometimes artistry is compromised,.

Well,I don't think so with your opinion.There are still many talented musicians today,maybe they are not classic music composer(sorry ,I don't know well in the domain of classic music),but they still have created quite a lot creative and soundful masterpieces.For example,Joe Hisaishi from Japan(I admire him very very much),James Last from Germany and very proverbial British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.So certainly it is not the fact that talented composers don't exist today,just because music industry has become more in its diversity to suit our life today.

Reason #1: We have a history of five thousand years, how many Beethoven-level musicians can you list? So it's normal that we don't have such great musicians in a period of several decades which you call it "today". Reason #2: It takes time for people to accept a kind of act (including music), like Picasso's painting. Maybe several nowaday musician's composition will be pursued and admired by our posterity and he/she will be considered as great musician that time. Reason #3: More or less, humans has the prejudice of the more ancient, the better, especially in the field of art, literature and music. We tend to refuse new compositions.

yeah i agree to that. i hate the kind of music theyre playing on mtv nowadays... im not much into rnb and i miss the music back in 90s but since last year i could not understand my fav bands are gone and theyre replaced with rnb artists...it suckss

Maybe you are correct or maybe the world is so wide open these days that we don’t really value what we have. When the masterpieces you speak of were created, they were for select audiences in select cities and have become part of legendary folklore…communication in those days was not advanced and the common people were deprived of these masterpieces and hence these assumed mythical proportions. However, nowadays you can hear everything either live or on TV or thru CDs… I mean that aura is gone so even if we are having great music being created, we don’t really feel awed about it any more.

i think the key point is the big environment for the music. In the past there are not so many different kinds of music, so people can focus more on classical music. but nowadays, we have many choices, some like pop music, some like hip hop etc. For sure the focus on the classical music will be decreased.

hi youless I have often wondered that, we have nobody to rival Mozart or Bach or Beethoven and yet surely somewhere in this vast world lives some musicians who could rival these great masters if they wou ld just come forward. I am glad to meet someone else who thinks like me about the great compositions and wonders why we have no one now like that. Sad too as some are excellent but not real masterpieces maybe they do not want to take the time to really compose something great.

The classical music has no market nowadays so you can expect none from todays musician. Today it is all about party music. If you look at the music pieces of today, they are simple, catchy, and repetitive. Unlike the ones you mentioned who composes symphonies that usually takes hours just to play them. Kids would be bored if the music played for so long. Though some kids do listen to those composers you mentioned. I have seen a symphony concert before of Dvorak and it was nice but expensive, and it was very interesting though very few appreciate this kind of music here in phoenix. Most of the people there were doctors and students.

What we know as classical music as you described, comes from many years ago. Perhaps many years from now, today's music will also be held in similar regards. Music like the rest of society continues to develop. Music is a part of history and many may not realize that the music that is known as classical also has its history in three major eras. Classical, Baroque, and Romantic periods of history. I think people will look back with the same esteem at Jazz, soul, rock, and hip hop.

There are many factors that lead to such a situation in modern society. At first, music is becoming a product and everyone can listen to music through many applications; So, most musicians tend to pay more attention to create music for commercial profits instead of creating great songs. Besides, with the pace of life gradually accelerated, there are no so many people who need to taste music carefully with heart. Of course, you see, we are living in a peace time and perhaps great musicians can only appear during a hard time.