| Squilliam said: Its because young people buy the most music and for young people its all new anyway. Its the same thing with movies as well. If older people actually bought the higher priced and therefore more profitable new music you would see more to cater to those tastes. I don't really know anyone over the age of 40 who buys music which is under 10 years old from release. |
That's probably because musical interests have a tendency to peak at around/before the age of 30, when listening to what's new and "it" takes a back seat to just listening to whatever you actually enjoy, whether it's because it helps you relive your happy youthful days or whatever.
When people are young, they are more impressionable. It's typically some time around the college years when music lovers find their real musical tastes (barring the cool kids who already knew in high school), not to say that someone who genuinely only listens to Top 40 hits has no taste of their own. It could just be by ridiculous coincidence that they happen to consistently like what most people tend to listen to.
As you pointed out, by the age of 40, you're probably listening to what your kids are listening to (in the background) and any music being bought for yourself is probably not new release unless you happen to be by some unusual quirk, someone who still likes what most people tend to listen to.
Although you could still be buying new albums from your favorite bands of old assuming they're still together after decades. There are plenty of bands like that afterall.
