"Not trying to return to yesterday but if stuff put out today falls short of much of the quality of yesterday why put it out?"

Ray, I know we've had this discussion before but it does bear repeating. The reason is that music is SUBJECTIVE and what you might feel falls short of the quality of yesterday is your opinion. The poeple of today have no connection with what you find quality so they are of a different opinion, and unfortunately, they are now in the driver seat. You, or I and our opinions simply don't matter. WE are not the target audience.

And if you thought back to when you were in your teens and tweens you might not have had the same opinion of the music of your parents or grandparents. One of the constants in music is that the music of any era is ABHORRED by the generations before it. Some of the people you really like, Red Foley, some of the older people that you hold so dear, were HATED by the generations of singers that came from 20 and 30 years before. No one likes to be replaced. But we all are.

Now everyone just puts it on social media so if someone doesn't like something, you know their opinion's immediately. But you can pretty much take it to the bank that for anyone, any song, any artist, who was successful, there were plenty of people who were anything BUT happy at their success.

Some things never change.
MAB