Disagree, today we have Brian Setzer, better rock’n roller than any of the 50s dudes, Imelda May, we have Lee Ritenour and Guthrie Govan, Eric Johnson - better than any of the 60s guitarists. We have Mark Knopfler, Vince Gill, Santana, Sting, Robben Ford, Busta Rhymes ect ect ect. All better than the 50s and 60s acts, and a lot more european, african and asian acts that outshine everything that has been.

When you stop following music going to work and in the humdrum, your horizon becomes so small, everything you know and like is trapped in that little box of history.. everything is better today, the writing, the productions, the performances, the brands, the live experiences, the beer.. just everything. Imo.

Music is free now, only some of the live experiences cost money. Thats better too. In the next decade big labels and publishers will lose even more, and be gone in 20. Everything can be done indie now.

I think the category mistake most make is that the music people discovered in their formative years, is the music they got attached to and familiar with = best. It's all in your mind. Young people today get a lot broader palette of music, and they like both new and old stuff. It's a case of more is more rather than less is more. Today it's so much easier to cherry pick a few songs from a chart and pretend that represents todays music, but it doesn't. There is more music, more charts, more styles ect out there than ever, and it is more diversified than ever before.

Beato's method (or lack of) makes zero sense.