I don't think any of that it even remotely true.
"good music" was not lost to anything, let alone sampling. Some rap is based on sampled riffs, but most music has nothing to do with sampling. Seems like you're thinking it's 1988 still.
MTV has had almost nothing to do with music for 30 years.
Pro Tools is is a recording format. A way to record sound. It's a tool, just like tape machines and mixers are.
Dynamics ae not gone either. A lot of pop music is mixed loud, but there is also a lot of music with big dynamic range. Modern recording and playback allows for MUCH higher fidelity now too. Lower noise floor and lower and higher frequencies.
I'd be interested in hearing something you actually mixed.
I'm a musician, singer, songwriter and I mix and produce songs. I've been doing it since the the late 80s. About to release an album soon.
Every single thing I can think of is BETTER now in regards to producing music.
I stand by my words.
Dynamics means levels fluctuate.
Ya i did the 80s metal stuff. Wasn’t much mixing, except lead gtr parts.
MTV created New Wave, moved from classic rock, they kinda ignored R&B. It did start nonsense. Electric drums, samplers, etc. i lived it, I know.
I mix live, not studio
Us live engineers call some of the new stuff flat line mix, set everything at 0, clamp the compressors, set back and yawn.
Now of course that depends on your genre. But even country does it now. FOH for Jason Aldean used 200 plugins, 6-9 compressors just on his vocal. Theres a yt vid.
If you started mixing in the 80s you’ve probably retained the true art of dynamics. So this may not apply to you. 90s were OK, digital samplers and software emerged, thing went sound IN THE WRONG HANDS.
If you’re strictly studio, we will prolly think differently on concepts. Live i have 1-3 seconds to decide, you can have a week if you like. As a ME, its all about the adrenaline to me (and the band) uncork the bottle.
I’m a monitor engineer. FOH bores me. With AF i ran 22 monitor mixes. You won’t hear my mixes unless you are on stage with me with a band. Audience usually don’t hear monitors, although I am known for thumping the stage with high volume, FOH basically mixes around me…. At times, depending. Most used analog consoles; Midas Heritage 3000. 48 ch. (sometimes 2), Soundcraft MH4 48 ch.
I’m not going to debate, its my experienced opinion.