College educated city boys put in high places in the music industry, looking to make money instead of music is what killed country music. The same with Nascar and now the NFL is going to hell.
It has killed all music.
Think of this. We started out some caveman grabbing 2 rocks and beating them together in a rhythm. Another guy picks up 2 sticks and does the same,...another one starts beating a hollow log,.. and this grew into 100 piece symphonies. Since then we have down graded into small big band orchestras, then 4 piece bands,... and dipped below the radar with 1 guy playing looped samples of 3 keys of a keyboard, bass drum, hi-hat, and the most horrific vocals possible.
Any time a large corp privatizes an entire industry, you can safely go bet big in Las Vegas it will turn to expensive sht.
Think about this,..... we can now stuff an entire 12k seat arena for a DJ,.... a DJ mind you.....<gags and vomits>
Live Nation also ruined the concert side....totally screwing the customer with extremely inflated ticket pricing for bogus packaged acts, and problems paying workers on time.