Music in the Age of Its Permanence and Proliferation

What happens when a musician has to compete with every great song ever recorded?

The Dead Sea is a salty body of water bordering Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank. Its name comes from the fact that this middle-eastern sea, due to its high salinity, is inhospitable to almost all life. The water achieved this high salinity because it is an endorheic basin, meaning that it has no outflow to other external bodies of water.

The Jordan River, rich with life, flows into the Dead Sea and deposits its sediments. However…