Replying to Music's Future

Do ya'll ever think passion for music will ever come back in a big way? Will the "popular" ever be decided by quality rather than marketing? Will we ever start to progress again? It's so hard to see the greater masses listening to music played by people who are told what to play for large sums of money. Will the individual spirit prevail in the music world, or are we doomed to have our children told what to like by MTV "role-models"? I know that if you look under the right rocks today you can still find music created with love and soul, but that shouldn't be the way it is... Just some thoughts on a slow Friday afternoon.