And the actual musicians, save for rich nerds like Reznor or Timbaland, tend not to spend their money on $700 pro audio software — they pirate all of it. That

And the actual musicians, save for rich nerds like Reznor or Timbaland, tend not to spend their money on $700 pro audio software — they pirate all of it. That does lead to another aspirational pathology: it's not hard to download all of it, but it's very hard to even try a small fraction of it. Scarcity helps you focus on a set of tools.