One thing the articles references, which I don’t think people grasp yet,is that young people are inclined to create the music in the vein that they listen to. N

One thing the articles references, which I don’t think people grasp yet,is that young people are inclined to create the music in the vein that they listen to. Nowadays, that means music that is entirely synthetic in its sound sources, and production methods. This music is not “performed” it is “programmed.” The expressiveness of music is no longer tied to some kind of real-time activity, generated by human muscle. The music that dominates the charts simply cannot be performed. A concert of this music is more akin to a pantomimed multimedia presentation. Because the care and feeding of an actual musician is quite high, I think we are undergoing the end of musicians, as a category. This is the end of an ancient practice. It’s a kind of singularity, of unknown outcomes. This is not to say there won’t be some musicians, but the cultural weight of this activity is being drastically marginalized. Performing music with others is a wonderful activity, that provides rewarding connections with others unlike anything else I know. Soon, people won’t know what they are missing.