I think it is a good thing if being a musician is no longer the cash cow it once was. This means the musicians will be more authentic (no more Monkees) and pro

I think it is a good thing if being a musician is no longer the cash cow it once was. This means the musicians will be more authentic (no more Monkees) and producers will not make a point of dumbing the musicians and us down so as to have a large common denominator. Some people talk about this fracturing as a bad thing, but this is the good side. Mass production had to lower everyone's tastes out of necessity, and now the trend can reverse.