I love the argument that "pro tools is killing the music industry" No. Pro tools and the internet saved the music industry, and Steve Jobs helped. The smalle

I love the argument that "pro tools is killing the music industry" No. Pro tools and the internet saved the music industry, and Steve Jobs helped. The smaller bands are bigger than ever, and the bigger bands are still huge. I'm definitely not an Arcade Fire fan, but the fact that a band like the Arcade Fire can win a grammy on a label like Merge is something special that's not going to go away soon. Every once in a while this happens, and the result is something that drastically changes the industry, things like Sun records, Def Jam, etc... There will still be a music industry and record labels, but the industry paradigm is shifting away from the corporate megalabels of the 80s and 90s and clearchannel derivative radio stations to something much more decentralized and exciting.