Yeah, regarding your comment about people playing music together before, I’m reading “Men, Women, and Pianos” after seeing it mentioned here on HN and it’s a gr

Yeah, regarding your comment about people playing music together before, I’m reading “Men, Women, and Pianos” after seeing it mentioned here on HN and it’s a great read about that (obviously centered on keyboard instruments). And regarding your comment about bars and musicians, I was reminded about a scene from “El Mariachi” in which the guy walks into a bar trying to get a job and is faced with the bartender saying “why would I need a mariachi when I can get the full band”, followed by the demo from a digital keyboard :) So yeah, the point I tried to make was that despite the changes brought about by technology, the social aspect to music still lives on, and I personally love the private side of it that came thanks to technology. Not going to argue about the difficulty of making a living as a musician, but life is all about change and careers come and go.