> I suspect this will be like the claims recording music would kill off musicians since up to then music was live. If anything, it expanded music by making it a

> I suspect this will be like the claims recording music would kill off musicians since up to then music was live. If anything, it expanded music by making it available cheaply and easily to more people. Err. It expanded the music industry. It did not expand music. Arguably, it killed music just as people feared. All the money and attention is focused on the top 1% artists who make 77% of the money[1], while other artists have to also get a "real job". The only reason many of my favourite artists make music at all is because they're subsidized by the Canadian government[2]. Think about the effect on innovation when every local garage band with a fresh sound has to "compete" with U2 and The Rolling Stones (and their multi-million marketing budgets). This is the kind of consolidation that the likes of Walmart or Amazon can only dream of. [1] https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/03/07/the-long-tail-is-bs-1-of-musicians-make-77-of-the-money/ https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/03/07/the-long-tail-... [2] https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/music-fund.html https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/...