It's either sharing or not being known at all. Last week I was in a musicology conference where several professors from Oxford commented on how there's a glut

It's either sharing or not being known at all. Last week I was in a musicology conference where several professors from Oxford commented on how there's a glut of not only self-taught musicians, but universities and learning academies teaching music production courses that are saturating the market. Even as a follower of very specific sub-subgenres of music it's almost all saturated, impossible to follow the latest developments in every area. This is indicative that the value of most music nowadays is really, really low. You could spend an eternity listening to freely-published, really good new music in Soundcloud and not spend a dime.