I don't find this convincing at all. I'm a classically trained pianist and cellist. I studied music at the undergraduate level, and am a former part-time workin

I don't find this convincing at all. I'm a classically trained pianist and cellist. I studied music at the undergraduate level, and am a former part-time working musician, and a current computer programmer. I grew up with computers and used them far more than my classmates, and I got onto the internet before the world-wide web existed. I continue to take music lessons and feel like I'm learning and performing better than ever. If what she's saying were true, we'd be seeing a significant drop in the quality of students entering music school and entering the job market. I don't see that happening. Does she? Are there fewer qualified students entering music programs? While symphonies are having trouble finding funding due to lack of interest, I don't see finding qualified musicians being a problem. What about other types of music? Are they seeing these issues? There seem to be plenty of bands of various styles out there playing in my town. When I was a kid, I spent hours per day on my computer - mostly CREATING music. (Listening to music the way it's done today on the computer wasn't feasible.) I spent hours communicating with other musicians about how to improve my skills as a musician, and nowadays, I spend hours on the computer finding, listening to and studying music as well. It can be a wonderful tool for music. Perhaps there's something else going on with your mother's students in addition to or besides the computers? Maybe the problem isn't the computers but specifically social media, or something along those lines? Regardless, her conclusions about what computers do to students are out of line with reality.