> Recorded music disrupted performance, and vastly reduced the demand for music performers. This is totally untrue, on the contrary, recorded music has always

> Recorded music disrupted performance, and vastly reduced the demand for music performers. This is totally untrue, on the contrary, recorded music has always been a way to promote music performances. It never disrupted performance. How can anyone say that? Before pop music and the record industry, there were no big concerts with thousands of people attending them. Recorded music boosted the demand for music performances.