On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

there are currently many more people who play a musical instrument as a hobby, part-time or full-time profession than before recording came along (a lot of which has to do with cheaper instruments, probably).

I think this is very true. The financial barriers to entry for common instruments like guitar are now very low in places like the US and western Europe.

You could argue that the same is true with software synths because of gratis DAWs and mobile apps.

-Neil

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