As an amatuer musician and recording engineer, I think it's _great_ that technology can allow nearly anybody (well, any-middle-class-body) to record music. Unfortunately, the production quality of 99% of music recorded in a garage is through the floor. Any audiophile or recording/sound engineer can tell in about 2 milliseconds that a recording was made by an amateur. Unfortunately, I don't think that the ears of the "public at large" are so discriminating, and production quality of our music is going to go downhill, not just because of the zillions of lousy self-recorded amateur bands that no one listens to, but also because of the reduced-sound-quality "MP3 revolution". Technology can be a double-edged sword.
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As an amatuer musician and recording engineer, I think it's _great_ that technology can allow nearly anybody (well, any-middle-class-body) to record music. Unfortunately, the production quality of 99% of music recorded in a garage is through the floor. Any audiophile or recording/sound engineer can tell in about 2 milliseconds that a recording was made by an amateur. Unfortunately, I don't think that the ears of the "public at large" are so discriminating, and production quality of our music is going to go downhill, not just because of the zillions of lousy self-recorded amateur bands that no one listens to, but also because of the reduced-sound-quality "MP3 revolution". Technology can be a double-edged sword.