As a musician both classically trained and self-tought, I have to say that the musical instrument business is a racket in itself. The price of an unused drumset or trombone or piano or guitar is easily twice that of a used one. Guitars can run up to 2000 dollars, drumsets up to 9000 dollars. There are studio-quality snare drums that cost on the same order. The point is that music production is unnaturally expensive. Is music cheap to make? It can be. It usually isn't, but it should be.
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As a musician both classically trained and self-tought, I have to say that the musical instrument business is a racket in itself. The price of an unused drumset or trombone or piano or guitar is easily twice that of a used one. Guitars can run up to 2000 dollars, drumsets up to 9000 dollars. There are studio-quality snare drums that cost on the same order. The point is that music production is unnaturally expensive. Is music cheap to make? It can be. It usually isn't, but it should be.