? But it happened. Older musicians tell me about a time (1960s and before) when they had several gigs each day - playing in dance halls, radio stations, clubs, tv stations, studio work.. Now venues can just turn on the radio or CD etc. People write music on their computers. How many places where people dance has a live band with actual musicians? (No, DJs don't count) By the sound of it, there's virtually no gigs nowadays compared to back then. Those things you mentioned didn't kill music, but live music, actual musicians, have a vastly reduced role in society (in the West at least) compared to 50 or 100 years ago. I understand why the Musician's Union would be worried.
I'm perfectly fine with that. Computers can be musical instruments and even if they don't take years to master to get a tone or a riff out that does not diminish the accomplishment, which is all about creating original sounds, not about how those sounds are made.
People creating "computer music" are a mix of composers and producers, but not players which is a totally different piece of work. Apart from live DJs, but there's very few of them doing anything on stage that could be called "playing an instrument".
