On 08/06/2012 12:57 AM, Paul Davis wrote:
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 2:03 AM, david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: [ ... ] To me, the negative result of widespread recorded music is to discourage others from making music and turn them into the good little consumers that today's music industry wants. although its not really quite the same thing as having a population that generally sings and plays music as part of daily life, i would point out that there are more people recording more music and performing in front of others than at any other time in human history.
There are more people alive now than at any other time in human history.
i'm not too thrilled about the aesthetics of most of what gets performed, but that doesn't change that fact that 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 suspect the percentage of people actively recording and performing music is a lot lower. Back in Bach's time, everyone was expected to be able to sing, for instance.
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