[KeepUSfree]

Another factor is the advancement in electronics. Our band just bought a recording mixer. It, along with lots of accessories and mics and headphones cost us about $3,000.

We have a dedicated garage and can now record, master, produce and distribute our own high quality music VERY cheaply.

Who needs "the music industry"?? Certainly not musicians.

[glorgau]

We have a dedicated garage and can now record, master, produce and distribute our own high quality music VERY cheaply.

That is _exactly_ what the world is coming to. An engineer working in a recording studio will be more on the order of a consultant polishing almost finished ideas presented to him/her.