[plain talk]

Oh really. There have been massive changes in the home recording industry over the last 5 years. One still cannot get the quality of a real studio recording at home unless you're willing to buy $5,000 limiters for each channel but its getting closer and closer to the 'pretend' studio point where its getting harder for a layman to tell the difference. Kids already can't really tell the difference between an .mp3 and a .wav file anyway. The recording industry will still exist as do $50,000 grand pianos but the home studios (and sampled keyboards) continue to make big inroads. Kids no longer want to buy whole CDs. They want the ability to string together individual songs from a 100 bands. As you can see on mp3.com, there are thousands of artists now, many of whom record at home studios. There will be smaller pool of the big acts and huge numbers of half-arsed acts. The pyranmid is flattening. It's getting more dispersed and less concentrated. I don't feel sorry for the musicians, most are stupid liberals anyway.

[TommyDale]

"...One still cannot get the quality of a real studio recording at home unless you're willing to buy $5,000 limiters for each channel..."

Say what? There are hardware and software tools available now that can produce near-perfect audio recordings on a home computer. It takes a good ear, but it can be done.