bapu
My other hobby?
You're looking at it.
I think the information age, while cutting the average income of musicians also provided some great opportunities for all of us. Live playing, professional recording (I know that the big studios had to go, but really it was like a cyclical consolidation over about 10 years), streaming, and even terrestrial radio is coming back (I hope). What other opportunities are there...teaching has exploded in quantity and quality; there are more GREAT musicians alive today than at any other time (maybe not as well known, unfortunately), of course there's software. If streaming costs 99 cents a track, and every music lover on the planet streamed ONE of your tracks how much money is that? Media is ubiquitous so there's a huge need for new, original material (although they pay $h*t). There's always a profit margin in a *song* because it can't ever be commodified...they're each unique (well...that can be a stretch sometimes).