The DAW. People blame Spotify, or the record labels, or the fall of the CD, or whatever for the sad state of musical artists today. But, the DAW was the first step in making recording available to everyone for very little money. The result is thousands upon thousands of releases every week, as opposed to far fewer, that were controlled by the labels back in the 60's, 70's, and 80's. Soundtools (later to become Pro Tools) wasn't cheap in the beginning, and neither were the computers that ran that software. But it all became almost free in the end (people can, and do make and release albums on their phones now), and now we have a monumental glut of music....what happens with an unlimited and growing supply of any good or service? The price goes D O W N..... a related note: in 1970 there were an estimated 4,000 albums released. Today, Spotify is ingesting 100,000 songs....PER DAY
