Now with cheap methods to record at home, and equipment being cheaper than it once was, everyone has the ability to make records.
I understand what you mean but disagree that this may cause more harm than good for todays music (apologies if thats not really what you were getting at). It's true that making music is much easier for the average joe but equipment is no way less expensive. A sequencer program will set you back at least £300. A PROGRAM! :wtf:

The future depends on the underground, but the underground is so called because it is characteristically unheard of. I personally believe the future of music lies in technology. Not to undermine the realm of acoustic musicians or bands, but rock music has had it's day. Not because there is no more great rock, but the number of truly innovative bands is dwindling by the minute. Rock, which was once about fighting the man and having a voice has given way to the myspace generation of hopefuls and wannabes. Kids don't want to be in a great band that make great music, they want to be a cool rock star, attempting to copy any other marginally successful act and pretend their the future. These bands plague our generation to the point that they bury the idealisms that made rock great in the first place. They scream for the attention and praise they don't deserve and havn't earned. Did you know the majority of major record labels in England and the US talent search solely on myspace? How do you get noticed on myspace? Worry about the 'friend' count and pretty colours first, music second. Such a perspective often convinces me that another truly groundbreaking act will never appear in the mainstream again.

What's great about electronic music? There is no image, only sound and the vibe. No long haired studs girating on a stage with huge lights and corporate sponsors, just the sound and the vibe. This is the way forward. Be a musician, not a model.

I hope people don't assume i'm ragging on rock music. I'll admit it's not my preferred area but I speak purely from a mainstream perspective. Great music is everywhere in all forms except where it is forced upon us.