“No castigation of folks making a living playing music live, but free music in all of it's various varieties is a reality. The law of supply and demand won't disappear.”

“The value of something is a fickle entity beholden to the public's willingness to pay.”


How does S & D relate to a situation where one supplier is providing the service for free? Consider: GM wants $30K for their car. Ford is giving them away. Which one will you “buy”? Moreover, what happens to the 'value' of GM's car?


“There are going to be more and more people willing to play music in front of others for free.”


That's true. The “selfie” culture we live in now is populated with millions of egoistic self-aggrandizing cretins with guitars, boring customers in every local bar.


“Be outstanding and people will likely always be willing to pay for that.”

If that were true, we wouldn't be having this conversation.