"Conversely, I sincerely hope that it doesn't turn song production into bland, grey mush."
Ugh, well, we are certainly in no danger of that. Because production HAS been bland grey mush for quite a while.
Now, it is just a question of how much more bland, grey and mushy it can can.
>95% of it I agree, though there
is still some good music out there.
With hindsight, I should perhaps also have had the word
amorphous somewhere in my sentence.