[Paul C. Jesup]

You say that as if that were a bad thing.

Some of the best music/songs ever produced were made as a hobby, not a job.

[discostu]

It is a bad thing because music made as a hobby gets no legs, it doesn't travel. Everbody looks at how people grab music from the net and thinks it will keep on that way, what they've forgotten is that you must first know about a song before you can got get it. If the current distribution model collapses you won't know about a song, so you won't be able to go get it. Music was a very minor part of people's lives before this current distribution model was invented, when this model collapses it will go back to that. It is a bad thing, at least it's a bad thing to a full time music junkie like me.

[Not Insane]

__Some of the best music/songs ever produced were made as a hobby, not a job. __

Bingo! The problem with so much POP music is that it was created for one reason: earn money.

"Quality" music comes from the heart. And it will exist whether the artist is paid for it or not.