[notahacker]

> It is going to be interesting to see artists revert to being a no-revenue passion again instead of being well compensated.

Huh? Music already is a near-zero revenue passion for the vast majority of artists, has been since mainstream access to recorded music if not even earlier, and the well compensated minority's superstar status, royalties for hit songs and sellout tours aren't really threatened by DIY tools that generate nice-sounding, genre-appropriate noise a bit more efficiently than a DAW and sample pack.