It’s contingent on the fact that being a musician is a very difficult thing to do profitably intrinsically. It always has been. The question is whether it’s getting harder or easier; but it’s always going to be hard.

It seems impossible to square the fact that my listening is comprised of small acts who would never get mainstream radio time in a million years with the idea that it is harder to be a musician. What were those bands doing before, with, at best, a small local following? There’s just no way that the bands I like would reach me in the old days. How could a band have an easier time in a world where they have no exposure? How could harder dynamics result in a massive wave of more bands making music than ever before?

I’m not seeing this explained in your posts.