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Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician by ajsnigrutin on Sunday June 29, 2025 @02:08PM (#44415066)
That's also true for programmers, machinists, all kinds of engineers, pilots, etc.

A cheap guitar + youtube to start is a lot cheaper than anything involving eg. CNC machining, where most people can't even think about starting the process, way before the "get good" phase. Just obtaining a mac + an iphone is hard to impossible in many places on earth, especially for younger people.

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Re:The Death of the Middle-Class Musician by OneDeuxTriSeiGo on Monday June 30, 2025 @08:36AM (#44422514)
Yep. It's definitely not impossible but increased barriers decrease chances of success and increase even just attempts.

That of course applies across the board, not just to musicians but to any skilled field.

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