GenesisCorrupted said:

ballsalsa said:

Recording technology and then radio basically killed "musician" as a stable career choice.  When all music was played live there was hella more paid work for musicians

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But the reach was much more limited & the audience was always gonna be smaller than it could be if it had the chance to be shown internationally through television or radio waves.
Allowing musicians to go on world tours that sometimes last for decades.
Then they can retire and take up a residency somewhere and keep playing music for the rest of their lives if they want.

I will say that discovery of musicians is much harder getting your foot in the door is a lot more difficult now than it was back in the day when somebody was just waiting for someone to give them something new to hear.

It is harder to make a living as a musician than it ever has been before but I wouldn't blame a radio for it.

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