It's what I said in a different thread, kids buy pro tools and recording gear before they learn an instrument.

Playing a big piano is not as "cool" and plugging a usb keyboard into your laptop, but i wonder how many kids doing this can play with both hands and use the foot pedal properly.

Maybe it's good in a way, everybody can enjoy expressing themselves through music, but it seems the emphasis is on writing and not performing.

And when kids learn rock band or guitar hero before they learn an instrument something is wrong too.

but, well have to see what the next 50 years brings with it. this stuff tends to go in cycles so maybe in 50 years it will be back to doo wop and live perfomances