Developer: Democratizing Music Production via DAWs Was a Mistake
cocktailpeanut · x · 2026-09-20
cocktail-peanut sparked debate by arguing that democratizing music production via DAWs was a big mistake: people who never learned an instrument copy-paste samples from old songs and churn out slop. He adds you can either nostalgia-quit or transcend the uncomfortable reality and use new tech to create something genuinely new.
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