Joe -

Pro Tool isn't the reason the industry is putting out no-talent artists. At some point the business model fell apart. Record company's realized there was no money in putting marketing support behind an artist like Joni Mitchell when they could do it cheaper and make more money with a looker like Brittany Spears. Let's face it, people aren't running out and buying CDs like they used to.

The fact that people can make great recordings in their basement now using Pro Tools means there's tons MORE great talent and music out there. We'll just never hear it because there is no financial model to bring artists to the public at large. But don't lose hope. Someone out there will eventually figure out a way to turn it into a cash cow. Certainly no one could have predicted the enormous impact The Beatles would have had on the world before it happened.