Once upon a time people aspired to play guitar like Eddie Van Halen, bass like Jaco Pastorius or drums like Meg White. Soon the only live music left will be DJ's playing pre-recorded tracks while pretending to be very busy twisting knobs and pushing buttons. Any composing of music will consist of drawing notes on the timeline of a software program.

While some folks were surprised by the bankruptcy of music retailer Guitar Center, trend modeler Dr. Irving Lancaster saw this coming years ago. He says that millennials have been bred and raised to stare at a phone and push buttons all day. The idea of playing an actual instrument is too much thought and effort.