Physical Instruments a Thing of the Past?

As many of you are aware, technology is growing at an alarming rate.  Some of you may even be reading this on your phone, mp3 player,  net book, or tablet.  As these devices grow more popular, so do the numbers of music apps available to use on them.  Now a days, with the tap of a finger you can have a piano, guitar, drum kit, synth machine, or professional recording studio.  This is great for making many kinds of music available to all, but it also changes the way music is played.  Gone are the days spent squeezing your fingers onto a fret board, trying to push down one string without touching another.  The countless hours spent hunched over a piano, or trying to get the sound of a saxophone have been replaced by "iGrandpanio" and "Mr. Saxoman for Iphone."

As stated in the google doctrine, the internet is a truly amazing tool for improving life all over the world, but it also has a negative effect.  Just as the internet spread rumors about the "twitter revolution" of Iran, so too does the internt provide a false sense of virtuoso to computer geeks all over the world. I'm not saying I'm against digital music (Im a DJ for christ-sake) Im just throwing out the idea that maybe physical ability shouldn't be left in the dark for too long, or it will be lost.

The future is unknown.  Some say we are going to eventually become one with machines.  Others predict the machines taking over and making us their tools and toys.  Others still believe that we are doomed to crash into the sun or an astriod or some other natural disaster.  The prediction that should be the most alarming to both techies and digital musicians is the theory that nature is going to "revolt" against the digital era and release some sort of magnetic pulse that will render all technology useless.  If this happens, it doesn't matter how good you are at tap-tap pro or guitar hero, unless you can actually pick up the 6 stringed beast and play, you may as well have never even downloaded the app.  I know it's a scary process, but it's worth thinking about the next time you're about to download a trumpet app instead of playing your dad's old horn.