People are creative by nature - everyone has a creative spirit, the way you talk or walk can be different and creative. That's what makes things work, the creativity of it. Well the Internet is a great blessing for artists - the music industry has run this business for many years, and it's a wonderful thing to be able to get your music out to the World. The Internet is great as a medium and transfer vehicle, but I think the musicians who continue to be popular are the one's that can play live - the one's that can turn on an audience and keep their attention. Machines can mask and enhance a performers' music, but their live performances are what people really want.
Art is so much more accessible now.
The cost of music has come down so that it can be distributed to anyone in the World and that has really helped the independent artists out there. My older brother has been a very important influence. He played drums for a drum and bugle corps called the Troopers, so there was always lots of rhythm in the house. He also introduced me to the Beatles, my all time favorite songsmiths. My father played mandolin.