I've got three kids and they all love music in the way children love music. They are all able to do it. They realize it is a possible career. If they came to me, I would just want to know that they really had their heart and soul in it, without that you make yourself vulnerable to a lot of disappointment. A lot of the rap artists out there are spectacular.
Technology is just a tool.
You have to have ideas before you use any technology. Its a way of getting your ideas on to whatever medium you are recording to. It doesn't have to sound like it was written using a computer. Your response to the Napster question makes it sound as if you wouldn't do it if you weren't getting paid to do it. We love all kinds of entertainment and we pay for it.