William,
You concluded that my "whole point is that this thread is "disturbing" because it takes music away from live performance." That wasn't my point at all. My point - Your conclusion that what you and I do in the digital world is more evolved than what happens in a concert hall is unhelpful to the future of digital music.
Digital music is a great addition to live music. But why create separation between the two and take an elitist's position regarding how much more evolved digitial music is from live performance? You stated "The concert music field is a government-subsidized snob festival that exists mainly as a fashion statement for the rich.", while stating that what you do is more evolved. Saying digital music is more evolved transfers that snobbery to yourself and devalues your argument.
What concerns me and makes me write here is that if you decide you are more evolved than those who practice composition in a different form, you are creating a very limited view of the world for yourself and for others you work with. Regarding live performance you said, "I find it a disgusting and snobbish System whose purpose is to enforce uniformity of thought and obliterate individuality of artistry.", and in the same breath you claim that you have the more evolved art form, which only enforces uniformity of thought and obliterates individuality of artisty by demeaning live performance as a less evolved way of expressing art. Digital music is the most evolved form of art and anybody involved in live performance is a snob. Hmmm...what other limitations do you wish to impose on those around you? Your world will get very small very quickly if you believe yourself to be so above others.
People who see themselves as more evolved than those who came before them stop learning from those who laid the foundation.
Also, I did not say anything like "digitlal music is cut off from musicians". Digital musicians and composers are every bit as much a musician as live composers/performers. What I will say is that if digital composers make the decision that live composers and their medium are less evolved, that they cut themselves off from the best learning environment available to making better digital music. That was and is my point. Don't put yourself above others who express their art differently than you do. It won't help you create better art, just more arrogant art.