Quote - Its like saying music died the day Bob Dylan started using electric guitars instead of accustic.

Not really - it would be more like saying music died the instant everyone thought that the demo button on an electric keyboard was the keyboard player's genius and that everyone who pressed that button was a good musician.  

This isnt about the medium, but the access to a "magic button" which creates something which looks good from something which doesnt.  It is the pop-music of photography.  

The moment i realised that a pop song i heard on the radio with a guitars / piano / drums and vocals was something i could actually play all the parts to myself was when pop-music died for me as a Grade 1 piano player (ie begginner), self taught guitarist (give me a set of powerchords any day!) and about a grand total of 2 hours playing the drums in my life (it is so much fun to make lots of noise!)... the only skill is in the production and the knowledge of what "works" musically, there is no skill in playing the individal pieces which make up the track - instagram nailed the same for the photography world as it fits people's sensibilities and "works" - doesnt make it good photography.

Now easy tracks to play can also be pretty damned good (i dont listen to bob dylan much but i would assume a lot of his songs follow a set chord progression with variations therein - 1/4/5/1 being a wild guess) but they need to mean something rather than telling someone to "call me maybe" (is that her name... "maybe"?) - a snapshot means nothing no matter how post-produced it is...

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

Rich Meadows Photography