At the time of Taylor's article in 2001, there was a shift to the MP3 age of music distribution. The ability to download, store, and access "CD quality" audio through the internet was monumental in today's music market. There is of course the debate over whether access to consume any music diminishes the importance, significance, or sustainability of certain genres. As Schoenberg stated, the more easily consumable music is, we may come to a point where all music is "consumed, worn out." Through time, this point has mostly proven invalid, as the influence of "technique" (to use terminology from Ellul) has arguably done the opposite. The easier access to production and distribution has fostered more creativity in general.
As for the issue of agency in music as it relates to the rise of "technique" and the age of ease in distribution, technology as an agent is a subject that works both ways. As Taylor summarizes, "music technology both acts on its users and is acted on by them." This summary seems to provide a broad but sufficient summary of technology and its evolutionary status in music.