It would be far more informative if you could tell us why he isn't making it work? Is he not making a living playing music? Regardless, music is the ultimate f

It would be far more informative if you could tell us why he isn't making it work? Is he not making a living playing music? Regardless, music is the ultimate free market. Regardless of how talented you are, if you don't make something that people will vote with their money to see, you won't make any money. This hasn't changed for 50 years and has absolutely nothing to do with the fall of record sales. 30 years ago talented musicians were still being ignored because their genre wasn't fashionable. Do you really doubt that anyone can make it work as a professional musician? Really? Because I don't work anywhere near the music industry and I know a handful of professional musicians. Sure, there's far more people who play instruments and can't make it work professionally, but that's always been the case.