Swings and Roundabouts. On the other side of the coin: I'm an old-timer who remembers trying to get somewhere as a band back in the 1980s: Endless pub gigs, t

Swings and Roundabouts. On the other side of the coin: I'm an old-timer who remembers trying to get somewhere as a band back in the 1980s: Endless pub gigs, trying to get noticed. Endless posting cassette tapes out to music magazines, hoping to get a review. All the effort required, just to try and gain a small local following. Nowadays, armed with little more than a smartphone or a laptop, you can have your music and videos made instantly available to a global audience, with practically zero cost involved. I can't help but fall back on the time-honoured older generation put down: "Kids today. You don't know you're born!" Final thought: Isn't being in a band supposed to be about the creative urge, the love of music, anyway? If you're giving it up because you're not earning enough, then you're treating it as a commercial venture. In which case, the market has spoken and they obviously don't like your product enough.