Only a little bit. Opportunities are still few, but at least they're not paid starving wages when they happen. I've very early decided that it was a hard life

Only a little bit. Opportunities are still few, but at least they're not paid starving wages when they happen. I've very early decided that it was a hard life with little reward, so picked the other thing I was excellent at. It was a good choice. A lot of music teachers and performers subsidize their at with odd jobs or contracts. And a major skill is snoozing the political boss of given opera or orchestra.