> poorly paying weekly gig What gig? For that matter, what audience? I was in a band in the 90's and we could find poorly paying gigs to a relatively full ve

> poorly paying weekly gig What gig? For that matter, what audience? I was in a band in the 90's and we could find poorly paying gigs to a relatively full venue on a semi-regular basis. I took a long break to raise some kids and just got back into it in the past couple of years and... there's nothing out there any more. Nobody's hiring musicians because nobody's listening to them.