Yeah and what's the average age of those dudes
>And how does that average change year on year
>

You're probably right but who knows ?

I was in a jam session on sunday, it was full of people from my generation (mid 80's) wich some serious musical chops, some of these cats tour with recording artists. There are a lot of young and gifted musicians and singer out here ... I don't think the health of the music industry is affecting their talent. A lot of incredible talents stay under the radar, it has always been like that in every fields.

>Besides jazz will be ok, and to an extent classical, they
>always revolved round live performance
>
>What will go down the drain is quality popular music, because
>it depends primarily on songwriting, and the batting average
>for great songs is so astronomically low, the only way to keep
>a healthy supply going is to have TONS of people taking a
>serious shot at it. A few open mic nights per city isn't going
>to cut it

I agree