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Originally Posted by 6L6
I too used to enjoy years of gigs playing classic 50/60/70's music both in a Band and as a solo artist. No more...
At 73 I'm lucky to get one or two paid gigs/yr. Our Band folded in 2012 after 27 years of playing corporate gigs in the San Francisco Bay Area. The reason was simple: The folks who loved our music retired and were replaced by younger folks who considered it "Their parents music, not their own".
We didn't adjust because we didn't want to. The current music held no interest for us and so the inevitable happened and the phone stopped ringing.
Luckily for me, I play two great Open Mics/wk where i don't get paid, but get together with a lot of like-minded musicians and have a lot of fun.
If you want to keep playing and get paid for it, you're on the right track to learn contemporary tunes. The more the better!
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Also being in the Bay Area, I’m curious which Open Mics you go . . .
Cheers
Dave