I apologize for moving back to topic;-)

For my part, I stopped the singing thing(but not the playing music thing) for mostly health reasons. I was and am prone to respiratory ailments, and in several consecutive years, I was unable to sing for long periods of time. Finally, a good opportunity, that I had spend a long time setting up fell through because my voice was gone at a critical time. I knew it was time to hang up the singing and just play. Wedding bells and subsequent obligations have taken their toll on that, as well.