In retrospect, my rant above sounds lunatic. Probably because it's sincere and I'm not very persuasive. The fact is that Gresham's Law has been operating on the music business for 50 years. An excess of shit drives out quality goods, to paraphrase it.(Bad money drives out good). The only solution is to purge the shoddy. Market forces won't work when the market is almost entirely manipulated.When you are offered musical shit, say so - loudly. Complain. When people can't play their instruments, point it out. If necessary, the one thing young people will always respond to is derision. It may be cruel but it's a duty to the future.