too weird. of course a 1940's approach won't cut it 80 years later. no more than a doctor turning up for his first day at work with a bag of leeches would be appreciated.

you do what you can to earn a living. that goes for musicians, bus drivers, television repair men, anything.
I think theres probably more people working as musicians than any time previously in history.   The question is do you fancy the job as is?

Its no use wishing you could get by doing what the Almanac singers did. Society has changed.

I remember reading Mr Jelly Roll when I was 15 and deciding I fancied being a piano player in a brothel.