I don’t refute what you say about becoming the norm, but we like to be open minded and welcome anyone who wants to perform. The youngsters you and I have both referred to rarely come to Club nights, as it happens, but seem to want to go straight from bedroom practising to paid whole night gigs, and skip the slow learning process of stagecraft and presentation that Club nights provide, relying presumably on youthful good looks instead, and all their mates and relatives to fill the venue. On the other hand, they may just not want to hang around with people even older than their parents are; neither did I at that age (thinking about it, not now either). I think ithe problem is that ways of learning have greatly changed. No longer do you have to slow down recordings, compare notes with mates, search out sheet music, etc. because there are dumbed down versions of any song you want on the Internet; just print and play.