Like most things, promotion of a particular art form requires: 1)performers (professional or amateur, experienced or beginners); 2) venues (wooded glens to back porch to concert halls); 3) promoters/performer-venue-coordinators-matchmakers (word of mouth to slick campaigns); & 4) audiences (even if only family, friends and other performers). Success in the marketplace is assuredly not the only measure of success, and some could well argue it is actually the antithesis of success. Lots of performers fantasize about riding one big hit to the economic promised land, but the odds are against it. So, to keep it alive, do it, and share it with friends and neighbors, and especially, your kids. With apologies, I will now climb down from my soap-box and head to the fridge for replenishment.