Right you are, M.Ted... in fact when you see real greats and heros scrambling for small venues in New York, you realize how much of a problem it is. In part it is not just the venues, we have to get radio stations to play the music, build audience again. You see the problem when WNYC, a public radio station cuts their classical programing to go to an all talk format. American corporate culture is now bent on only the bigest money makers servive and little gems of culture be damned. So, rock, sex, money, and gossip is what is being sold on US radio, well, here in New York, and the rest can go to hell.
Cheers, Larry