You don't think these guys get paid good? Festivals, grants, and $ up front recording sessions might not be Rolling stones money, but they add up to more than what cops, teachers, and office workers make.
I've never been sure actually- I guess I always assumed most could not play music full time. But the ones who can have got to be really big shit to make it... well I guess proportionally it's all the same- there are tons of rock and pop acts not getting anywhere. Well, then that's why some free-jazz improv sucks then I guess. And that's it- success (at whatever level suits them) makes them conservative, not age.
You have just voiced every objection I have to the alleged superioity of the avant-garde world.
Yeah there really is no superiority- it's just the other side of the same coin. There's no genre that has the energy to always stay vital, only individuals. ----------Ryan Novak __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com