MY comment.
Thanks for your post it is spot on.
I gigged from the mid fortys to 1958. Piano Player and trumpet Player depending on band.
In those days we were professional musicans and proud of it.
Today just SUX.
I don't even go to hear other bands anymore.
It is too depressing for me.
Best regards,
A dude well past his prime but with good memories of the way it used to be when the band leaders really cared and enforced the band discipline.
Bebop