Yes, your are too insulting in a lot of your posts. Your not in our world and we're not in yours. Sort of like going to Washington and expecting to see the Lincoln Memorial. Nothing else will suffice on your trip. Yours is a very specific tourist destination where real live band 's are the norm and expected. Ours is a business where regular people just want to have a good time and don't care how it is being presented. We didn't make the rules, we just play the game. Reconnect with a band, and play where ?
If I could have a real band and get gigs I would but it ain't gonna happen and I do know great music. Been there, done that like many on this forum.
I'm with a Blues Band now with limited expectations of gigs and money but we are doing it for the love of playing. The rehearsals are their own reward with a great groove, fun and making real music.
Will I ever revert to Mp3 back rounds, I doubt it, but then again, I said I'd never do DJ work. The times are changing.
Get over it and look at the whole picture. The negativity is getting boring.