ONE MAN BANDS PHASED OUT?

Saw this thread posts on another forum......check link


"Up here in New England there has been a steady and recently sharp
decline in work for us musicians due to the DJ's and Karakoke
hosts.Other than the obvious decline in interest in live music, it's
gotten just plain scary to see clubs I used to love to play to packed
or near packed houses remove live music nights from their schedule. I
realize also now after talking to my brother in-law who is visiting
from L.A. (who is also a working musician) that it's not just in New
England, It's everywhere it seems!
He's says it's the same way out there. The question is.. what are we
going to do about it? Other than stalking and beating the living shit
out of every DJ and Karaoke host we can find, I can't think of
anything. Of course you can't go around pounding people into submission
without going to jail for it so again what do we do? We have to take it
back somehow some way. Many bands around here have resorted to playing
3-4 sets a night for $150.00 just to talk the money grubbing clubowners into letting them play!
It's just gotten out of hand and we need to do something!
Suggestions??"