You are right Tony. To be content with what you do has to be enough, and as previously stated finding the right target audience/demographic/venue for your style and content is key to doing that.

I'll agree with Donny that the "hot time" for us is past. More so, the audience for a lot of us is dwindling. Obviously music has historically changed; we don't all change with it. Our generation appreciates music from the past and keeps it alive. My observation, and it is only that, is that the current generation isn't much interested in music that is older than last month....

I asked my twenty something son what the Ratpack was. He thought it was something from White Castle..