To be honest regarding live music the "war of the generations" is raging on big time, too much crammed into too short a period time in the last 30 yrs,.....but in 20 or 30 years that will all resolve itself when all the baby boomer players are gone and so is their audiences,...
so sadly enjoy it while it lasts, get the purists chips, snobbishness, & big egos off your shoulders and be glad you had a chance to be part of it for a while.
life is too short.