Yes, and I - and a lot of others - are still riding ...

As I said, life changes ... used to be there was a piano in every venue,, large or small ... when owners stopped keeping them in tune, the accordion and portable electric organs came along ... then the cordovox, and the Fender Rhodes ... and then AKBs ...
And with each change no doubt someone said "there goes life as we know it..."
Life will go on ...