AHA! Keywords here..."PLAY guitar". That automatically means that there's a musician in there somewhere. But in any case, your opinion doesn't count; Why? Because you're an actual PROFESSIONAL who is several cuts (actually many cuts) above your average OMB NH warrior or weekend warrior. Clearly none of these people could maintain the kind of super long-term gig that you've managed to maintain all these years. Jeez, you're like Bobby Short at the Café Carlyle in New York City . He went in for what was supposed to be a two-week gig and ended up playing there until the end of his life. Everyone thinks you're in hog heaven gig-wise but most people don't realize how incredibly demanding it is to play the same venue night after night, week after week, year after year, to essentially the same audience. Of course you will have a following and they will be more forgiving if one night you have to pull out an Iphone to finish the night but you probably aren't going to draw huge crowds or new customers with a big sign outside saying "LIVE ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT - FEATURING DON MASON ON THE IPHONE 10X"......or maybe you would .

I had occasion to go to a NH facility a few days ago and happended to walk in on the entertainment. As if God were trying to punish me, it was an old guy playing an even older acoustic accordion. No singing, just playing. The sound was so grating (sorry Tony, it really sounded like ten cats in heat) that I couldn't tell if he was good or bad but I suspect bad. Nevertheless, the elderly audience politely, if not enthusiastically, clapped after each number. I learned a lot that day, about myself AND NH audiences. Hmmm, getting off track here so I'll stop .

chas