it was a glorious time years ago to be a musician for sure.
....and yet, despite having spent five times the amount of time training for that role as the average non-musician worker, the system back then, as now, pretty much guaranteed that the average capable, competent, journeyman musician could not make a decent living plying his trade. Megastar exceptions aside, society continues to crap on it's artist community. Sad.
chas