I think the demise of new instruments wipes out new conversation. How many times can one kick the same can down the road?
Winter brings the blues (not music) and COVID deleted jobs doesn't help.
I'm up to 10 - 12 gigs per month, but a lot are just not interested in providing music for residents still.
We can only hope for all this stuff to be over and some new boards to come out

Good to hear from the few here.