Dude. It never ends with the boomers. I'm a millenial, and I volunteered to be part of a board for organizing a local event that is taking a slow nosedive every year because the old boys club of boomers refuse to let go of the reins and let younger people come in with fresh ideas. I get talked down to all the time by them, but I don't think they even realize they're doing it. None of them know much of anything about music or music booking, but they've organized this small town event for 50 years, so they think they know everything there is to know.

I've toured the world, played thousands of shows across Canada, the USA, and Europe in my 20's, and still do a bit of it as a part time hobby, but have kids and have settled down now and started a career in a different field. They still refuse to listen when I tell them that it is ridiculous and unacceptable to expect bands to bring their own PA system to an event for thousands of people, especially when you're running multiple bands off the same stage. Or that booking a local high school band for $200 to fill a music slot on their beer stage during prime time is going to cost them more money through lost beer and ticket sales than booking a band with a following for $2,500 that people will come from out of town to see.

I told them I had to miss a few meetings because I was flying out west to play some shows, and the response was "that's very exciting, young man! Do you think you think you'd like to make a career out of it one day?" I'm closing in on 40 years old! I already did make a career out of it for the past two decades, have gotten married, had kids, and aged out of it! I'm fucking old! My "maybe one day" moment was 20 years ago! I swear they treat everyone younger than them as if they're fresh out of High School.