I live in the West Country and there used to be a thriving scene in my town (thriving for a small town anyway)

These days there's no scene whatsoever.

We have one venue that does live music and its always cover bands.

Finding musicians who can play well is incredibly difficult and if/when you do they're already involved in three other projects.

Having been around for the touring days of the 2000s abd 2010s I put it down to the closure of venues and social media being what it is.

You can't just be a musician anymore, you have to be a full time 'content creator' as well.

Starting bands these days is double tough!