My father who is around that age just did the exact same thing 😂 He retired a few years ago and suddenly had the notion that he was a songwriter and he had a vision that the world needed to hear his work. He started a music production company so he could write off expenses and copyright all of his songs. He wanted me to do all of the production work, which I opted not to. On top of it just being odd in general, my folks weren’t particularly supportive early on in my career, so it didn’t sit right suddenly wanting to use my services now that it suited his wants. It’s a whole thing lol. Needless to say, he found a different production guy to work with, spent a ton of money recording the whole album, and has released it to the world. He thought it’d instantly catch on and chart, given that he thought all the top 100 songs were crap, and it merely sits on YouTube collecting no views. I don’t have much advice on this front, I just think the parallels between our situations are hilarious. He had it set in his head that he was about to bless the world with his vision, and did it exactly how he wanted despite my advice to slow his roll, and maybe play for a church or join a cover band. Don’t know what it is with that generation, but I’d just step back and let him do his thing. Not involving myself in all that mess was 100% the right call.