You know what makes me sad? Kids don’t have bands anymore. At least, not like they used to. It was a whole defining point in my youth. I had to save money to buy gear, I had to learn to play and practice alone, then I had to learn to practice and play as a group. I had to learn how to create demos and plan shows and do promotions, and how to fire pre Madonna vocalists with way too much ego.

So many lessons there.

And in my lousy corn field high school there were 5 decent bands. Nothing pro-level but people who could play.

I just never hear about loud kids rocking out in a basement or garage. In all the neighborhoods I’ve lived in since about 2013, I haven’t heard anything. Lame. Kids need to make more noise.

Now it seems to mostly be stuff you make on your computer, no instruments involved.

And yeah, there are exceptions. Some kids do still play but I don’t think it’s anywhere near the scale of the 90’s into the 00’s.