Justin!!! Good to see you, old man! Don't be a stranger. Heck, I babble here and usually have NOTHING worthwhile to say!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JD, I honestly think the lack of "quality musicians" available has a lot to do with what is "popular" now.  I mean, let's be honest about this. It does not take a whole lot of talent to put on a pair of headphones and play a record or sing through a synthesizer while some pre-recorded music plays and some lame-ass dancers writhe around behind you, or rhyme "bitch" with "itch"!  This is what passes for "musical talent" these days. Not a great impetus to actually learn to play an instrument when any clod can pick up a microphone and become a "star" simply by turning their baseball cap backwards and wearing a basketball jersey, or putting on a pair of spandex bikini bottoms and leather boots and wiggle their backside to someone else's recorded music. Worse yet, people actually spend their hard earned money on this garbage!!!?!?!?!?!?!!!!

I think you have the right idea in that you are doing this for yourself. That is a GREAT idea, my friend! Play the music YOU like and that YOU love and do it for all the right reasons. If you need me to be involved, consider it done!