interesting side note to this thread:

even as many musical venues dry up, there is still one place where live music is alive and well: church.

Pick up any phone book and look in the yellow pages under CHURCHES.. there are more churches than clubs in most towns, and nearly all of them have live music, played by their members.

Anyone who makes software for musical creation should take note of the fact that faith-based music is far more than a niche market segment. In terms of human participation as a percentage of the whole population, it may well be the largest musical segment of all