Ultimate guitar career path

LPManic

Been thinking about the golden years of guitar recently. This must be the ultimate path:

Late 1960s - be in a critically acclaimed group
1970s - Tour either with band or solo enjoying the world
1980s - Arrival of MTV. Go commercial. Make your money
1990s - Disappear and enjoy life. Odd gig or special CD here and there.
2000s - A comeback of sorts. Critically acclaimed again. Maybe get the old band back for a gig or two.
2010s - Appear on people’s records. Be recognized as a major influence. Tour.
2020s - Appear on YouTube here and there and do the odd tour. People pay mega bucks for your concerts. Enjoy life.

That has to be the ultimate rock career path. It looks a lot like Clapton or ZZ Top. Maybe Springsteen. 
 

DuploLicks

Now the trick is to guess what the next 40 years look like. Life after YouTube?!

hollywoodrox

Craig Chaquico 

munckee

2020s sell the rights to your back catalogue. 

Neilybob

DuploLicks said:

Now the trick is to guess what the next 40 years look like. Life after YouTube?!

Do you really think there is life after YouTube?! lol 

Funkfingers

LPManic said:

1970s - Tour, either with band or solo, enjoying the world

That has to be the ultimate rock career path. It looks a lot like
Clapton 

Clapton's Seventies career progress was largely defined by overindulgence in alcohol and drugs. He was fortunate to have some good millionaire buddies to help him pull through. 

Sporky

Mid-to-late 2020s onwards - have AI write you new material that sounds more like you than anything you ever did. 

2030s - have AI record and perform the new material

2040s - embroiled in legal battles between corpora-governmental AI entities

2050s - upload consciousness to cloud, fighting wars in remote galaxies on behalf of near-omniscient AI hegemonies

2060s - live out last few years in mud hut near ruined remains of Chudleigh

2070s - realise that 2030ish telomeraise treatments gave you a shitty version of immortality and you're stuck in the fucking mud hut for-freaking-ever

2184 - record CD of jazz standards

DuploLicks

Neilybob said:

DuploLicks said:

Now the trick is to guess what the next 40 years look like. Life after YouTube?!

Do you really think there is life after YouTube?! lol 

All empires must fall!

Funkfingers

DuploLicks said:

Life After YouTube?

Cher's next single … probably. 

DuploLicks

2050s - AI combined with AI lead to the creation of knock off clones taking on the charts…
Lasers & Tofu
Niall Tounge & Mad Cyborg
MicroLife
OhHo 

hollywoodrox

Funkfingers said:

DuploLicks said:

Life After YouTube?

Cher's next single … probably. 

With the funny vocoder vocals ?