I didn't work for more than two years. I sat on the couch and waited for work to come in. I got depressed, went into the abyss.
The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.
I'm an indie artist with major distribution, so one foot in the extreme major music business and one foot in the abyss of indie artists.