Musicians of all instruments and genres generally have to compromise between 'their' music and what they want to play and what the audience wants to hear. Remember when Ricky Nelson related his lesson about that?

Lacking compromise, the choices start to get kinda harsh...one can play the music that one likes or play the music the audience likes...or find a new audience. Or "drive a truck." ;)

I play [U]very[/U] little to an audience. But when I did/do I remember that old adage, "Know you audience."