You are allowed to have more than one talent, and in fact as many talents as you can discover in yourself. If you are not making a living at it, forgive yourself that, too. There is nothing inherently positive about financial anxiety. I have known some professional songwriters whose visions have been crippled by that anxiety, and who lose hope that any audience might be capable of responding to a whole vision. I have known some professional musicians who view their jobs much in the way I used to feel about my factory job, and who, between being on call all the time and spending all their lives recording commercial jingles, lose their sense of wonder in music.
Any active amateur is far more fortunate than such a professional.
Rick Lee is living proof of the link between good songwriting and traditional music. Rick's love and deep knowledge of traditional music informs both his own songwriting and his choice of other contemporary songs. Andy and Lauren May, Jez Lowe, and Tommy Collins. Lots of compelling storytelling going on here which we ignore at the peril of our souls. Silverwolf's address is RR1, Box 10, Thetford Center, VT 05075-9701.