Take Inventory Of Your Musical Skills & Experience.
Choose A Field And Music Genre To Focus On.
Don't Overlook Music Internship Opportunities.
Go To Open Mics, Performances & Community Events.
Connect With The Right People In The Music Industry.
Be A Good Hang.
a point from crossing from one side to another. Sarah brightman. sorry I am not sure about the last question
If you are asking/wondering if this affected their business(ess) then I would have to say yes. I said yes because it says "Many US restaurant companies struggled to avoid heavy losses." (key word(s) is/are Avoid and Struggled to) which means some of them, including McDonalds probably did avoid this and some other McDonald's didn't avoid this.
(hope I answered this for you and if so I hope I did a good job)