Arent folk clubs and open mikes all too often dragged down by their own narcism of being places where wannabe so called performers go along to be heard by other wannabe so called performers. Some who have any friends left (given the diabolical racket they make) manage to persuade their own "Rent a crowd" to turn up, and as soon as they have finished raising Bedlam ie performing their torturous act that has about all the charm of a cat being strangled "Rent a crowd" duly get up enmass and leave usualy whilst the next dreadful act atttempts to belt out their racket vainly against the noise of a stampede of geeks hoofs walking out..

Does that sound familiar to anybody...

If a performer is good enough to listen to they should subject themselves to the reality check of a real audience. Busking is probably a great litnus test of whether somebody is upto the standard neccesary of public performance. A few strangers listening because they think you sound good in the street for an audience is worth a stadium full of narcisic ninnies slapping you on the back because you sound as bad as they do...

Yuk