Welcome to the Mudcat, Jessica and, please k now, that you are just like a lot of the rest of us; we run the gamut from people who only sing by themselves with no one around to people who go on tours and support themselves totally with their music and teaching. There are no restrictions or requirements of ability, choice of instrument (your voice is one), etc.

There are several threads which answer a lot of questions. If you put certain words in the filter box at teh top of the threads and set the age on threads to 1 or 2 years, you should be able to find the following:

Where in the world do Mudcatters live?
What do Mudcatters do?

There are a bunch of others and if you don't put anything in the filter box, but just set the age back a ways, hit refresh and watch them load, you will find some very interesting reading.

I am sure you will get a lot of answers in this thread, too. Just so you know, I am in Wyoming (used to live in MA and CT and really enjoyed visiting VT), music is a hobby for me and I sing, mostly at home and in the virtual song circle we have on Sunday evenings, usually starting at 730pm EST, although there is talk of phoaks in the UK starting earlier so they don't have to be up half the night. If you have a mic and a sound card, you should join us. Even if you don't have a mic, there is a text chat, so that you can visit in real time, while listening to those who choose to sing and/or play. Just look for the most recent thread with HearMe in it for information and a link.

Glad you have joined us. If you have any trouble with anything, please do not hesitate to ask.

katlaughing