Wavestar... I started or should I say I re-entered the music business about ten years ago by joining a folk collective. We did our singing in a song circle where no one ever is the real lead. It never mattered if one could actually sing, we were there sharing songs and traditions. For me a few others it became our careers, but for others it remains to this day a sharing. My group still uses this method.. we have no lead..though i sing the majority of the music based on the audiences preference. We all do harmony..our only designate jobs are musical instruments. I play rhythm guitar, penny whistle, sometimes the bodrhan, and others.. Some of the people I have played with over the years couldnt carry a tune in a bucket, some had marvolous voices, but they all had desire..and I think that is what matters here.. the desire , the need to release all we have inside. The life of a musican is not always easy and by keeping the tradtions alive and sharing what we know we ease the burden put on us by the general audience. As our folk collective grew we became the Sunday night entertainment for a local bar. That was pressure. because we were heckled like any other live group. We were judged by the same standards. That was not fair for what we were about was the music not the talent. But we took our pride in teaching those drunken sods a few songs they had not heard of in their lives. and we reformed quite a few hard rockers. And we produced a number of groups who have gone on to bigger and better things. I guess what I am saying is.. folkies are in the heart not the talent.. we live and breath the type of music we do..we accept that our love isn't everyones love and we still go out and share.. As we say on stage.. not bad for folk music.(grin)