I find it interesting how some folks perception
of others really works/comes about.
Anyone out there suffering identity crisis at all?
I'd be interested to hear.....

As for myself...

In a recent thread I felt 'described' as a songwriter....
an implication I don't sing/play the tradition much.

Then, a folk club 'newsletter' advertising one of my
band's forthcoming gigs made the main point
it would be 'mainly his own compositions'. Hmmmm.
I do wonder how such things come about.

My sets (solo & band) are always a healthy mix of trad
(avarage of 50%, the other 50% being a mix of my own efforts and songs by other known writers.
At the 'local' folk club (which I attend almost unfailingly every week - gigs allowing)
I always strive to play trad songs at the 'singers nights'.
On my albums, the breakdown is interesting (to me anyway!)....
Solo CD #1 (14 tracks) = Trad x7, Own x5, 'other writers' x2
Band studio CD (14 tracks) = Trad x7, Own x7
Solo CD #2 (13 tracks) = Trad x5, Own x4, 'other writers' x4 (x3 of which are O'Carolan)
Band 'live' albums 'One' & 'Two' (14 tracks) = Trad x6, Own x6, 'other writers' x2
Forthcoming Band studio CD (18 tracks)= Trad x11, Own x7

Hmm - the new one shows even more of a bias to the tradition
than before.

Glad to hear from any others that feel misrepresented...
tarred by a brush of some sort.
Cheers - Duncan McFarlane