Main differences - a traddie can define his music - a non-traddie can't - prove me wrong

Mmm... I think that if I were to say that I love and play the music of Jimmie Rogers, the Carter Family, the Delmore Brothers et al, a definition of this music would be "Early American Country Music" - a mixture of some traditional music and many composed songs. I can't see a problem with that. I know where I am and exactly what I'm doing. I could advertise a club that supported this music and the prospective attendees would know - as you put it - exactly what was on the tin.

Plenty of other definitions to go at - just depends on how you narrowly or how broadly you outline the definition...