Cross posted.

That, also, is common practice. As I said someplace above, about six of us sat around with Theodore Bikel for about four hours the day after his concert. We all learned a lot.

Early on, several people and I spent several hours with Pete Seeger. I had similar sessions with Richard Dyer-Bennet on two occasions. Spent an afternoon swapping songs and guitar licks with Guy Carawan. He made some suggestions as to songs he thought I could do well, which I then learned. Many other occasions with many other singers.

As I have said repeatedly, this sort of thing already happens!

By the way, you say, "I do not think that some management of the folk world is a bad thing."

And who do you suggest should do this management?

I might suggest that if "the folk world" is being "managed," it would no longer be the folk world.

Don Firth