And we keep wandering into entertainment v a hobby of filling a folder with words and sharing them. Many people get entertainment from the latter whilst performances can also share interpretations of the same songs.

There is an overlap. Which is why people who go to singarounds to listen to others and share their performance (as used in other venues) get irritated when people are too busy flicking through their bloody folders to give a rats arse about the poor bugger singing or playing, regardless of ability.

There is another active thread on Mudcat at present where someone with a quiet instrument is asking for views on particular battery powered speakers to use to get their instrument to the same loudness as others. A couple of people have pointed out they dont go down well at some Singarounds.

This reminded me of a bloke recently with a rather loud chest expander who happily listens to a lady who, when her "turn" reads out the latest email joke circulars someone sends her yet he says he would leave if the poor bloke who recently bought a semi acoustic jazz guitar brought an amp.

As our American friends would say, go figure.