no Jim believes as I understand him, that people who have been performing their repertoire for 30 40 50 years have more feel   for their music,and are so familiar with it that is a part of them, it is in most cases a reflection of their roots, examples that spring to my mind are american old timey tradtional performers and traditional singers of irish music, the music is part of their community. I believe that with the break up of communities this has been lost to some extent, I still see it here in ireland with songs that are written about local events, compare this to music that is written solely for making loads of money, and there is a difference, wheter it is better is amatter of taste , I believe it is, but what is not amatter of opinion is that it is DIFFERENT.
Jim Iapologise if i have misunderstood or misinterpreted your posts