You choose to make an unpleasant cowardly anonymous criticism who are you?
Here are some facts there are only one or two RECENT banjo clips, or even recent clips of any kind and those are of good quality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aclGARwOjlQ
here are two   guitar clip, that makes your comment clearly nonsense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lADsPWsoR4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHql-Taq8DA re some of your other ridiculous comments which NEED TO BE ANSWERED.
i have worked consistently at many major festivals over the years ,as well as Clubs
this year I am playing only a few ,that is my choice I am 64 years old and wish to spend more time at home in ireland, however I am playing at Saltburn and Tenterden, Two festivals that I have enjoyed over the years and which I find good craic and which I have been consistently rebooked, these are facts not anonymous opinion. I made a light hearted remark to ex festival organiser Malcolm Storey, who was one of two organisers of whitby who booked me consistently over many years.
lets now take the remark seriously , why should they book me? well... it is a celebration of 50 years of the festival, I have been booked there many times, and most people are of the opinion I can still play concertina banjo guitar and sing TO A GOOD STANDARD, there are also reasons why they might not wish to book me [overall balance to the festival, too many performers already, too many male performers ,budget etc all of them perfectly acceptable to me.
I have just come back from Whitby Sea fest where my music on all instruments was well received, in fact there was a radio presenter there who wished to use one of my self penned songs accompanied on guitar for his programme.
I enjoyed the festival, and it seemed like people enjoyed my performances.
if an organiser wishes to book me on certain conditions[ for example Cork Singers Club, who have a rule that it is unaccompanied singing only, I will accomodate.
There are banjo clips from some five years ago AND OVER[ hardly recent] which I keep up there for my own benefit to monitor my improvement from when I began,no one has ever said they will not book me because of these, and might I point out I am in demand to play here in Ireland as well as the UK, but I limit my work in the UK for many reasons one being lack of desire to be continually travelling, I have done too much in the past.
If organisers wish to hear me I direct them to my website www.dickmiles.com where there are professional recordings available, and which are an accurate indication of my live performances.
   you are a nasty vindictive cowardly person , that does not have the balls to say who you really are or to leave your proper contact adress.