At the tender age of 18, my son, who is usually shy, wrote some songs and decided to do something with them. Within a few weeks, he had been accepted on to the BBC online website, (which publicises local demos) a colour picture of him, (in our front room - how publicity-unaware is that?) appeared in the local paper, got taken on a course which will coach him in promoting himself in the music industry, and cinched a modest but useful job at a recording studio. and all this when he cruised through school and we thought he'd messed up.

it isn't folk, but what the hell. I'm chuffed, chuffed, chuffed!!!!!