"traditional music police"

Heh

Ug... Folk Nazis... I hate folk Nazis...

Both the bands I play in use tunes in songs all the time... as a matter of fact, one must be careful not to over use it... Otherwise everything starts to sound the same... ya know the arrangement trap... Every song comes out Instrumental verse, first verse and chorus, second verse and chorus, Instrumental bridge, chorus, last verse, chorus twice and instrumental ending...

Which is such a common arrangement these days as to almost be a cliché in folk music...

In the search of something new (or at least something new for me) I've been toying with arrangements of a-capella songs followed by trad tunes... seems to work fairly well in rehearsal hall so far... When/if the bands play 'em out, I'll let ya know...

;-)