Liz the Squeak has a point. I was in the habit of attending a broad variety of recitals / gigs with the lead gutarist of the band I was in at that time. We'd go to learn about different styles sometimes with the drummer, sometimes without. (I was playing bass for this particular outfit)...

We laughed our socks off and eventually got into slanging matches both for the same reason... once in a prog rock recital once in a folk club... Being musicians we like to discuss the technique / style / musicality of the poeple performing - comment on things we might like to imitate.

Both times some beardy-wierdy told us to shut up... Then got offended at simple questions like "why?" and "are you having any fun then?" and "where's your lot going on to after then, the laudrette or the cemetary?"

I'm not "young" on the music industry scale any more, but if you have to put your hand up to ask teahcer if you can talk you ain't gonna see teenagers turning up.

My £0 0s 2d...

Hyp