Back for another bite after the SIngaround (lovely atmosphere - and it wasn't just me and a mirror!)

Banjiman - have to pick up on your sentence on perception.

Our thread is here to promote singers' clubs and guest clubs where singers are appreciated as valid artists and contributors to the evening - so don't get charged - as singing Punters.

Postings 1-12 are convering information and helpful comment as one would expect from this thread. Breezy's comment (13) is the first that raises contention - as follows:

"if you expect all floor singers to enter a folk club for free then how the hell is the club going to grow and survive

I find this attitude very selfish.

just stick to the sessions".

DaveS through to Twickfolk (17) keep the pot boiling.

Breezy's solution is to ask Guest Clubs which don't charge floor singers how they do it - But that's not the point.

The verbal aggression started from the corner representing Guest Clubs - NOT the other way around.

But I love a good argument so lets congratulate CBeefeater's extremely perceptive comment "buying a floorspot" - couldn't agree more ("its the economy stupid" said someone in the Bush Administration I believe). Unless you're a singing Punter then that's what it seems to be all about; buy a spot to get yourself known in the Guest Club hierachy.

Which knits neatly to my close for this early hour.

Twickfolk and supporters - many of us don't actually go to Folk Clubs to support a guest or please a media hype indoctrinated audience, we actually go, believe it or not, to share folk songs with like minded people (some do both).

We do not need professional folk singers to show us how to sing. And pros who drop in often say they enjoy playing at sessions like ours infinitely more than doing a paying audience.   

So you're welcome to the pecking order of the commercial folk scene - when visiting your area I will always head for the Staines singaround, or similar, where I will have a far better time than consuming the most famous folk singer in the land a few miles down the road.

This thread is simply dedicated to others seeking out singarounds/singers' clubs.


Ian Fyvie