I'd like to return to "Lizzie's" original thought when she started this thread. This thread has generated much interest and good postings. This is an example of just how fine MC can be.

I think that Pete Seeger nailed it, many years ago, when he wrote about the detrimental effect of "tin pan alley" in the folk music genre.

Scratch most of us deep, and you'll find that we're really folk musicians at heart ... meaning we make this music for ourselves, our families, our neighbors, our friends.

When "Pay" enters the scene, the scene changes, and I don't necessarily think that it changes for the better. As so many others have said, much better than I, music is what we do and we do it for ourselves. bob(deckman)nelson