A big Amen to Peter and Alice. I think the professional singers and more importantly their producers have exerted far too great an influence on what we can and can't listen to. I think it's a shame to let someone else (especially someone with a BIG profit motive) determine your taste as well as destroy your self confidence.

I heard once that the Amish rejected a certain mechanical innovation because it was so loud they couldn't hear themselves sing their work songs. Therefore it diminished their quality of life and sense of community instead of enhancing them. I wish more of us had that attitude. Let's keep singing. Up with live music!