Don't Flame John, you know very well what match! (LOL)

I've been up in Inverness a few times this past two or three years and I thought there seemed to be quite a lot of music about (judging by what I saw/heard during the daytime), although I confess that much of it seemed to be of the 'Plastic Paddy/Jock' genre. Maybe the 'session' scene's taken charge and killed the clubs? Also I guess travel to Scotland's a daunting prospect for artists based South of the Border in the wastelands of England, but it's certainly not insurmountable, and beds can be offered for the night to keep artists' travel costs down.

Venues can be a problem - sole use of a room, cost, noise, PELs etc. - but again not insurmountable, we moved our club from its Ancestral Home this week (summat we were told was doomed to failure) and we had pretty much our biggest-ever attendance, 50-ish for a singaround!

Good luck should you decide to take the plunge and open a club, and I hope you feel encouraged. If you crack it i'll certainly visit next time I'm up there.

Johnny :0)