But, Ray, one big difference is that not only is this a small community but we don't have access to other communities so we can't draw from them- we're pretty isolated here.

That means that that means in this town just about the whole music community knows each other. That also means that there are not too many performers in each genre, which means that there aren't too many playing in each of the Texas-style, the Irish-style, the Cajun-style, the bluegrass-style, or the symphony-style violin. In fact, I could tick off on one hand each (Texas/Gerry; Irish/Andy; Cajun/Bob; bluegrass/Melissa; symphony/Steve). See what I mean?

Thanks for opening this thread. I should have titled it differently so people would have a clue as to what it's about.