dovemoofarter
We've done that one. Those standards listed aren't high - they're just suggestions of how to start at putting things right. Then we can make a start at tackling some of the wonderful material that has hardly been touched by singers yet, Greig - Duncan, Grainger, Sam Henry -just wait till the Carpenter Collection is published - you aint seen nothin' yet.
Gervase, I agree entirely with your point about respect for the song - but that has to start with the singer whose job it is to win the audiences' respect. I would add to your list of no-nos audiences who deliberately slow down choruses - it's the singers' perogative to decide the pace of the song; or even worse, rogue members of the audience who join in on non-chorus songs because they happen to know the words (and occasionally even the same version).
I don't organise sessions any more - too busy pontificating on Mudcat
Cap'n - thank you for starting yet another stimulating thread.
Jim Carroll