BUT ISN'T THAT PRECISELY THE POINT, RUTH? THAT MARKET FORCES - EVEN WITHIN THE BENIGN CONFINES OF FOLK MUSIC - FIND THEIR LEVEL? THOSE WHO DO A GOOD TURN, GET THE GIGS AND SELL THE CD'S . THERE'S THE ODD GLARING OMISSION - BUT BY AND LARGE, THE TOP TURNS GET THE GIGS AND THE EXPOSURE. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE AT THAT LEVEL, THERE IS NO COMPUNCTION TO DO SO.