Had a session with a guy named Joe Dowling at a festival in October, and the noise wasn't bad. We played through cars and horses walking around an indoor festival! Most of the people were polite enough to stop talking if they were listening, then saved the chatter for when we were deciding what song to sing, or while he showed me how to play the next song.

But this is what I hate about bringing my guitar to places like my school. I will sum it up with my constantly said sentence.

"NO, I WILL NOT PLAY FREE BIRD, SWEET HOME ALABAMA, OR IRON MAN, STOP ASKING!"

I literally get hundreds of requests for those three songs, among some others, while playing traditional music. Another problem is I have a few regulars who listen, but always request the same three songs over and over again. It gets annoying for me, and results in a number of, "LEARN A NEW SONG!" from other people. I eventually just decided that I'm either not going to bring my mandolin or guitar, or I'm going to tape a sign on it with a list of songs I will not play.

I've even gotten a request for RAP songs on a mandolin.

*sighs*

I'm eventually going to have to sit these people down and hand them out a printed out "Session Etiquette Rules" paper. One of the main ones is not to make requests. *rolls eyes*