"Doesn't say much for your own artistic integrity either."

Scuse me but did you not say you think that the Royal Oak is a place that is getting it right.

My point, on that issue, was that some of us are accepted as doing what that venue (club if you will or won't)want to hear and that we do a very similar job at the Lewes Arms.

What I do at Festivals I see as "missionary work" in that I try to present my stuff as well as I can so that new comers or less confident people can feel encouraged to find out more about the music and songs.

So in short I participate in a mainly traditional song/music scene to the extent that I and the clubs I attend are accepted by other participants in that scene as full participants.

The road we have decided to follow may not be the same as yours but we don't think we are wrong in our choice.

Dave