rick....what does it help to say that "this subject has been done to death"?

not all of us have read all threads. not all of us have been at mudcat long enough to have had the opportunity to discuss all the topics we're interested in. i don't want to think of mudcat as a museum. it's a living place.

maybe we'll say the same things over and over again. i don't have a problem with that. if we were all afraid to repeat a topic, who would ever ask a question or submit an idea?

back to the topic: i really like peter t.'s way of looking at the variety of song circles. good descriptions. if we have hard and fast ideas of the 'ideal' song circle, we are not appreciating that different song circles are composed of people who come from a variety of musical backgrounds. people are not going to joing a circle or learn, or grow, if they can't start from a place of comfort in a group. and lord help us if we ever think we've stopped needing to learn or to grow, and think that we've created the ideal group. everytime a new person comes along, he/she will add a new dimension.

as a good friend once said, 'there's a whole lotta songs out there'. there's a whole lotta groups out there, too.

~black walnut