Quote from Dan Keding: "We should be more supportive of each other and not relegate the arts as a competitive sport."

Dan, I don't argue at all with the sentiment of this..... ....but what does it mean in financial terms? When there is a small pot to pay people how should this be shared out?

I don't think folk music is at all competitive at the amateur level (quite rightly), but if you are asking people to part with money you have to entertain....and it is your job as the artiste to persuade promoters & club organisers that you can do just that....and then the market dictates that you have to be able to do it better than others if you want to make more money than they do, i.e. a living (professionals)rather than beer money (semi-pros)....