"Another thought: should amateur folksingers perform the "Blackleg Miner" at venues where professionals perform? Discuss."

Greg...excellent question.......of course they should, if not it assumes that someone is getting fat off the earnings of the poor hard working professional folk singers....and who would that be exactly?

Anahata: Surely "the going rate" is something just less than the door money (i.e door money minus costs and promotional budget)? That is what the market in any particular area is telling you it can stand?