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Thread #21800   Message #242277
Posted By: GUEST,Nancy-Jean
14-Jun-00 - 08:32 AM
Thread Name: Folk song collecting. Good or bad?
Subject: RE: Folk song collecting. Good or bad?
A vote for good. When I hear a song which stirs me up enough to want to learn it and share it with others, I am participating in an age-old tradition. Who I am today is a result of people who had input into my "formation". Part of that "formation"--for this human being anyway--is playing tag with musical traditions, catching the best of what is thrown my way and passing it along. I don't give a "flying fig" about method,etc. If it gives me joy, and I don't harm anyone with my little song, I think music has served it's God-given purpose. I'm "fur it" and all the better for it.

Nancy-Jean