Richard,
"It doesn't matter whether we are as good as you and the Captain, or whether we aren't or whether either of you are as good as you think you are"
Are you deliberately distorting what people are saying here? - I don't sing, I don't consider myself a singer any more, I have never been anything other than a passable singer and I am certainly not attempting to masquerade as better than anyone - and , in case you missed it, I've said this at least three times on this thread in response to similar distortions by you. I can only assume that that you are repeating this to cover your paucity of ideas?
"No-one appointed you or anyone else as custodian of what is or is not good enough."
As a non- performer I have as much right as anybody to comment on the scene as I see it, it's called 'free speech', - or would you reserve that for only those who perform. Maybe in your world 'some are more equal than others'?
Anybody involved in the music and having an interest in its future has a right to say what they believe to be bad and good - as far as I'm concerned - good singing = good, bad singing in public = bad, insulting to the audiences (present or potential) and detrimental to the future of the music - as has been more than adequately proved by the disappearance of the clubs and he music.
Nick,
Sorry if I didn't make myself clear; I've repeated it often enough on this thread and elsewhere - maybe I should have been more specific.
The performance of the music at clubs became unskilled and uninspiring - as far as I'm concerned the songs and music are just as important and entertaining as they ever were, that's why I continue to work at them.
This argument is about whether it remains in the doldrums for the benefit of the inexperienced, untalented and uninspired, or we move it on by applying standards.
Jim Carroll