The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117333   Message #2527421
Posted By: Lowden Jameswright
30-Dec-08 - 10:43 AM
Thread Name: Singarounds/sessions -best format
Subject: RE: Singarounds/sessions -best format
Ah yes - Method 1 and the "pushy performer":

In the presence of some of the best performers in South Yorkshire - viz.. Dave Burland, John Leonard, John Squires, Tom McConville, Dave Deighton, Roy Machin.... one very ordinary singer/guitarist (talent in approx opposite proportion to size of ego) took the opportunity at a singaround session yesterday to sing 10 times as many songs as anyone else (ie - approx 20 to 2) without any regard to any form of folk etiquette or fairness. His attitude - well if there's more than a two second gap after a song then I'm in like flint mate - sod what anybody might think, even to the extent of ignoring anyone else in the process of playing some opening chords and simply carrying on as if it's his concert gig. Folk are too polite - prats like this should be slapped down.

Any session needs an organiser - if they don't get it perfect then so what? At least it avoids the ego-trip trap.