Sure, and that's how I found about a lot of things. But I'm saying *BETTER* publicized. You can Google anything under the sun.

Another example. I'm on myspace and facebook. On those sites I've been informed of gigs by canny promoters for musical events I would never have heard of otherwise. I've gone to a lot of them. I've never had that from a folk club, the only exceptions being the Goose Is Out and the Magpie's Nest.

A lot of the people who would spend 20 quid on a ticket to see, say, Martin Carthy play at the Barbican simply have no idea that they could be watching him at a local folk club for less money. They simply haven't heard about that whole scene because it's completely off their radar.