The problem in my experience living in different parts of England over many decades is the folk clique who see things as a pecking order, therefore looking down on floor singers, Singers Clubs and Singarounds - typically anything/one that's not commercially active. They are still all too common. These are the antagonists - and it's inevitable they will stimulate reaction. Ian Fyvie[quote]
No the antagonists are people who make generalised statements like this.
Here is my own experience ,I [circa 1970]started off as a floor singer,went on to run several clubs and ended up as a professional folk singer,it was through doing floor spots that I ended up doing gigs.
it is possible to graduate from doing floor spots,to doing gigs,if you work at it,and long may that continue to be the case.
I can only think of one club where I used to be a floor singer where I know I would not be booked,but it is a minority not a majority.
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