Ian,

So you've finally discovered the "base-up" process for identifying good performers that club organisers have been using for years.

The well known performers on the club circuit have gained their popularity because it's audiences who have "hyped them up" by word of mouth.

To suggest otherwise, namely that the multitudes of people who have paid to see them over the years have been duped by a "coterie" of club organisers and record companies is jaw-droppingly patronising.

Your manifesto is like that of an elite cabal which is proud to claim its superiority over the masses - more hot house flowers than grass roots.