yes, I did not get involved with Perform,I joined the musicians union, and used musicians union contracts.
the musicians union contract proved very useful to me ,when I had trouble with the old kidderminster folk club.
In my opinion the musicians union , is the best organisation for folk musicians to join, to protect themselves.
Barbara,I cannot see a logical reason why perform should be above criticism because it was run by volunteers,there are plenty of people who are prepared to criticse EFDSS,[Anne herself thought they needed gingering up, yet the EFDSS was then, and still is run by volunteers].
So why is it ok to criticise EFDSS? an organisation that relies largely on volunteers,but not Perform?
Perform[IMO] was a well intentioned idea,that did not achieve very much.