One important point about freed music.

The music community should not be judgmental in regard to life way choices.

One can see right here in this thread how I was attacked by many just for my own well refined, beer drinking customs. This should never happen as it discourages participation in folk events. Same with politics. I am very convinced that liberal politics drives many away as does the healthy living and vegetarian kicks.

At the Baltimore Folk song and dance society I attended weekly dances at a local church. People were not dancing and eating and socializing they were doing a gym workout that used dance! Who ever heard of the folk dancing for fitness wearing headbands, sweat suits and tennis shoes!
Who would really want to come to such an event? This happens when extreme people wishing to edit the tradition get in charge.

Additionally when the refreshments came out....I anticipated the scones, breads, jams cheeses of the tradition. No not for them - they had modified the tradition to only include fruit juices, carrots and great healthy food. Not a grain of sugar anywhere.

This is butchering a tradition that has held together for centuries and I did not return after the few that I attended. They only want the good people.

The point is to free music of censorial adaptation and try to make it accessible to the greatest number.

To liberate the muse is not to engage in drunkenness. Ben Johnson is clear on this. One should never leave any gathering with reputation tarnished but that does not mean that a very high, In our contemporary standard, consumption of alcohol was not the norm as it was. Strong "hot" wines- Johnson preferred canary.

Loosen up. Get folked. Do it right.

Doesnt mean you have to do this but you should not discourage others who wish to do it right.

Conrad