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Thread #133817   Message #3041850
Posted By: GUEST,Shimrod
28-Nov-10 - 05:52 AM
Thread Name: UK Folk Club Survey
Subject: RE: UK Folk Club Survey
" ... i took two people to the local club singers night and they left after two dreadful floor singers in a row."

Yes, I've also come to the reluctant conclusion that dreadful floor singers are dragging many clubs down. Please note that I'm not talking about beginners here (yes, everyone's got to start somewhere blah, blah, blah ...) but people who have been dreadful for years and never improve. The most obvious thing to do, for a start, is to ban song sheets and notebooks; if you're too idle to memorise the words you shouldn't be inflicting yourself on other people! And yes, a few people may have bad memories drone, drone, drone ... but I believe that, for the vast majority, memorising the words is a learned skill and one that you need to master, along with singing in tune, devloping a sense of rhythm etc., etc., if you have aspirations to sing to an audience.