Last Thursday, Lady Hillary and I went to an acoustic music Meetup. We came away with totally different experiences. The only exception was that the people there had a good, sociable, time.

Everyone there [except us] had all of the preposted repertoire either printed out or posted on their laptops. No nonposted music allowed or at least performed. There were several electrified instruments, including one bass, in a relatively small room. They were turned up. It took about 2 or 3 minutes to set up between each song. Everyone was performing lead, often badly.

As can be seen from my observations, while I participated, I did not particularly enjoy the evening. I enjoyed the sociablity of the evening. Full stop. Lady Hillary, on the other hand, saw this as a useful opportunity to learn guitar technique. There is value to both outlooks.