Jeri, you said "appeal in traditional music first comes from people wanting to do it, not just listen". I think that may have something to do with why traditional music has survived today alongside the pop music world but playing the music is only part of the appeal. If this were true everyone would have to be a musician to appreciate music. I think what is called traditional music has to get out of the all-player mode to grow, (or it can stay just how it is which is great). I was at a Bluegrass festival and there was a group of teenagers there. One of them was a picker, but he brought a bunch of his friends to listen and it seemed to me to take the music out of the "pickin party" relm and into a larger um... cultural place. boy, do I sound silly or what?