Laugh all new singers off the stage - that's what I say! Humiliate them, so that they never try it again!

I doubt that there are many people who are actually suggesting wot I have writ above. All of this guff about encouraging new singers is blindingly obvious and all you lot seem to be doing is fighting to see who is the wisest, kindest and most compassionate.

So, it makes perfect sense to encourage new singers, and it's unlikely that anyone is suggesting anything else. On the other hand, what do you do about the singer who was new three years ago and is as dire and unlistenable to as when he started?