"This bloody minded factionalism is so typical of the world of folk music."

Indeed it is. I hate folk music, I hate the world of folk music, always have. It's nothing more than factionalised collections of fashion cliques. I wish you'd all remove the word "music" from what you do because none of you either have the first inkling of what music is or even care about it. Let alone have any ability. All your traditions are invented affectations - nasal singing, ubiquitous guitars, endless tuning when you're supposed to be performing, endless anecdotes, clubs.

Not being able to agree on such a simple statement as "Yes, accompaniment can lift music, except in certain circumstances" just beggars belief.

You're like christians. Despite blips of brief vogues, forever preferring to be marginalised from the main stream. Forever destined to further factionalism. Forever closing your factionlised ranks. Irrelevant.

I'm bloody annoyed that Dick Miles for dragged me into this. Trying to talk to you lot about music is like trying to talk about Darwin to feckin creationists. There's always an answer, and if there isn't one you'll make one up and present it as gospel, forever changing the goalposts.

"NO HE DID NOT. You cannot possibly say that until he played the same piece with a guitarist, then you could make a comparison, and a value judgement, your judgement is valueless." That's the same argument as "just because no human remains have been found in strata laid down before the strata with dinosaur remains doesn't rule out that we might find some in the future." It's so riling. There is no answer. And because there is no answer the assumption is that of winning.




And if Mr Moderator removes this post then he is agreeing with everything I've said. He's just closing ranks.