I personally am not interested in performing, so my aim wouldn't be open mikes. I do love jams, however, and I really enjoy songs of mine that have caught on and that the music group likes to sing. That is as far as my ambitions go.

That, of course, could be different for other folks in a group and that would be fine.

A live song circle and/or songwriting club, it seems to me, would be better than an online group.

One aspect I am interested in is collaboration. Before he died, my brother collaborated with me on two songs and it was great fun. I had more experience and a greater facility for nuance in words but he had fresh ideas and it was just plain fun.

When I wrote earlier about 'honesty', there is no way that I would behave in that way in anyone's creative endeavor, so not to worry about that.