"Singing is for entertainment of the audience. It is performance."
For you, obviously.
I suggest you read what Bob Coltman wrote - he sums it up far better than I could.
The thirty odd years we spent recording traditional singers, talking to them and putting what they had to say to the acid test and comparing what we found with the work of others, then archiving our recordings and findings so that they would be accessible for the future really was a waste of our time. We really should have stuck to the red noses and baggy trousers.
Sorry Musket, I suggest you stick stick with what you know (or don't know).
Jim Carroll