A discussion down below the line was getting a bit heated, and it started me thinking about how we cope with those kind of disagreements when it comes to making music with people.

I mean, how do we deal with it when we know, or more especially, when we get to realise, that people we like playing with have drastically different views with us on things we care about.

I remember Shirley Collins talking about her field trip in the American South with Alan Lomax, and the time she realised that the people making wonderful music for them were extreme racists. Didn't stop the music being wonderful.

So how do we deal with it? Do we just avoid the subject and keep playing and enjoy it? Do we keep playing but lose the sense of enjoyment? Do we walk away? Do we make a point of avoiding the session? Do we turn it into an argument?