no not really.

to be honest I love playing pub lounges etc. I love the gear, the technology - the interaction with people and to be honest I can't really take seriously anybody purporting to be a folk musician , who hasn't even made a stab at acquiring the basic showbiz footsoldier skills.

but my most serious work - I can't perform even in folk clubs - the audiences have their agendas - just like the guys down the boozer have - and basically there so many other singers on the folkscene, prepared to bore the arse of everyone - that out of the milk of human kindness you feel the pressure to entertain.

many of the songs on my cd never see the light of day. there is simply nowhere to play them. I think that's why when I hear of some extraordinarily dull musical concept,t inevitably 'in the tradition' by one of the wise and worthies of the folkscene, getting public funding - it does tend to piss me off.

my work has no commercial value - although it is usually aimed at a niche market. however I live with the consequences and accept them as my lot.