The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #160847   Message #3818704
Posted By: Jim Carroll
07-Nov-16 - 11:37 AM
Thread Name: Writing a folk standard
Subject: RE: Writing a folk standard
Add the GoilĂ­n to that list - and long may it stay there
It chooses to not have accompanied songs - you really need to learn the difference between "restrictive" and "selective" and stop attempting to impose your own selfish agenda on a group of people who have been involved in Irish song as long as we have, have produced a body of work second to none in Ireland - and continue to do so, who are both knowledgeable and talented, who continue to provide a venue for the best of Irish singers and have inspired new talent and deep interest in traditional song.
All of the Singing Circles in Clare have an open policy towards accompaniment, but, as I said, accompaniment here i as rare as rocking-horse shit.
You really do need a humility transplant Dick - your arrogance in telling clubs that they need accompaniment to put bums on seats ranges from big to mammoth-sized.
Jim Carroll