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Thread #166789 Message #4014793
Posted By: The Sandman
22-Oct-19 - 03:21 AM
Thread Name: The current state of folk music in UK
Subject: RE: The current state of folk music in UK
first of all hobgoblin are a private company ,of course they will not open their accounts to you,
secondly as i said, new sales of folk instruments are not supportive evidence of the health of the uk folk scene or the amount of people playing instruments because they do not record the amount of existing instruments being played, therfore that would not be overall evidence. , i replied to you politely. please keep it civil ,because, my post destroys your argument it does not make it a grumpy post.
the amount of beginners playing instruments would have to exclude people playing violins or other instruments for classical music,or pop jazz or brass band music , even if hobgoblin and other dealers were willing so your idea it would involve so much paperwork to just record instruments for folk use only , it becomes a non starter, your idea is flawed in more ways than one[ and that is a polite statement]