I remember dear old Alex Campbell said once (only once?) "I don't mind you talking when I'm singing, but if you talk when I'm talking...!"

I've heard of sessions with mainly musicians, where the musos all turn their backs and talk when a singer gets up, which is bloody rude IMO. I don't go to music sessions because I can't play fast enough to keep up and I can't jump in fast enough to sing; I've never actually been talked over yet.

Generally, I don't approve of people talking when someone is performing, whether it's a song or a tune. I prefer to pay attention, unless it's really bad; and even then I always remember when I was still starting out, and try and give him/her/them a chance.

My daughter's ex-boyfriend is in an electric band, some style of "metal". We saw them at an outdoor gig and they were LOUD; it was uncomforatble for me. His mother insisted on trying to tell me something, and ended up shouting in my ear: I still have tinnitus in that ear after two or three months (and I still don't know what she said).

Steve