While I don't mind giving any of the material which I perform to anyone else, I do object to be expected to sit down and write out the words then and there. If the other person is on e-mail it makes life much easier as I have most sets of words on my PC (and my HP Jornado PDA).

At one session that I sometimes go to, there is a particular singer who has "borrowed" a few songs (not ones which I've written) from me, and frequently sings one of my favourites before I get a chance. He is not a very good singer (although he's hardly a beginner) and I've now given up singing several songs at that session, because even when they haven't already been sung, I feel that I might be seen to be "putting down" the other singer when I do sing them.