George Seto wrote: > Most people would know from the playing if the person is good at all. > Beyond this, why compete? > > The people who are good, know it, and don't have any need to prove it. > The ones who are not AS good, know it, and would be learning from the > ones they admire. The way it is done as we currently have it, is a > non-judgemental form, and without the pressure a competition, as Steve > was seeming to imply would be good, would impose. > > So, the basic question is or should be why would we want it?
The situation around here as I see it is that while there are some good pro Scottish fiddlers in the area, there seems to be a lack of venues for amateurs (the only jam session I know of around here advertises itself as "Scottish/Irish" and while I've never been I'm willing to bet it's much more Irish than Scottish). At all the local Scottish games amateur fiddlers have little presence, except for "fiddle jams" which typically feature massed fiddlers all playing together so that you can't hear any details. What I was thinking about was a supportive, non-competitive atmosphere where somebody could get up and just play a set of tunes for an audience, in the presence of someone who could evaluate the performance and give hints on what might be improved. -- Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
