I did say *most.*

This is, indeed, the convention, but it is a large part of the problem. What if not everyone is a folksinger? Let's say, for instance, that Jean Luc Ponty visits your local open mic. Should a musician of his virtuosity be obliged to take orders from every small-time, beginning folksinger in your town, simply because his violin is, by it's nature, more of an accompanying instrument, or might it be more appropriate to simply let him rip, knowing that whatever he chooses to do would represent an improvement over how the song would sound without him? Folkwad strumfarts should *appreciate* send embellishers improving the overall sound of their tunes and demonstrate their appreciation through an atmosphere of egalitarian mutual respect, rather than compulsively employing their guitar-centric Guitar Chauvinistic conventions as a rationale to inflict subservience upon them.

Again, the whole problem is solved by simply *playing* with each other and accepting whatever happens. Unless you are *paying* someone to do as you wish - - - just shut the F up.

AM -- *************************************************** "Oneness is not achieved through conformity or subordination, but through the full expression of everyone's unique piece of the puzzle." --AM ***************************************************