Re: Obnoxious category/OPEN QUESTION.

[Barry Schaede <barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have parties where I'm from.  They're open to anyone and musicians 
from all around usually show up.  I'm somewhat associated with the folk scene
where I'm from.  These are the people that do this kind of thing.  The 
Blues guys a group I also move in are much more rigid in there ettiquite 
surrounding what they call jams.  the folk people are much more open to 
sharing musical ideas.  I don't have to prove myself to get to play and 
anyone regardless of ability gets to play with out stigma.  The reverse 
is true of the blues scene.  Much more cutthroat.  Who you know starts to 
be very important.  I think there's a different asthetic at work with 
them.  I don't think it's necessarily music.  In Tucson where I'm from 
the people that play in the blues jams are almost always people without 
bands.  At the folk parties almost everyone plays in bands although it's 
certainly not a requirement.  The pub scene sounds fun.  I wish we had 
the parties every week.  I like the challenge of playing music I've never 
heard before with people I don't know.  Playing over my head is one of my 
great joys in life.  FJM