<p>I didn’t mean to offend anyone and I am extremely thankful that kjgc (and everyone else) took the time to respond to my question. My intention was to start a discussion around an issue (the standards and restrictions around song choices) that I found interesting. I didn’t mean to question kjgc’s expertise- rather I wanted to start an interesting discussion with other people exploring my field. </p>
<p>and I felt that md311mt’s comment was offensive because saying “'I’m not sure why you asked a question if you weren’t interested in the answer.” implied that I did not care about succeding in these auditions- only about doing my own thing which could not be farther from the truth. I can see now how perhaps she may have interpreted my posts that way, but as I have said that was not my intention and I found her tone unecesary.</p>