"Singers are the best, because normally they don't know anything of the rhythm and pulse; you normally will be the boss with the singers..."
My experience has been that when playing with someone who has the lead role and has to breathe, you are most definitely NOT the boss- merely an at-will employee who can and will be terminated any time. Even with the Soprano I Live With, and +30 years-old marriage contract. The rhythm and pulse thing is sometimes a defense, however. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html