I am a bodhran player and i play the tin whistle and i agree to the fact that some players do not take into account the other musicians in the fact they play too loud or can not hold a beat But i suspect the majority of people who complain about the bodhran can not hold the beat either many many times as i play i have to miss beats to keep up with a lot of misicians and singers alot of singers can not hold a tune in a bucket and a lot of musicians don't know the tune well enough to keep up But hey this is the folk club scene where else can they find out if what they are playing or singing is similar to everybody else you don't often hear bodhran players taking the p----- all it takes is a friendly word of encouragment as you do to any other singer/musicianand i am sure it would be appreciated