Dave, That can be arranged! :-)

Yes there is a worrying tendency for those who can't learn an instrument to grab something they can bang on. I have known one or two pick-ups where the bodhran players outnumbered everyone else. This probably stems from the warrior origins of the Bodhran (look guys, I can bang my shield with my spear too!)

Also while etiquette says that you don't use someone elses instrument without asking this doesn't seem to apply to Bodhrans.This is v. annoying if you're leaving the drum to warm and come back to find some talentless fool pounding away on a slack skin

Having only played one for about twenty years I guess I still have a lot to learn but I have just about mastered keeping in time and "knowing when to stop"