I feel excluded from tune sessions. Although I see myself as a reasonably competent fiddle player, I've never spent much time trying to learn folk tunes by heart, so at the few sessions I've tried, I've felt almost totally lost.

But that's fine with me, that I feel excluded! If I really wanted to join in properly, I could spend hours and hours learning the tunes, like the many talented players there have done. It's been my choice not to; and so I'm happy just to listen to those that can play by heart.

One thing I would like to see/hear more of at at tune sessions - just a personal opinion - is slow and gentle ballads. Just because you can play really well and really fast, doesn't mean you shouldn't sometimes play really well and more slowly! :-)