hey Pei......if you ever get the chance, try to hook up with some Djembe, and Doumbeck players.....the basic beats are repetitive and with a little practice......the Bodhran gives the session a kinda worldbeat feel......really wicked. gotta chance ta sit in with my brothers and sisters this year at an SCA event. we started to jam.....lost ourselves to the rythym....when we looked up....we found that we had drawn an audience......(anyhoo I digress)....the Bodhran can and DOES compliment drumming circles.....not to mention that it is good practice...(plus you don't have to worry about sounding terrible.....it gets swallowed up in the frenzy)