Not very easy to some fresh air into this thread. Above that I'm sometimes struggling with my English, so please forgive any mistakes I might make :o)

A shaky egg can be fine. Sometimes. Not always. There are some tunes played in a very speedy or swinging way (like e.g. Lunasa is playing). There sometimes a shaky egg can be great if someone uses it who is able to find (and hold) the rhythm.
But people, unable for the finest strings of melody or rhythm who get into a session and hardly shaking this bloody thing without knowin what they are doing just to join - *argh* - I'd like to give them a kick.
Same like people sitting there and hammering two spoons against each other like two bricks, without any method or rhythm.... I can't understand it.

One can accompany a good song or tune with those things but if they are played like the other musicians don't exist I'm really getting angry.

Maybe I'm an ignorant but I also stopped songs whilst such a craze near me shaking his shakyegg (btw...it was An Mhaighdean Mhara). Sorry, but I can't hide my temper in those moments and that's the end of tolerance for me.

I'm also playing bodhran, guitar, mandoline and have a shaky egg. But I know when to shut up!
Some people don't understand and won't understand, no matter how polite you try to explain. They think they have a right to "play" in a session because it's open.

I always thought that those idiots are only here in Germany but from the reactions above I can see it's nearly everywhere. *sigh*


But, never mind, I'm still joining sessions and if it's becoming to bad I leave the table and get myself a good glas of Guinness *g*

Keep the music rolling

All the best

Sabine

CantaLibre - more than just folk