As a bouzouki player of not great ability who loves the music, I am glad to have caught this thread, which I must have missed last time around.

I have always really enjoyed Donal Lunny's percussive style of bouzouki playing, and learnt some of my stuff from the Gerry McKee tutorial CD (www.madfortrad.com). I have always had trouble emulating the flatpicking style of accompaniment, probably it only really works if you know the tune inside out, and I am not sure of exactly what I am supposed to be doing.

Plenty of food for thought in this thread!