Of late, drummers, ie. all percusionists, have become the bane of my musical existance.

In our sessions we have three good bodhran players, along with a handful of thumpers, bangers, and rattlers on spoon and drum. To put it politely, that lot is just awful. One uses a brush type tipper and makes her bodhran sound like a shaky egg, all of which should be smashed into oblivion. I've been sorely tempted to pass out pen knives.

What is worse is when these insenstives try to back a ballad with their pounding. I've developed a reasonably good glare which stops some of them, but others pay no attention to anything but themslves.

End of rant - Tom