This is really tiresome.

What I meant was: that with regards to traditional Irish music, there is so little technique needed that it is common for amateurs to be exceptionally good.

What I didn't mean was: that with regards to traditional Irish music, technique is not important, so it is common for amateurs to be exceptionally good.

I would rather spike my eyes out with brambles drenched in the juices of Scotch bonnets and spike my ears out with the latest top ten pop charts on looped repeats (not that you'd notice it was looped) than be in the same room as Dick Miles. And for once, he might reciprocate.