Megan... excellent adice and applies for all and sundry who wish to do similar works... as usual, even tho some of us don't always live up to your sage words of advice sometimes. >;-) And, your comments on relaxed delivery are spot on. The laughter and banter show the man as sincere as he is. That is worth a lot.

I would also add, that "flash" of accomplihsed Rhan is good as long as it stays a flash. The shorter, the better as it goes hand in hand with Megan's comment about relaxed delivery and treating the newbie with respect. When I taught myself Bodhran some 20 years ago because there were no players that I knew of around here, I bought two tapes. One was great for 15 minutes (what you did better in 5) and the rest was shite. The whole other video was an ad.

So, I was pleasantly surprised when you talked about making a recording(s) to practice with. I did just that. Back then, I had to spend a lot of money to buy cassette tapes and some were great while others not so much. From those, I made my own tapes for practice. I have shared these with students of mine over time and taught them essentially the way you have presented your ideas on your video. I even put an ad in a "publication"... "First lesson $10 to cover materials. All future lessons free." Glad to see your are doing this for free instead of marketing tapes such as I had to purchase "way back when".

Good on ya!

PS... Could I actually buy an O'Kane? I have two Kearns and a synthetic (HEY! The Remo synthetic plays well in the rain and next to a campfire and I don't care if a spark hits it).