Yes, it happened. I was in Philly last week, and happened upon a session with no instrument. Things were fine for the first bit … and then it happened, I’m so ashamed, they handed me a … a … a bodhran! and I liked it! Help me please - I must shake this evil drive to drum! I’m tippling in the air, drumless, waiting for this inhuman urge to subside - IS THERE A CURE? Or am I doomed?
It helps to keep a spare chopstick in your drawer at work. This fits nicely in the hand, and allows you to work out different rhythms on the side of your desk or against the wastepaper basket, and … Oops! Nearly gave myself away, there, just for a second …