Any Drummers?
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Hey mate. I've been drumming for 13 years. I would advise buying a cheap second hand kit to begin with. You may well decide no to stick with it as it can be very dull playing drums when not in a band IMO. Hopefully you will stick with it, and then you can think about what decent kit you fancy. I play Roland V-Drums nowadays and they are fantastic.
Been playing about 8/9 years. I third the Export choice, maybe an old second hand Premier model aswell? That was the first kit i had and it worked like a treat.
Try joining some sort of band or group, it will keep you interested in playing drums, i played in the school band for a few years until i met a group of mates who played instruments.
And if you ever get serious enough you will no doubt have played on other kits and got a feel of what kit is best for you.
And i know its obvious, but dont give up after a week! Drums can be rather difficult to learn, but in my honest opinion i believe anyone who has reasonable hand co-ordination has potential to be good at playing.
Try joining some sort of band or group, it will keep you interested in playing drums, i played in the school band for a few years until i met a group of mates who played instruments.
And if you ever get serious enough you will no doubt have played on other kits and got a feel of what kit is best for you.
And i know its obvious, but dont give up after a week! Drums can be rather difficult to learn, but in my honest opinion i believe anyone who has reasonable hand co-ordination has potential to be good at playing.
Munkyman said:I'd second that!! Mines been going since '88
Haha I used to have an '88 export too
If you're going new, the Mapex M Birch cannot be beaten for the £500 price range.
The thing with drums is to find people and jam. I find jamming and watching great drummers play is very influential and motivating
Bat said:
Seconding that comment
I've been playing for about 4-5 years. Started off with a £100 kit out of the local small ads, it turned out I liked it so bought a 2nd hand, but much better premier kit about a year later. I've since moved to uni so acoustic kits are out, so I upgraded to a Roland TD-3K electric kit
(They're awsome by the way!) And praise Natwest student overdrafts 
It really is a band instrument, its nowhere near as much fun playing alone although a good way to learn is to stick your favourite rock tracks on the hifi and try to play along.
If you want to do grades or have lessons, I'd recommend rockschool. Much better than guildhall or the others IMO. (You get to play ripoffs of classic rock tracks - they cant do the originals as they'd have to pay royalties - lol)
Smithy said:
To be honest, drums aren't hard at all. At least not compared to classical instruments.. I took grades when I was learning (just for the hell of it really) and getting to grade 5 in drumming is soo much easier than, say, piano or clarinet.
Dave said:Haha I used to have an '88 export too
If you're going new, the Mapex M Birch cannot be beaten for the £500 price range.
The thing with drums is to find people and jam. I find jamming and watching great drummers play is very influential and motivating
Another vote for the Pearl Export, also learned to play on this kit
I'd second (third, whatever) the idea of getting an el'cheapo kit first and seeing how you get on. I got a Percussion Plus kit as my first and got into a few bands and even gigged with it *shudders*. I then moved up to a Yamaha Stage Custom which is great. It's in the same league as the Pearl Export but with different (read: cooler ) mounts for toms etc.. Plus everyone has an Export so i wanted to be different
It's a shame at the moment though as i've just graduated from Uni -- havent played with anyone since i went!
) mounts for toms etc.. Plus everyone has an Export so i wanted to be different It's a shame at the moment though as i've just graduated from Uni -- havent played with anyone since i went!
I think everyone has pretty much covered everything, however another important issue is making sure you have enough space for your kit! I had to give drums up purely for the fact that there wasnt enough space in my house
I learned to play when I was a nipper, I started by learning snare drumming with my local pipe band, all you need is a block of wood with sheet of rubber and some sticks. You can learn a hell of a lot about paradiddles, rolls etc. If you do that you'll pick up kit drumming much quicker, and imo, you'll be much better at it.