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    Any drummers here?

    Good Morning folks

    Currently I play guitar, but more often than not I find myself 'Air Drumming' - I quite fancy starting playing drums aswell.

    I have a friend who has a drumkit he never plays, and i've played on it a few times, I can do a simple beat already and feel like I want to take it further.

    Anyone here got any advice?

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    Yeah, I'm a guitarist who also plays drums to a half decent level, my advice is to keep practising and NOT buy a drum kit until you're at a decent level, I play drums twice a week, it's a good laugh. Record backing tracks without drums and jam along with them, you'll get tighter (especially is you record to a click track.)

    Don't get frustrated, because when you start on the drums, you only have a handful of things to do, about 5 fills, 3 beats etc. Experiement with offbeats, especially for your kick drum. Enjoy it.

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    what I did was wait until I got a student loan, then buy a kit. Get one for around £600 including hi hats, crash and ride. If you go any cheaper, they sound awful and it just puts you off

    Then just get a set of headphones and a music source, and play the basic rhythms behind you favourite songs.

    if you like rock, try some AC/DC

    then after a while, when your happy with a straight rock beat, just get some mates round with their guitars and rock out. Nothing more fun than playing with other musicians

    You could always go for drum lessons - go to their place and use their kit. £15 an hr, but will give you a good start and you'll know if you want to continue or not

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    I haven't got a Student Loan, just a Young Students Bursary of £460...so thats no an option at the moment

    Sending away an application for a job today though, so we'll see how that goes

    Edit: Just air drummed the whole of Fade to Black, including the Double-Bass part during the solo, that was fun, and kinda proves air drumming is far easier than real drumming
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    Don't even consider buying one unless it's what you want to do.

    1) Size
    2) Noise
    3) Price

    Play along on a mates kit, until you're sure. Get decent, pop down some open mic nights, with backline. Have a jam. Enjoy it.

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    I've played on a mates kit already (which he got 2nd hand for £75 - and sounds horrid, but thats irrelevent - I enjoyed doing it )

    The size/noise/price issue is my only worry though.
    Size - can't stick it in the garage, got a racing car and 2 karts in there! My room is far too small, could probably get it up in my mates garage instead of his kit - although that would limit my playing time.

    Noise - Sister hates 45w of Guitar Amplification at '3' and I wouldn't be the greatest with drum dynamics straight out of the box.

    Price - Well, looking to get a job soon...so given time that could be a non-issue if I start saving for it.
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    How about a cheap electric kit? Cheap ones are crap, but solve all of your problems.

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    I was looking at them infact, I just couldn't find any 'cheap' ones
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    To combat the noise, you can buy sound deadening kits for drums, I was looking into these then sold my kit because as luap.h says, it was an entry-level kit and didn't sound nice at all. If I do decide to start again, I will be spending a hell of a lot more than £600 on my new kit.

    Heres the link to the silencing pads, inc cymbal and hi-hats. I've never actually used these so I can't say how well they silence the drums.

    http://www.drumshop.co.uk/productlist.php?id=176



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    I had a kit with these in my old house. You may as well play pots and pans. They're disgusting. AVOID!

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    I play drums in a band and have been playing for coming on 13 years. Drums are by far the easiest instrument to start with because you can teach someone to play a basic rock beat in 30 seconds (literally).

    I'd personally recommend lessons because a decent teacher will show you a load of techniques for speeding up your learning process and you'll usually have a lesson to learn each week. They can also show you proper technique (REALLY IMPORTANT) and show you some stuff you may not normally pick up by yourself(different styles, rudiments etc). I used to teach and if you can afford it, it's by far the best way to learn drums.

    If lessons aren't an option there are loads of books/websites that should help you along. I'd always start by learning the basics(not necessarily in this order) such as rock fills, rock rhythms and reading drum notation.

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    make sure you know what style you want to play. There are 3 main types of kit; rock (usually smaller drums but more of them ), Jazz (bigger drums, usually thinner cymbals, nicer sound) and the allround type kits.
    With love and many thanks,

    Melons

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    I am drummer
    been playing 10 or so years.
    i would say just practice to a click, get ur timing right from the start and u cant go wrong
    dont give up, keep motivated, keep practicing, remember to always lead with your right hand, check ur stick postions, like the way you hold the sticks. I think the key is to be convident cos i see people who play drums in the air with there hands and they are doing it tottally right and as soon as they sit behind the kit they get nervous and cant do it. I ve said to a couple of people just do what u do with ur hands and legs and then they kinda get it!
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    I've got a decent drum kit. I haven't had a GOOD go for a while, I pick up my sticks every now and then but for no longer than like 10 mins...

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