my mother gave me some good advice i wish i'd listened to; she said "play the mouth organ, it's lighter"
honestly, i've always found drummers to be the laziest and most selfish members of the band. the drums are always the last to go into the van "cos theyre delicate!" so everyone helps carry them into the hall, then while the rest of you are struggling and sweating carrying the amps and pa in, he's setting up cos it "takes longer to set drums up" coblers!!!! then they get drunk play too loud and sometimes even fall asleep halfway through a song. how can anyone fall asleep while playing "summertime blues?" beats me. give me a drum box any time....lol
congrats on buying a kit though, nothing like bashing a drum to relieve your frustrations when the drummer dont turn up...i love drummers really
phill