Dan's Adventures in Drumming (and Lessons in Drum Setup)
The Adventure Begins My adventures in drumming began in earnest this past Fall. Like everyone else who was stuck inside during COVID, I was looking for new hobbies and the idea of learning to play drums started taking hold. I had just started using GarageBand to try and make songs and was impressed with the YouTube videos where people would re-create classic songs in this software. They almost always started with a drum beat, and when they talked about putting a kick on the 1 & 3 and a backbeat on the 2 & 4, I realized how little I knew about how drum beats were made. I also thought often of the nights I used to stay up late playing Drum Hero and Rock Band on Playstation, and remembering how much fun I had pretending to play drums for a large concert audience. This inspired me to pick up my first drum set: an Alesis Nitro Mesh Kit. I picked it up in person from Guitar Center on sale for somewhere between $300-350, and it was a ton of fun. I also signed up for online les...