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I just found a good article that will help get you psyched about playing. Here's a portion of it:

You wanna hit something? Go ahead. Hit some drums. A lot of new musicians want to be drummers, and who can blame them? Drumming is fun, it's physical, and you can't get a groove on without it. Even though the drummer is usually behind the singers, guitarists, and bass players onstage, everyone in the audience pays attention to the drummer. Arms are flailing, feet are stomping, cymbals are swinging. Plus, the drum set is like a motorcycle plunked right down on the stage: It's big, loud, and has a lot of color and metal. You don't need a lot of drums to whack on to make music, Big sets are expensive and aren't any louder than smaller sets. You can add to a basic drum set with some other percussion instrument (including something electronic). Check out these options:

Here is the basic setup of a drum set:

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What's Your Inspiration to Learn Rock Drumming? This was Chris Frazier's:

This is it – The chance of a lifetime. Years of dedication, sacrifice, and hard work could pay off right now. As the drummer sits nervously behind his set, the door swings open and in walks Steve Vai. He nonchalantly straps on his guitar, turns, looks the drummer dead in the eyes and says: “Let’s see what you’ve got, kid.” Frightening? You bet!Meet Chris Frazier, who just two weeks after moving to Los Angeles found himself in the above scenario. His bio reads like a movie script – complete with a modern day “home-town boy makes good” story line.Born in Bethesda, Maryland, Frazier spent much of his childhood travelling up and down the East Coast with his mother, a folk singer. The constant exposure to music provided Frazier with a healthy dose of inspiration. And a 4-piece, red-sparkle Kent drum set under the Xmas tree at age seven didn’t hurt either. Forget baseball cards and shooting marbles, drumming was now a full-time obsession for Chris Frazier. With Ginger Baker as his role-model, he set out to learn rock drumming.

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You Don't Need a Set Like this to Rock

There are an unbelievable amount of options available to you when deciding what your drum set should look like. Here's an example of how far you can take it! But please know, all you need is a real bare-bones setup. It's not how many drums/cymbals/cowbells you have, it's how effectively you use what you have.

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Drumming without Limits

You may feel that before you begin to take up the incredibly fun and rewarding skill of rock drumming that the journey may seem insurmountable. However, anyone can learn to play and play well. Here's a great example of someone who took a desire to play the drums and didn't let anything - not even a missing arm - stop him.

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Artiste keeps the beat alive, single handed Malaysia Star, Malaysia - Jun 6, 2006 ... His desire to play the drums was inspired by Rick Allen, the drummer of British rock band Def Leppard who lost an arm in an automobile accident and adapted to ...

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