Love the kit. That's pretty sweet. Start the young on the old and seasoned instrument. Nice touch.

The t-shirt is interesting too. "perfect swing"

Hard to get kid's that age into jazz....but maybe it's a sign!

Oh, the t-shirt is from the place were we actually put on the party. It is one of those family fun centers with putt-putt, go-carts, bumper boats and video games. It is a ritual for him, we love having it there. The kids get to run wild, and for 150 bucks, well, 10 kids get to go wild all day long. And they are very accommodating, per the allowance to set up a drum kit in the building.

I think if you give a kid a brand new drumset he will lose interest, my brother and I both learned on the same Star/Stewart/Maxwin/cb700/Pearl collection of yardsale/secondhand store drums. we got every drum and cymbal catalog we could get our hands on,and played (almost) every day from 5:00pm until 8:00pm.

We are both still active drummers (I also play Bass guitar) at 32 and 38.

My best freind in Jr.high got a brand new red Pearl Export with Zildjian Scimitar Bronze cymbals (about $1300 in 1987) by the time we were in highschool he had stopped playing.and he was the better player of the two of us.

let him rock the old kit for a few years that way it will be more about the playing. there wil always be time later to get that kit he always wanted.

I wish him joy with his instrument and long, happy days of drumming! :-)

This little guy knows the value of sweat equity already. He sat down at the shiny new kits in the store, and said he wasn't sure he wanted a new shiny set because he didn't want to "hurt it". So, as I am still working on his kit, we take one apart, clean on the lugs and hoops, whatever, and put it back together.

I am also learning. I play hand drums, and I have always wanted to learn to stick, so when this set popped up for $50, I grabbed them. My baby brother was a great drummer. One of the best unsigned drummers in Tucson. He played in a Dead cover band, MuddShark. I was his tech. He was courted by many bands, but would not take any offers. I know why, it was because if he took to the road, I think he would have gone on sooner than he did.

Anyway, so now we are learning together, father and son, drumming across generations.D' DrummerMallet Player2

If anyone has some Japanese drums they would like to turn loose, let me know. I am looking for another set.

Parents today are so over indulgent! I guess working for something and earning it are no longer family values. Any kid gets excited over a chance to make noise. So why does someone think they have to "share" all that? The Romper Room forum would be the best choice for that.

I don't get what you're saying.

Lame

So you have a problem with the fact that I am proud of my son? If you have a problem with it, you have the right to your opinion, but you don't have to share it with us.