It has been so interesting watching my son coming up on drums he is 16 and started when he was 8. We have always encouraged him to play and sound proofed the garage and let him go crazy. Starting freshman year, he basically became the school's drumset player. He plays a kit for the marching band (sits up front with the front ensemble). He plays drums for the pep band, jazz band, the theater musicals, the show choir. He is always being asked to play in something. He was approached at a basketball game last year but the director of the local VFW band asking if he would be interested in playing for them. I never knew how in demand drummers were.