With these two solutions, you will be able to practice drumming just about any time you want without being noisy and disturbing anyone in your home as well as your neighbors. The first solution is by equipping your drum set with drum pad silencers. By putting this rubber-like material on the top of your drums, the sound made by the drum when you hit it will be absorbed. This way, you will be able to use their expertise to tell you if the drum set you plan on buying is still in good condition or not. They will also be able to see if all the needed hardware pieces are still there in order for you to assemble it properly. If this is your first drum set, make sure that you keep it simple, especially if you are just a beginner in drumming. With good quality cymbals on your drum kit, you can be sure that you will be able to get high quality sound from your drum playing, which will accompany the sound of your drums perfectly. If you can, buy cymbals of the same brand or you can also mix and match different brands as long as it also mixes with each other when it comes to the way it sounds. This kit will have a large 22 inch bass drum, a 14 inch snare drum, 2 tom-toms, a crash cymbal, and a hi-hat. These are the pieces that you need in order for you to start playing drums. With these kits, you will be able to start learning how to play the drums. Although most bands today will have a more elaborate setup for their drum kit compared to the basic setup, you will find that you really won t need such an elaborate and expensive drum setup when you are learning how to play the drums. Now that you have the equipments you need as well as a professional drummer to teach you on how to play the drums along with the DVDs and CDs that contain drum lessons, the next step is to make sure that no one will be upset by the noise you make when you play your drums during lessons or during practice. If they do, get your kids to sit on the drum seat and in position for playing the drums. Make sure that their feet can reach and comfortably kick the pedals for the hi-hat and the bass drum. The snare drum should be positioned at waist level in order for your kids to reach the rack and floor toms with the drum sticks easily.