Like most tasks in life, the first steps are often the most challenging. Just by finding this guide, you've demonstrated that you have an interest in playing the drums and a determination to learn more about them. Your enthusiasm for the drum set will be what motivates you to put in the practice and reach your full potential as a drummer, even if you've never touched a pair of sticks before. The book is an invitation to take a break from watching the YouTube drummer contests and reading the "get better fast" drumming websites, and to directing attention back to yourself, if for but a moment. Making music and playing drums does not start at the tip of your drumstick, not even with the motion before you strike a drum. It really starts with the desire, actually with the compulsion, to make music and to play. This is an open invitation to explore a different approach to playing music and a share of the author's experiences.