[pantera]

Hi, just joined this forum. About 2 weeks ago my wife and son and I went to visit a friend of my wife's. Turns out her friend's boyfriend has a drum set, keyboards and guitars. My son walked over to the drum set (never seen one before) and just started playing, keeping a beat to the guy's guitar playing. Afterwards he played around with the rest of the set and started doing solos.

We had considered putting him in guitar lessons this summer, but he says he really wants to learn the drums. So we've signed him up for lessons and I bought him a practice pad and sticks (promark). I used to play drums in highschool but that was many years ago and I played far better by ear than reading sheet music.

What are considered the best 'from the ground up' learning videos and books? I wouldn't mind learning along with him and practicing together. I'm currently looking for a used drum set locally to buy him that we can both use. Thanks.