Keith

Haha, I'm behind a drum set so they "can't see me" anyway 🤣

Right now 4 drummers at my church, but the rotation is toss up.

I know when I started I asked the worship leader for the entire song list he uses when he picks songs for Sunday and in my down time a play along to a few of them to get a feel for all the different songs we sing. It has come in handy a few times because when I am asked to play the drums it usually isn't until Friday afternoon the earliest. Just a good idea to learn all the songs maybe not 100% at first but at least enough you can drag through it on those last minute notice moments.

Finally experienced the horror that is the congregation clapping to a song. Something I thought I could handle but in reality it was a train wreck. Not wrecking once but twice 😩. That being said that was just the first service. Our church has 2 services and the second service went much better. When the congregation claps it out, you have to count it out at the very least in your head. Luckily no tambourine, the only tambourine is located on the drum kit. Lord have mercy!!!

it's missing the most important component, the cow bell. Nothing like throwing off the worship leader by sneaking a couple clunks of a cow bell.