THINGS YOU CAN CONTROL AS A DRUMMER

1) The sound and setup of your drum kit: With the drum keys and other tools, you can control how you want to sound. You also control how you wanna setup, coz the more comfortable you are on the drums the better the sound.

2) The tempo of the music: if you are playing too fast, you can slow down. Playing too slow, you can speed it up a little. As long as the tempo serves the music, you are good to go.

3) The style of play: as a drummer you control the kind of rolls you wanna play on the drums. You also control when to roll, when to freestyle and when not to. How hard or soft you play is also controlled by you. As long as you are playing to the music, you are doing well.


THINGS YOU CANNOT CONTROL AS A DRUMMER

1) Singers going off beat: you can't control this guys. Lol. No matter how you try to warn them, they just can't help it. They go ON and OFF beat, which can frustrate any drummer. Just do your best and leave the rest to the keyboardist. Lol.

2) Injuries: truth is injuries can happen (unexpectedly) anytime. If you're not fit, you can't play. So we just have to be extra careful and pray it doesn't happen when good Gigs and shows are coming our way. Coz e no go funny at all.

3) How people react: no matter how good you are on the drums, people are always gonna react. Good or Bad people must react. He plays too fast, he plays too slow. He rolls too much, he's always playing the same rolls etc..... Just do you. Go on YouTube, no matter how amazing your drum video is, you go still chop dislikes. Lol. It is what it is. Just keep doing what you know how to do best.

People react to drums in a good way

Some how I have been blessed not to have injury that stopped me from playing anytime.
Infact, I deliberately make excuses from negligible injuries just to avoid playing to sometimes...