re: Drum lessons -- if you want to do an hour every two weeks, you'll probably need a private teacher. Not that that's a problem, really. There are lots of signs up at the rehearsal space for people looking to teach. Italmelodie, like most of the "music conservatory" type places, will sign you up for a lesson a week (And they schedule in 1/2 hour increments from what I remember). That's just how they do their scheduling.