I have seen buckets played in drum circles several times. They were played with drumsticks rather than hands, so the edges were not an issue. The drummers using them were not drowning-out the other drums, either, but gently just playing-along about the same volume as everyone else. It was great!

Speaking of drumming on buckets with drumsticks, check out this awesome video (I hope the link posts without a problem):

www.rizzocenter.com/media/St...ckl_.mpeg

wow thanks guys, :)

latly i've been making due and building confidence by using coffee cup lids on stone tables and just taping them with my fingers, it makes a prety cool sound actualy, and you can creat a nice variation in the sound :
a: holding the lid with the oposite finger to deaden the sound,
b:holding the edge of the lid on one side with your thums so the lid tilts up a milimeter and you get a lil claping noise each time you tap it,
c: and alternating between striking with iether the meet of the finger or the finger nail.

in hte long run i mite end up buying a bucket and just cuting off the riges on the botum with a box cuter, pliyers and sandpaper.

or somthing along those lines.

thanks guys, especialy cpr


but not much volume, a