I never believed in a set routine. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.
There were so many individual styles thirty or forty years ago.
As far as music school goes, I walked through Berkelee one time.
But primarily, the drummer's supposed to sit back there and swing the band.
No, I don't like recording. It's a bore.
I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night.