I've played drums for years and used to do some session work. My number one tip for all new drummers is to focus on precision above all else. Whatever you are learning, make sure you practice it until you can play it with sharp and precise articulation while staying in time. This applies to every pattern and every fill. Even if you're a novice, playing something simple with precision is far more effective and audibly pleasing than playing something complicated but sloppy.

This is a little more philosophical and may go over your head right now, but my second tip is to learn as quickly as possible how to identify, understand, count, and manipulate rhythm so that your brain is not constrained to 3 and 4. I started playing drums when I was 13 and always had natural talent, but it was not until I was about 17 and began listening to more progressive music that I realized the tiny rhythmic box I had been constraining myself to. After I rewired my brain to be able to comfortably think and play in 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 in addition to 3, 4, 6, and 8, my playing really took off. Not because I was playing songs in odd rhythms all the time, but because I better understood how all of the numbers fit together, and I could seamlessly transition between them and use them to create unique fills and accents. This will also open you up to the world of polyrhythms and polymeters, which every good drummer has to understand.