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I Drum, Therefore I Am - Being and Becoming a Drummer (Paperback)
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I Drum, Therefore I Am - Being and Becoming a Drummer (Paperback)
Series: SEMPRE Studies in The Psychology of Music
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Despite their central role in many forms of music-making, drummers
have been largely neglected in the scholarly literature on music
and education. But kit drummers are increasingly difficult to
ignore. While exponents of the drum kit are frequently mocked in
popular culture, they are also widely acknowledged to be central to
the musical success and aesthetic appeal of any musical ensemble in
which they are found. Drummers are also making their presence felt
in music education, with increasing opportunities to learn their
craft in formal contexts. Drawing on data collected from in-depth
interviews and questionnaires, Gareth Dylan Smith explores the
identities, practices and learning of teenage and adult kit
drummers in and around London. As a London-based drummer and
teacher of drummers, Smith uses his own identity as
participant-researcher to inform and interpret other drummers'
accounts of their experiences. Drummers learn in multi-modal ways,
usually with a keen awareness of exemplars of their art and craft.
The world of kit drumming is highly masculine, which presents
opportunities and challenges to drummers of both sexes. Smith
proposes a new model of the 'Snowball Self', which incorporates the
constructs of identity realization, learning realization,
meta-identities and contextual identities. Kit drummers'
identities, practices and learning are found to be intertwined, as
drummers exist in a web of interdependence. Drummers drum;
therefore they are, they do, and they learn - in a rich tapestry of
means and contexts.
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