Kick It

Kick It

A Social History of the Drum Kit

Brennan, Matt

Oxford University Press Inc

02/2020

392

Mole

Inglês

9780190683870

634

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Acknowledgments Introduction: Hanging around with musicians Chapter 1: Clever drummers, primitivism, entrepreneurialism, and the invention of the trap drummer's outfit * The transatlantic slave trade * The snare drum, bass drum, and cymbals come together * The birth of highbrow and lowbrow music * Being a drummer in nineteenth century America * Tinkerers, inventors, and entrepreneurs * The trap drummer's outfit Chapter 2: Noisy drummers, ragtime, jazz, and the avant-garde * Ragged time * "Instruments of a lower order" * Trap drummers, sound effects, and moving pictures * Noisy women, immigrant cultures, and Tin Pan Alley * The birth of jazz * Quiet in the studio! * Drums and noise conquer the classical world Chapter 3: Studious drummers, selling drum outfits, standardization, and stardom * Fakers versus readers * Selling the drum kit * The drum outfit travels the world * Cymbal making and the invention of the hi-hat * Swing bands and star drummers * Slingerland and the standardization of the drum outfit Chapter 4: Creative drummers, artistry, virtuosity, and playing time * Prodigies and showmen * Bebop and the melody of the drum kit * Drummers and drum makers in dialogue * The rise of the backbeat * The drum kit in Britain and the birth of beat groups * The recruitment of Ringo * Theorizing creativity on the drum kit Chapter 5: Working drummers, musical labour, role playing, and authorship * The job of a session drummer * The job of a rock star drummer * The globalization of drum kit production * Credit where credit is due * Song authorship and getting paid Chapter 6: Indispensable drummers, drum machines, and record production * The drum kit on record * The multi-track recording studio * Diasporic drumming practices and dance records * Rise of the machines * From the margins to the centre of the mix * Drummers as producers * Augmenting the drum kit and drumming without drummers Conclusion: The tyranny of the snare drum Endnotes References Index
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