Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Histories of the Drum Kit
- Part II Analysing the Drum Kit in Performance
- Part III Learning, Teaching, and Leading on the Drum Kit
- Part IV Drumming Bodies, Meaning, and Identity
- 14 The Meaning of the Drumming Body
- 15 Disability, Drumming, and the Drum Kit
- 16 Seen but Not Heard
- 17 Building Inclusive Drum Communities
- 18 A Window into My Soul
- Index
17 - Building Inclusive Drum Communities
The Case of Hey Drums
from Part IV - Drumming Bodies, Meaning, and Identity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2021
- The Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Histories of the Drum Kit
- Part II Analysing the Drum Kit in Performance
- Part III Learning, Teaching, and Leading on the Drum Kit
- Part IV Drumming Bodies, Meaning, and Identity
- 14 The Meaning of the Drumming Body
- 15 Disability, Drumming, and the Drum Kit
- 16 Seen but Not Heard
- 17 Building Inclusive Drum Communities
- 18 A Window into My Soul
- Index
Summary
This chapter documents the creation, timeline, and results of the ongoing Hey Drums project. Hey Drums is a collective of female and gender minority drummers and percussionists engaged in community activities around Australia including a blog, print media, and live music events. More than 145 drummers from across the Australian continent have been interviewed on the Hey Drums site since 2016. Hey Drums has grown over this time to include live teaching and performance events for Melbourne Museum’s Nocturnal series, Melbourne Music Week, at the Espy, Testing Grounds Night Markets and the Make it up Club at Bar Open, as well as print media: in Drumscene magazine in Australia and Tom Tom Mag in the United States. All of these activities contribute to raising the profiles of the featured drummers. The initiative has been created by Nat Grant, an independent drummer, percussionist, and composer from Melbourne, Australia.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Drum Kit , pp. 235 - 247Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021