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A philosophy of playing drum kit : magical nexus / Gareth Dylan Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Gareth Dylan, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in twenty-first century music practice, 2633-4585.
- Cambridge elements. Elements in twenty-first century music practice, 2633-4585
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smith, Gareth Dylan--Performances.
- Drummers (Musicians)--Psychology.
- Drum set--Performance--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (71 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- The author is a drummer with experience in a variety of musical genres and contexts, with emphasis on rock and related styles. This auto ethnographic Element presents the author's philosophy of playing drum kit. The text explains how playing drum kit matters to this musician and may resonate with others to whom making music matters in similar ways. The Element contains audio files of music in which the author plays drum kit in the ensemble settings described. There are photos of the author's drums and of him drumming. Based on June Boyce-Tillman's non-religious model of holistic spirituality and Tim Ingold's notion of correspondences, the author describes how playing drum kit enables him to experience transcendence - the magical nexus at which Materials, Construction, Values/Culture and Expression meet. Each of these domains, and the magic derived from their combination, is illustrated through examples of the author's live and recorded musical collaborations.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- A Philosophy of Playing Drum Kit: Magical Nexus
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- Background
- Why Write a Philosophy of Playing Drum Kit?
- Method
- Meaning, Mattering and Drum Kit
- Magical Nexus
- Correspondences: Accessing the Magical Nexus
- Overview of the Element
- 2 Materials
- Body
- Instrument
- Environment
- Lockdown Recordings
- Recording Mud Drums
- 3 Construction
- Improvisation and Groove
- Creativity and Composition
- Dynamics and Rock Drumming
- Rehearsal Realism
- Construction in Concert
- 4 Values/Culture
- Mutual Musical and Extra-Musical Values
- Black Belt Jesus and Black Light Bastards
- Cultural Authenticity
- 5 Expression
- Feeling Right, Feeling Me
- Purpose and Eudaimonia
- Feeling and Listening
- Joy
- 6 In Closing (Button)
- Drumming, Music and Correspondence
- How to get to the Magical Nexus
- Correspondence and the Magical Nexus
- References
- Acknowledgements.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Sep 2022).
- ISBN:
- 1-108-99916-6
- 1-108-99938-7
- 1-108-99318-4
- OCLC:
- 1350685825
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