Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit

Contents

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