The Unique Perspective of Drummers in the Art of Composition

The goal of my Culminating Experience was to study the music composed by drummers, and to use this study to inspire my own compositions. This project documents my personal journey into learning composition and developing my voice as a drummer composer. I studied the process, inspiration, and techniques used by drummers to write music because I believe that drummers have a unique perspective to share in their work; and as a drummer, I would be able to relate more closely to their process than that of another instrumentalist composer. I researched drummer composers by interviewing them, analyzing scores and lead sheets, and listening to many records. After figuring out what compositional devices I thought were. particularly drummer-like, I used those techniques to help me compose four original pieces.https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-global-jazz/1064/thumbnail.jp