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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 ; 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

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