Composing With The View Of A Drummer

Michele Pazzini

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Composing with the view of a drummer RQ: How can I develop as a composer and which techniques can I use by starting a composition from the drum-set? During my studies to become a professional jazz drummer, composing music has always been equally important to practicing drums. However, not being a professional composer, the methods I used to start a composition were often the same. I would normally start from a melody or a chord progression I had in mind with the use of my voice or the piano. This research helped me to discover new methods to start a composition from the drum-set. For the first time, due to some experiments, I changed the order of my process by developing the song from an idea starting from the drums. I noticed that my compositions in this way became more complex than before. I always wanted to write songs taking into consideration concepts that I needed to practice on drums. My compositions were also a modus to study different facets with the ultimate goal of playing them during my master recitals. Important to me was that these compositions, above all, should sound like a song and not as an exercises for drummers. The themes had to be melodic, easily singable and memorable. I can conclude that by listening, analyzing and studying the music of drummers and by experimenting to compose exclusively from the drums, my skills as a composer has definitely developed. These new techniques helped me to be more original and different compared to earlier compositions. I will certainly continue to integrate these techniques in my career as a drummer and composer.

type	research exposition
keywords	Creative Practice, Composition, Practice
date	20/06/2019
published	19/08/2020
last modified	19/08/2020
status	limited publication
copyright	Michele Pazzini
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url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/648237/728730
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	3. Internal publication

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