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I'd call drummers "musicians" because the drums (which have rhythm) are a necessary part of the musical composition, and the drummer is performing that integral
by midoridensha 4y ago
I'd call drummers "musicians" because the drums (which have rhythm) are a necessary part of the musical composition, and the drummer is performing that integral part of the music.
What's harder to decide, IMO, is whether a drum solo really constitutes "music".
If rap isn't music, then is a drum solo also not music?
Personally, I can't stand most rap, but I also get bored with drum solos and usually skip them, even if I otherwise really love the drum parts of the band's other songs.
- bazoom42 4y ago> What's harder to decide, IMO, is whether a drum solo really constitutes "music". That is not hard to decide. Of course a drum solo is music.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoyour enjoyment as an individual has nothing to do with musicality but portraying them as related does display reactionary tendencies
- midoridensha 4y agoHow so? Rap is almost all rhythm, almost no harmony or melody. Drums are all rhythm, no harmony or melody. How the hell is that "reactionary"? It's just a basic fact.
- wahnfrieden 4y agoare you talking specifically about a rapper without a backing track? that's not a genre, it's an element like a drummer is regardless it's no fact, even the rapper very frequently uses melodic elements. you seem ignorant of it and have no ear for it.