Have you ever been told you couldn’t or shouldn’t do something because you were a girl? Gretchen Cawthon has, and she decided to do something about it. Find out what inspired this drummer to launch the website ‘Girls Can’t What?’ in this See Jane Drum Featured Jane interview. SJD: What’s the mission for Girls Can’t [...]
Bio I was born and raised in Chicago, IL, living in apartments all around town during my childhood. From the moment I listened to the first album I got my hands on, my cassette tape copy of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, I was in love with the drums. I won’t say [...]
Here’s a young female drummer who already has the confidence of a pro. Listen to her take on lead singers and what they need. Christina, you rock! I can’t wait to see where you go from here.
Kaylee Preston is the drummer for the Chicago-based band, Rabble Rabble. Their music is a contemporary take on psychedelic punk with some blues influences – sometimes referred to as Flower Punk. Like her band, you can’t put drummer Kaylee Preston into one neat category. Her style has been pieced together by listening to the greats, [...]
Introduce yourself to the SeeJaneDrum community! Check out the new page on the site called “Photo Guestbook.” You can upload a photo of yourself, add some text to tell us who you are and what you think of the site, and even provide a link to your website or your profile page (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, [...]
If you haven’t heard of Brittany Maccarello yet, you will. She’s the talented and hard-hitting drummer for the post-hardcore/ experimental band Take One Car. I had the chance to interview Brittany soon after the band launched their Kickstarter project to fund their upcoming album. She talks about her drumming roots, her band, stereotypes of female [...]
One of the reasons I launched this website is to support and gain visibility for female drummers. Today I had the wonderful opportunity to put my money where my mouth and heart are. I received an email recently from drummer Brittany Maccarello of the band Take One Car. She told me how much she [...]