{"id":6074,"date":"2016-08-23T20:01:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T20:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsincerity.wpengine.com\/?p=174"},"modified":"2023-05-19T06:53:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T06:53:22","slug":"powerful-carefree-and-confident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/powerful-carefree-and-confident\/","title":{"rendered":"In Conversation With Mindy Abovitz, Founder of All-Girl Drum Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mindy Abovitz is a drummer and media executive smashing stereotypes in the music world. She’s the founder of all-girl Tom Tom Magazine<\/a> and she was sweet enough to share her passion and story with New Sincerity. Cheers, and happy reading!<\/p>\n

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I gravitated toward the drum set most likely because it was a rebellious thing for a girl to do.<\/p>\n

Girls didn\u2019t play drums. As soon as I started drumming I felt free. I felt confident, empowered and truly myself.<\/p>\n

When I found out that Rock Camp for Girls was coming to NYC in 2006, I jumped on the opportunity to pass my existing drum skills on to other younger girls and promptly applied to become a volunteer drum instructor for the camp.<\/p>\n

I knew a secret about what was waiting on the other side for these girls and I wanted to share the secret with them. These women became my friends, bandmates, fans and colleagues as I moved forward as a drummer, sound engineer and feminist.<\/p>\n

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Meet the drummers! This is @bellsroar. Playing this Sunday at @manacontemporary #openhouse as part of our #oralhistoryoffemaledrummers. Photo by @gesischilling from @pammpics<\/a><\/p>\n

A photo posted by Tom Tom Magazine \ud83d\udc6f (@tomtommag) on