Issue 10 - Sarah Thawer - October 2019
Featuring the ‘Drum Guru’ herself, Sarah Thawer, this all-female powerhouse issue comes out hot on the heels of women’s month in South Africa. “It started with listening to the music, on stage & diving into creativity of how I could achieve the sounds not even knowing how to hold a stick correctly.” – Sarah Thawer We went all female for this issue, featuring amazing players such as: • Sarah Thawer • Julianna Mascia • Michaela Isaacs • Marguerite Swart We added articles showing our appreciation for the women in our lives. We touched on whether you should quit your day job to pursue your dreams and we included some new drum lessons and a drum chart for the song “Hero” by Skillet, a band being driven forward by female drummer Jen Ledger. So come check out issue 10 and give all the amazing women in the industry the support and respect they more than deserve. – SA Drummer Team.
Featuring the ‘Drum Guru’ herself, Sarah Thawer, this all-female powerhouse issue comes out hot on the heels of women’s month in South Africa.
“It started with listening to the music, on stage & diving into creativity of how I could achieve the sounds not even knowing how to hold a stick correctly.”
– Sarah Thawer
We went all female for this issue, featuring amazing players such as:
• Sarah Thawer
• Julianna Mascia
• Michaela Isaacs
• Marguerite Swart
We added articles showing our appreciation for the women in our lives. We touched on whether you should quit your day job to pursue your dreams and we included some new drum lessons and a drum chart for the song “Hero” by Skillet, a band being driven forward by female drummer Jen Ledger.
So come check out issue 10 and give all the amazing women in the industry the support and respect they more than deserve.
– SA Drummer Team.
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Michaela Isaacs<br />
In our never-ending quest to find<br />
new content for our readers I happened<br />
to stumble across one of your<br />
videos, and just fell in love with your<br />
playing. It was such a great feeling when<br />
I realised you were South African as well.<br />
So first up let’s hear where you are from?<br />
I was born and lived in Little Falls until<br />
I was three years old and we moved to<br />
Johannesburg South where I grew up<br />
and still currently reside.<br />
How old are you now and how long have<br />
you been playing drums for?<br />
I am 20 and I have been playing drums<br />
from as young as five years old but more<br />
seriously for about nine years now.<br />
What got you into music and when did it<br />
happen for you?<br />
I was brought up by a very musical<br />
family. My mom sings, my dad plays<br />
the keyboard and my brother plays the<br />
bass guitar. There is no doubt that I was<br />
always surrounded by talented musicians<br />
and exposed to incredible music<br />
with extended family members also being<br />
musicians. My love and passion for<br />
music started from a very young age,<br />
I used to play drums on car seats, tables<br />
and chairs etc. The minute I heard<br />
music I got my sticks, which was cutlery<br />
at the time. I was about five years<br />
old when my father realised I had a special<br />
gift and I got my first drum set for<br />
Christmas.<br />
You’ve got some chops going on for sure.<br />
<strong>10</strong> | SA DRUMMER | September <strong>2019</strong>
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