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“Cool! I didn’t know you were a drummer!” I still freeze up when I hear it, though I’m getting better. That knee-jerk reaction of feeling like I need to explain myself, to reassure well-meaning people that I am, in fact, qualified to lead drumming events despite not  being a “drummer.” Artistic labels, at least in the U.S., have an odd weight to them. If you call yourself something here - a singer, a poet, a painter - that means you’re really good at it. It also probably mean