A well-known local Houston drummer and producer, whom Zee describes as a 30 something grown man with a family, reportedly posted that she was a “wack girl drummer”. Zee says her social media friends grew from 200 to 1500 almost overnight! But, all it took was for one person to cause her world to seemingly come crashing down. People began to demand to see more of her phenomenal skills on the drums. There was a major shift after she posted a video of a choir singing acapella with her playing the drums. The native Houstonian says her goal was to make her mark as a drummer after college. The self-taught drummer and keyboardist changed her major to Music. Despite never reading music or playing keyboard, by the time the class ended, Zee was, reportedly, playing better than people who’d been playing since childhood. She tells FLAM she loved it so much she would stay in the piano lab from 9am to 10 o’clock at night. Zee Bateria says she had to take an elective in college. The irony is she played and had a passion for drums since she was a child. Graduating at 17, she tells FLAM she went to college early to major in science, because that’s the path her parents laid out for her. “Anytime a guy or someone asks you to play, it’s imperative that you go for blood!” Zee, who coined herself Zee Bateria (Spanish for drummer), says it was a tough journey that led to self-discovery.
Hear her roar! She doesn’t shout or scream. It never referred to the term as “HE who plays a drum”.īut, if you’ve ever seen Zee “Bateria” Johnson play, you’ll definitely have to give HER respect. The definition of a drummer is listed as: One that plays a drum sometimes used figuratively in phrases denoting unconventional thought or action like marching to a different drum. What?! What about Sheila E., Cindy Blackmon…Terri Lyne Carrington?! FLAM decided to do some research looking up the very definition of the term drummer in Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Surprisingly, not one of them was female. A few years back Rolling Stone conducted a poll asking readers to pick the 10 best drummers of all time. But, as they strike out to “march to the beat of their own drum”, they’ve all had to, at some point, demand for the guys…to give the “female” drummer some.
Shout it out loud drumline free#
So, Thank God in 2015 women from all walks of life can spread their wings and be free or…can they? FLAM talked with three young ladies who are trying to do just that. Breaking down barriers to hold positions normally reserved for their male counterparts often came with a price. However, the advancements were not without struggle. More than 4 decades later, we have women serving in the highest levels of our government, heading up and running major corporations…even landing on the moon. ‘Cause it only serves to make me.” The charge fueled many newly empowered women to new heights. Further into the song, the lyrics declare, “You can bend but never break me. The song, its lyrics and message served as an Anthem for women during that time who felt oppressed and were now demanding to break free…free from being dismissed, held down and pigeon holed.
“I am woman hear me roar.” Those words written and sung by Australian-American Artist Helen Reddy came at the apex of the female empowerment movement in the early 70’s.
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