Gareth Dylan Smith

In this episode, I chat with Professor Gareth Dylan Smith. Professor Smith is a drummer, scholar, and educator whose work spans the worlds of popular music performance and academic research. A professor whose scholarship focuses on drum kit studies, popular music education, and philosophical themes such as eudaimonia and punk pedagogies, he is the author of numerous books including I Drum, Therefore I Am, Magical Nexus: A Philosophy of Playing Drum Kit, and co-editor of The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music Education. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Popular Music Education and has served as President of the Association for Popular Music Education. As a drummer, Professor Smith brings the same depth to his performing life, with over two decades of recording and touring experience across punk, rock, and theatre.