The old joke about a drummer being someone who hangs around with musicians is not really that funny. And you'd think it would have been made obsolete by now, as a result of the remarkable musicianship of so many drummers in all fields of music.
But BBC online has just featured a report with the byline of business reporter Ed Butler that starts off: "The British musician and drummer Sudha Kheterpal..."
Is he insulting drummers deliberately? Or is he subconsciously or totally unknowingly simply revealing ignorance and prejudice?
For the record Sudha Kheterpal (who has played with Faithless, the Spice Girls and Kylie Minogue) has created a percussive device that also creates energy. Goodness! A successful drummer... and she has a brain! Whatever next?
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