Jazz drummer Chloe Kim has been playing since 17 February and is set to reach 100 hours by Sunday. But the idea is as much about art as learning more about herself, she says
hloe Kim celebrated her 27th birthday in a way few people do: drumming for 10 hours. When I visit her just outside Hobart on Tuesday she’s sitting behind her drum kit, languidly tapping out a steady rhythm for a small audience. Next to her is a screen that shows she’s been drumming for 45 hours and 54 minutes over four and a bit days: her goal is to hit 100 hours by the tenth.
While it may seem like a Herculean effort, the professional jazz drummer is accustomed to drumming for long stints. “When I moved from Canberra to Sydney to study, I didn’t really have any friends, so all I did was practise,” she says. “I would practise 10 hours a day. But I began making a life outside of study and while I was so grateful for that, it also meant I had little time to focus on drumming. So I really, really missed this. I just wanted another kick to get back to it.
Drumming for 10 hours on 10 consecutive days takes a physical and mental toll. Kim sometimes needs to take painkillers for assorted aches; she also frequently needs to stretch her forearms: “I can feel that they’ve worked hard.”
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