Here is the transcription of my most recent video blog:
(And here’s the audio on AnchorFM)
Hey everybody, it’s Queen Mab, AKA “The Disorganized Drummer,” and I am here today to share a win with you: I finally brought my drum set into the house for the first time in three weeks. And I have it all set up, and I’m going to turn it around so that you can see that.
There’s my drums! They’re all set up. Now, but you’re probably noticing that the coating on the heads is wearing thin in a number of places – especially on the snare drum – and there’s lots of stick marks and so on and so forth. Guess what that means? That means I have to get new heads, and I have to change them.
Now, this is an executive functioning nightmare. And for those of you who didn’t see my earlier video, executive functioning is the ability to be organized, and make plans, and also emotionally regulate – I found out that that’s a part of it. So I think that part of the reason that it’s so hard for me to do these things is because there’s a lot of inherent frustration involved. I’ve found that with drum head changing, things sort of never go the way that I think they’re going to go. It’s true with any kind of maintenance project, okay?
So I’m telling you about this to hold myself accountable so that I will actually buy new heads and put them on my drums. But I’m really, really anxious about it. So I’d like to ask you – what helps you when you’ve got one of these maintenance projects that you’re just absolutely dreading…especially if you are a neurodivergent person – ADHD, autistic, OCD, anything else. What helps you?
Thanks so much for tuning in, and I hope to give you updates soon about my progress with my drum set. Don’t forget to like, comment, subscribe, and if you’d like to see more of my content, you can visit queenmabmusic.com. Thanks. Bye!