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New Song – Be Like You

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021
Queen Mab
pandeiro videos, Vlogs

What better way to fix a crummy day than to come home, play some pandeiro, and sing a wistful song about the need to prove oneself to a mentor? Here’s “Be Like You,” a song from the EP I just can’t seem to finish. How does the need to prove show up in your life?

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Disorganized Drummer

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021
Queen Mab
Vlogs

Executive function is the ability to plan and organize, and as a neurodiverse person, I totally suck at it! I “vlog” from my car today to share with you a particularly embarrassing instance of drummer executive DYSfunction. Is this a struggle for you, too? Tell me about it…you’re not alone!

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What to Play?! (and “Kiss Off”)

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021
Queen Mab
pandeiro videos, Vlogs

Here is the transcription of my most recent video blog: (And here’s the audio on AnchorFM) Well, hey, everybody. This is Queen Mab, and I am in a different location today, which is why I am using Zoom, and I

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Goodbye to my Youth (Adios Juventud)

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021
Queen Mab
non-pandeiro videos, Vlogs

It’s my freakin’ birthday. Here’s a VERY ROUGH recording of my English translation of “Adios Juventud” and an apology for not having created the fully-produced music video I dreamed of having ready by today. Now go listen to Jaime Roos!

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First Post-Pandemic Public Pandeiro Performance

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021
Queen Mab
pandeiro videos, Vlogs

Here’s my first post-pandemic pandeiro performance. And it is not perfect, but it was fun as hell. Enjoy!

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Photos from San Diego Fringe!

July 2, 2018July 2, 2018
Queen Mab
News!

I had such a great time performing my first one-woman, percussion-only musical, “International Man of Mystery,” at the 2018 San Diego International Fringe Festival. These photos were all taken by the great Robin Harris. I also had some video taken,

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Original Fringe Cast Recording

June 10, 2018June 10, 2018
Queen Mab
News!

Today I released the Original Fringe Cast Recording of all the songs from “International Man of Mystery!” You can listen to them on my bandcamp site: queenmabmusic.bandcamp.com… …or you can buy a CD from me when you come see my

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How much longer?

December 20, 2017April 11, 2018
Queen Mab
non-pandeiro videos, songwriting

Here is what will probably be my last video of 2017! This was one of three songs that I was trying to finish before the end of the year. I thought I’d record what I had of all three and

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Can we have sex now?…part 2

November 27, 2017November 27, 2017
Queen Mab
pandeiro videos

Here is the exciting conclusion to last week’s story! For the record, I really regret the Star Wars crawl…I fear it’s too hard to read, and so everyone will skip over the video…so here is the full text: In last

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Can we have sex now?…part 1

November 20, 2017
Queen Mab
pandeiro videos

At long last…a new pandeiro video! I finished this song back in September, but with all of the EP-related business, I haven’t had time to record it until now. This song is about five minutes long…long enough that my 16

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