You ARE NOT alone my son .Maybe I've got a chemical imbalance but if I'm wearing sunglasses while performing outdoors it hinders concentration. If chewing gum or I have a toothpick my concentration is noticeably increased. Please tell me you have some form of oddness as well.
Whew!..thank God ..Mom!...im normal!.You ARE NOT alone my son .
Have you read all the odd and WEIRD things posted by all of us on this forum ? I guess that’s why we’re drummers?
I’m weird , therefore I drum !
Or is it ….
I drum , therefore I’m weird!
I don't have any oddness like that! LolMaybe I've got a chemical imbalance but if I'm wearing sunglasses while performing outdoors it hinders concentration. If chewing gum or I have a toothpick my concentration is noticeably increased. Please tell me you have some form of oddness as well.
I don't have any oddness like that! Lol
I guess my oddness is mostly internal. For example, I get tremendously stressed traveling to new places, and I worry incessantly about loading in and finding parking, etc. Stupid stuff, when I say it out loud. But once I'm set up and ready for the gig to start, I'm in my zone.
I remember noticing when in my early 20s, that when battling NYC traffic (which I had to do a few times per year), I'd chew the hell out of my tongue. Many years later, I found out why that was (and how Michael Jordan and I have yet more in common than simply both being magnificent physical specimens):If chewing gum or I have a toothpick my concentration is noticeably increased.
A while back, Wonderboy’s OT gave me a booklet to read about something called “Suck-Swallow-Breathe Synchrony.” At first glance, I wouldn’t have expected it to revitalize the study of math in my home, but that is exactly what has happened.
The booklet describes how the coordinating of these three actions—sucking, swallowing, and breathing—is the brain’s first major task after a baby is born. Successful “SSB Synchrony” lays the groundwork for umpteen other developmental milestones down the road. The entire discussion was fascinating, but what really jumped out at me was the description of how, later in life, the brain uses SSB synchrony as a tension reliever or to help focus on other tasks. This is why Michael Jordan sticks out his tongue when he’s playing basketball. This is why people chew on pens, mints, and fingernails. This (I now realize) is why I seem to be incapable of writing a novel without consuming vast quantities of gummy bears or gumballs. I always thought it had to do with being a sugar junkie. I now understand that it’s about the chewing—it helps my brain to concentrate on the work.
Adults, the booklet explained, quite unconsciously avail themselves of the concentration aid provided by oral stimulation. I am reminded of the editorial meetings of my past: almost everyone at the table had something to sip, munch, or chew. Kids gnaw pencils in school, but gum isn’t usually allowed, for obvious and logical reasons. But our OT told about how she used to work in a school for the deaf, and when she convinced the parents to allow the kids access to pretzels and gummy worms while they did their schoolwork, productivity skyrocketed. A child who would normally have spent 45 minutes struggling through a page of math was now finishing his work in 10 minutes.
When I'm playing indoors I have a colored light that blinks and if I stare at that my concentration is perfect and I feel very relaxed... I feel you buddy!Maybe I've got a chemical imbalance but if I'm wearing sunglasses while performing outdoors it hinders concentration. If chewing gum or I have a toothpick my concentration is noticeably increased. Please tell me you have some form of oddness as well.
I play my best when chewing gum. Dunno why exactly...I think it keeps my brain from over focusing and tripping me up.Maybe I've got a chemical imbalance but if I'm wearing sunglasses while performing outdoors it hinders concentration. If chewing gum or I have a toothpick my concentration is noticeably increased. Please tell me you have some form of oddness as well.
I play my best when chewing gum. Dunno why exactly...I think it keeps my brain from over focusing and tripping me up.
the brain uses SSB synchrony as a tension reliever or to help focus on other tasks. This is why Michael Jordan sticks out his tongue when he’s playing basketball. This is why people chew on pens, mints, and fingernails.
I’ve been told I can have a weird look and mouth hanging open when in the zone behind the kit , but no drool. The only person I ever saw drool was my late guitarist brother. When he was in the zone the look was so intense and he’d be drooling for a few seconds before even realizing it . If he wasn’t so good and awesome to watch play it would have been gross .It’s a secret…(ssssh..).I drool sometimes while playing hard.