Monthly Archives: July 2021

 

 

I was struck philosophical this morning. I thought about my decisions over the last 20 years and on the whole I think they were the right ones. Givinging up the well paid Civil Service Job for full time music and meeting a lot of very interesting people and the fringe benefits was I think a good gamble and not doing that would have been a lot less enjoyable, though they were some bumpy times along the way. Also the fact that my father died at a relatively young age and so had 6 weeks of retirement also informed my decision. I am now just about the same age he was when he died. So for me in a weird way anything beyond this time feels like its a bonus. Also there is no doubt that I am getting more arthritic and regular gigging the way I used to seems unlikely again due to covid, finding co-conspirators mad enough to do it and the physical wear and tear. So doing it when I did seems logical. None of us could have foreseen the current crisis either. So to have got this far is not so bad considering where I started. If there are more fun and frolics to be had I won’t turn then down though.

Starting From Scratch

Delta Ladies, Diana Stones Songs, glass cage, history, music, Musings

When the rules of the game change we must change or likely loose. And the rules have certainly changed.  I am now firmly in the “one day at time day” category. No great long term plans and I will see what happens when I andf get there.  Mentally I feel a bit more on the ball all of a sudden. Physically not so much. And the balls are all in the air at present. So if I am not at the end quite yet, what next?  I really do feel clueless.
I have been keeping up on the creative side as much as possible of course. Its mostly what I do these days. I can’t do more and I rarely do less.  It takes more effort than it used to though. A lot more effort. 

I wrote a humorous and slightly near the mark song yesterday. Dare I sing it? I am not sure. Many don’t do irony. I  once worked with a very clever songwriter and singer. She had a  great voice. She was also a burlesque performer and a natural comedian.  What she had not reckoned with was that people did not get the joke and essential wrote her off a posh stripper. She was quite a wit but many didn’t get it. When she went on to try and push her songwriting career people didn’t really always want to know.  That was a great shame and  a major talent has been missed in my opinion.   

So I shall endeavour to make the most of  the abilities I gave creatively as long as I am allowed. It’s been a hard year or two having lost close friends and its only in the last month or so I really felt as though I was not under a permanent cloud.  I just woke up feeling different. Not better and not worse but different. The world is not looking quite the same.   

Surprise, surprise. here’s a song. It’s got a bit of dulcima  in the mix too and tin whistle though these are not featured. They are just working away supporting the song. 

 

  

Notes From Somewhere Near Bedford

Delta Ladies, Diana Stones Songs, glass cage, history, music, Musings, whatever

Diana Stone Glass Cage Music

Slowly but surely stuff is happening.  I won’t jinx anything by saying what yet, but perhaps I am turning a corner creatively. Often ends and beginnings can look very similar at times and this  definitely one or the other but I am  still not entirely clear which.  I am still feeling a bit rough mentally and physically though.  Soon we will get a  further announcement as to what the final stage of government covid  restrictions or lack of same will be. masks seem likely to be made advisory, not mandatory in most situations and presumably restrictions on numbers and distancing will be similar. 
Some are still suffering serious illness though of course.  I am not sure how comfortable I will feel as it will take some adjustments.  Emerging into the wild world is going to be a challenge after 14 months or so due in no small part to my own circumstances having changed so radically too. So I am starting from the ground up again. It may not lead anywhere buy perhaps this time around the journeys the point all though maybe it always was. When you arrive at the destination the only choice is to go home of go somewhere else.  Well this time the destination has to be somewhere else travelling hopefully of course. 

Hear is  a new  song. “Shouldent Ought To Done It”
Well you know….