Got to on keep trying. Apparently. Even when you are running out of steam. And I am a wee bit I must confess. Today I assembled an exercise bike and it was quite a workout to be honest. Outdoor exercises at this season plays havoc with my arthritis, so it a useful winter compromise. Keeping fit when you don’t regularly gig is I find a problem. So I am slowly trying to build up a little bit of stamina again if I can. Also activity can help alleviate or mitigate depression too which is also a very important for me as well. So in-between practicing and recording and mixing there is now exercise to work in as well. It’s worth a try at least.
The worlds in a pretty bad state now and there’s little that an individual can do really. Public out cry about injustice may well make us feel we are doing something, but it seems that we have less and less power to achieve any sort of leverage and change the mindset of those that rule over us. Power is a drug and those that don’t have it are doomed to waste away. There is no sense left in the whole wide world now.
Here’s a world/jazz genre instrumental. It’s called “Intrusive thoughts”
Facebook: Yes it’s useful and mostly benign except for one thing. The endless rubbish that comes through on messenger from spammers and scammers and phishers. I get it in industrial quantities at times. the messages start like this “Hi” or “How are you”.
Nobody tells you why they are getting in contact for example. It’s almost never anything genuine. Ok its a nuisance but it stil annoys me. Ho hum. Also it is always worth remembering that pretty things may be toxic and dangerous. So don’t always believe what you see.
- April Musing Continued
Aches and pains again. Yep, it would be easy to give in and just fill up with analgesics at times. I spoke to my sister and she is not feeling too good at all. I suspect she will have retired to bed for a day or too most lightly. She did mention looking at houses in Colne where she lived for many years again which to me seems logical. Her inheritance legal tangles rumble on still though. She could get one and have a few bob spare for stuff though rather … Continue reading April Musing Continued - April 2025, Just a Sunny Day With You
Its sunny and its not unpleasant. A few minor domestic ructions but hopefully nothing too bothersome. On a musical note, my singing voice has definitely changed over the last few months. My breathing is a lot better,(its affected by the arthritis in my chest and upper back) so although it will never be ‘beautiful’ I think it kind of works with my songs. Cool My exercise routine has had some tangible results in terms of pain reduction and some improvement in posture but I never considered that it might help me … Continue reading April 2025, Just a Sunny Day With You - Here we are again
Sunshine again. Marvellous. I have recorded a lot of music particularly over the last 3 years and its been better received than ever really in terms of listeners and followers which is great but it’s got very mournful. Maybe it’s the zeitgeist? But I do want to break the cycle and do something a little more upbeat at least in outlook. Stuff that’s a bit more Van Gogh/Hockney rather than Edvard Munch/Hieronymus Bosch to use an art analogy. I have just working on something that might be a bit lighter Musically. … Continue reading Here we are again - Whoops a daisy
A couple of weeks back I fell off a ladder fixing a light in the kitchen just before a run of 5 gigs. I managed to get through those OK. I did bruise my left hand but was able to get through it all, then subsequently I had a lot of bruising on my lower back and bum and later I discovered my right hand had also taken a beating. I seem to be functional and mending but I also did jar my neck a bit too just for added spice. … Continue reading Whoops a daisy - Going forward because we cant find reverse
Here is a new song. Better World If Only I am having one of those I should be happy but I am not days. I think I need a mental refresh of sorts as I feel things have got a bit stale. It happens to us all of course. Maybe its just one bad day. Things are mostly OK. Mostly things are positive. Even my old car is running again! Lots of good things.Its just whatever is happening in my head at the moment. It happens. I have been using the … Continue reading Going forward because we cant find reverse