Well it’s been quite a year with a few ups and downs as usual. My partners been ill but is now on the mend though still feeling some discomfort from a surgical procedure.
At present it’s one of those days, Bathroom sink got suddenly blocked and I had to take the trap off and stuff but now its got a leak underneath so will have to get plumber. Also my cold is now having a reprise, Bollocks. Just remembered I have Homeserve cover so I booked a person for Tuesday pm. Fingers crossed that they can fix it…
I have been looking at what I have done over this year musically: I have recorded 79 of my own tunes (songs instrumentals) and released 3 albums on streaming services Played on 3 of the Invisibles releases Played on 3 other peoples releases on streaming services. in 2025 my recorded works have been played around 45,000 times and 10,000 plays of tracks recorded with Jon Bickley and also with the Invisibles’ too. It’s a fair amount. That’s globally, most in the USA followed by Far east, Indian subcontinent then Eastern Europe and Russia. Remainder western Europe (including the UK) and Gulf States. It has been an increasing as a trend at present. It will be interesting to see if it stalls next year as I don’t think it can just keep increasing really. I expect its a blip to be honest. It is surprising when you do break it down and look at in writing. I am doing an end of year album release of 6 tracks and calling it “Cool Woke Virus“
The many, many faces of me.
And why not I hear you say.
I have played around 25 gigs with various people and at open mike’s a couple of times. A quiet year compared with the glory days though. It’s nice to still be gigging though at 68 years old.
Its my plan for the NY is to try and transcribe some of my songs so I have workable versions I could play live at OMs and stuff. Reality can get a bit boring this time of year I find though. I am not a big fan of Christmas to be honest. Also I don’t think I will be doing any singing this week until my throat clears a bit. I am having a lot of garlic with everything at present to try and shift the end of the cold and congestion.
My anxiety/depression and related problems have had the usual ups and downs through the year and as ever the arthritis has made itself known on and off in varying degrees. So here we are another year on and feeling my age a bit. And also the eternal question which is what’s next, if anything of course?
My days apart from music related activities’ are pretty random unless I am going out. Maybe it’s the winter effect but I really am just plodding on a semi-comatose state. Not depressed or anxious, but more like a feeling of being absent…
A few tunes from this year
- I See You For What You Are by Diana Stone
- Impressionistic Solo Piano
- Thinking on a winter's day about what's gone wrong.
- Looking back on life and its highs and lows and what was worth it and what wasn't
- Mellow Calming Elevator Music
- A song about trying to work at what the point is if there is one.
- A song about meeting somebody from your past that has not done so well in the intervening years…
- Piano trio and vocal
- dreaming of ice and winter
- The thoughts of somebody watching life pass by on the street from the window. Perhaps an older or lonely person that feels apart and no longer needed wondering about the thoughts going on in the heads of the people passing by.
- Poppy trance song
- Just another rock song about getting it on
- Soul song about desire and longing and frustration.
- Chill out Violin tune
- A song about chaos and fear and confusion.
- Energetic fast Piano jazz trio track
- A song of sadness in the night alone seeing a stranger and wondering who they are.
- Play Me And My Trust Game Baby by Diana Stone
- A song about strange dreams in Strange times.
- Psych Folk Ballad