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About diana Stone

Diana Stone is a performing composer and musician playing Piano Violin & Guitar. She currently plays with Orchard and The Sonic Boomers. Previously with Rock/Roots band Elephant Shelf and also the Delta Ladies who mixed roots acoustic music and electronica until the death of Vicky Martin who formed the band which was active for 17 years. Diana composes in a variety of styles from pop to rock to Jazz and and classical music. Diana is also expert in multi-media recording and music production.

Nothing Is Real, Soggy Old Fields Forever

Floods and things abounding at present. Its weird out there. I have recorded 8 songs and instrumental music this month. I do feel a bit over stimulated to be honest.

Funny old day all round. I did another test run in my car for 25 minutes. All systems nominal as they say. Checked the fault codes (all clear) when I got back. Due to the weather I haven’t entirely got it back into use. So next week hopefully I will do useful things like lugging stuff to the re-cycling center etcetera where if it does through a wobbly it can be managed. I am in the AA. Just don’t want to risk on a paid gig outing. Also tested a bit of recording gear that I have not used for 2 years, That is OK too. Part of the Vicky inheritance. Vicky brought a 24 track recorder about 3 weeks before exiting this mortal realm. I used it to record an album for Jons band and also for a demo for Orchard when we were starting out. Since then its been sitting on the shelf getting dusty. It works OK though so I will try and use it a bit again. I went to pick up some makeup (the work of the devil I know) from the amazon locker at Morrisons and I realised that I still move very quickly compared to most people of my age. I zoomed across the car park and back and it struck me. Why am I hurrying? I am not on a schedule nor am I carrying orders up the line from the general staff. I am either half a sleep or bounding off like an uncoiled spring at times… Mad I tell ya…

Here is an oldie for you from 2020, “Play Time’s Over”

Your Mind Opened Up My Doors

Sometimes you have a revelation and you can’t keep it to yourself so you end up singing about about it almost ecstatically. So I did. Go me. A very recent recording inspired by those moments of special sharing twined with enlightenment.

Your Mind And Body Opened Up My Doors

Today It’s Hard

Today it’s hard to keep myself going and I will be hibernating before you know it. The walls are closing in a bit now. The news is full of doom and destruction of course. That’s not helpful either. I have been doing my usual daily routine but I am feeling exhausted totally and completely. And a little bit depressed too to be honest. I did have a friday trio gig and that was rather fun though so that has lifted my spirits’ a bit. A joyous racket and happiness ensued.

So Putin’s got a hypersonic missile.
Spoiler alert ⚠

The V2 used in WW2 was a sort of ancestor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket
You won’t see or hear it coming. V2s dropped from an altitude of 100–110 km (62–68 mi) at up to three times the speed of sound at sea level (approximately 3,550 km/h (2,206 mph)).

So this new fangled thing was first fangled long ago. The thing is you can’t easily knock out a sub-orbital weapon, so actually you don’t need nukes so much. Just the kinetic energy alone on impact is massive and modern rockets will be faster, maybe 4000 mph.

A solo Piano work in Gb
Diana Stone music 🎶 Some recent recordings below




Hallmark films on the TV now, the ordeal of trial by christmas begins…Arghh.
Or worse, reruns of the masked singer with of all things a dancing singing outside toilet.
Truly the stuff of nightmares.

Is it just me? I still have not managed to make any local music connections sadly and I am running out of energy to try at present. I just cannot hang around in pubs waiting for serendipity to strike. Shame but that road seems to be blocked at present. I can’t be bothered to put another ad up before Christmas. Maybe try again in 2025?