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.
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Short-term gain pleasures so often turn into long-term sorrow type pains. We have an extraordinary amount of rain locally, but today its stopped after 3 days worth. It is the usual routine this week. Practice and record and see what I can create. No band outings until October starts.
This weeks song that’s scampered off into the wild:
Self destructive behaviours are not always obvious to us and others.
I tried watching Sir Keirs speech. I had to turn it off. Why can he not use the phrase “People of this country” instead of the ablest, divisive and offensive “Working people of this country”? This implies that if you are not economically active you can go “F*** yourself” rather. Get a new speech writer now.
Its pissed me off so much I feel a song coming on.
Is thinking overrated? Possibly. It’s been a funny week. My car got through the MOT with a spot of wielding this time. Not cheap but much cheaper than replacing it. Other stuff is ticking along though I have not felt 100%. It’s not covid as I checked that. Keeping up with exercises has slipped a bit too. I really need to get back on the exercise bike more again starting now and in fact today I have. The band is getting the odd gig in here and there which is nice. We do need more photos and video to help promote it it though.
I have switched to radio news rather than television with its succession of grim war footage as that’s a bit draining. At least I can know whats going on without having to see too much of it that way.
Last week included making soup, Butternut squash and garlic and onions and potato and things in the first outing for the recently acquired slow cooker and a visit from my sister plus a band rehearsal which went well.
Once upon a time in London on a boat in September 2004 (47 years old ) 🙂 It was cold. And there was a horrible disco.
I am recording a rather mournful sounding violin instrumental, not too sure about it to be honest. Spent a lot of time recording the violin part, so I will put it on hold for a while before mixing. I might change some of the arrangement behind it. I might just bin it. Who knows? As it turned out I did finish it after all and will point it at the unsuspecting world anyway. They have only themselves to blame.
At present we are having huge amounts of rain and storms which are likely to last for a day or so more and are causing disruption. The rain is quite loud too. A lot of water is falling but we have some seriously heavyweight drainage here, due to being on a flood plain with a water meadow as well as the Great Ouse surrounding us on 3 sides.
So what do I mean by this. Well as to my physical health, I am still here today (that’s about all I can say), but my mental health has been wonky for years. I feel I am drifting as I don’t seen to have too much drive to do stuff at present. Is it ageing. Yes, and no I guess. I have been producing a lot of music and I do get out to play live again a little, but I don’t feel like planning for the next big adventure so much anymore. Hopefully it’s just a passing phase. Autumn always has a whiff of things being over. This Autumn it seems even more intense somehow. I guess that is where my heads at now.
A few friends seem to be having troubles and uncertainty too. Perhaps it’s catching 🙂 I am trying to figure out what to do if my car doesn’t pass its MOT. Is it time to get back to being a one car household? Not sure. It might work? Choices are hard at times. Just been for a dental check up and I am OK at present. I hate going to the dentists. I had a lot of work done as a child including a lot of extractions in one go with gas and its left me feeling anxious at the dentists all these years later.
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