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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.

Keeping On Keeping On Spaces In Our Heads

Delta Ladies, Diana Stones Songs, glass cage, whatever

Well it’s still a bit of a struggle, keeping up my level of concentration at present.  I have been recording and writing a bit too. I hope by doing a little bit each day I will be able to get back to some reasonable level of fitness again. I do have a bit of difficulty  concentrating but it seems to be more along the lines of fatigue rather than brain fog.  Food is beginning to taste a lot better again fortunately which is a relief. And most of my commitments are sorted out now too. I am finding it hard work getting back on the metaphorical bike though. Its difficult to judge how much exercise is enough or too much.   

Here is a new tune.  A very free improvisation with a slight jazz flavour with Piano, Violin and Synths. It’s quite moody I think.  Anyway see what you think.

Diana says you have to laugh

Still fighting with Covid.

Delta Ladies, Diana Stones Songs, disabilty and health news, Elephant Shelf, glass cage, music, Musings, other, pictures

Wow, I am still not really well after 3 weeks. I am getting better but its 2 steps forward and one step back at present. I have  been messaging  people to explain that I will be out of commission for another week or so, with hopefully a gradual return to my normal activities’. Its hard going though. I guess I am feeling my age now. It’s hot again too. Too hot for me in recovery to be honest. I am quite fatigued and it is  bit of a shock to be honest, my usual bounce back is not occuring in the same way.  Age I suppose. it’s very frustrating.  I feel much like I did during lock down again, but I still don’t feel well yet.  The good news is that at the time of writing finally after 3 weeks I have just tested negative. I was beginning to get a bit worried that I might be starting a long covid infection. I am working on getting my strength back a bit too. I know if I miss one day I will be tempted to miss another. Some days I get up in pain but the exercises take it away. So like music and practice and composing it is my daily routine. I am lazy so I have an almost military discipline about it. I note how much exercise  I do per day. That helps me keep motivation up. And pain killers are mostly useless for my pains so I have no choice. Each day I start with exercises and if I miss them I fit them In at a different time in the day pretty much. We are of a different character though. If i had a pottery kiln i would be a potter. I don’t really have any musical Instruments I dont play and so forth. The idea of buying  a guitar and hanging it on the wall although it might be a beautiful thing is alien to me. In part perhaps because I never had money so anything I got was a titanic struggle to get so everything gets used. 

Gosh I am so tired  though.

Never surrender, never give up.  

Here’s a tune for you all