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January and all that

January 8, 2024Delta Ladies, Diana Stones Songs, glass cage, music, Musings, other, pictures, whateverdiana Stone

Well its arrived again, I am sure we had one only 12 months ago. Dull, Cold and Grey like a Dickensian firm of solicitors. I have been clearing out old papers, bill and similar in the feint hope that the place would look less of a mess, but its hasn’t worked. So far I have 2 gigs in the book for next year. Not a lot but at least its not zero. The world is a complicated and contradictory place at times. Particularly the human condition and the strange, wants needs desires and impulses that arise from our fleshy being. Many of us are left with itches that are far too dangerous to scratch. Its hard not to succumb. The temptation is there though trying to pull us off our true compass heading and straight on to the rocks. Or perhaps that is just me….
Trying not to go mad in winter. It ought to be a self help book really.

Here is a new song. I bet you never saw that one coming 🙂 What’s it all about. As usual only you the listener can decide of course. There may be clues in the lyrics of course.
Its Called “I Am So Easily Lead”

Diana Stones Glasscage · I Am So Easily Lead

I often find getting started each day very difficult, but by the evening I am usually quite lively and this used to work in my favour when I was playing gigs as I would often get home at 03.00. Now I am so often just watching YouTube. Times have really changed a lot for me. At the moment I am watching the Avengers (Steed and Mrs Peel) that is, not the Marvel crowd. Its a great looking show but very much of its time of course.

Theoretically I could do some music recording and production at any time of day almost. If am recording it might take a day or a week depending on what it is. So I might do an hour one day and 5 the next. And not at any particular time, so I could be doing something at midday or not start till the afternoon. It al depends on the day and what I am working on. Sometimes I may just stop and do something unrelated for a while. I don’t have any hard and fast rules. Sometimes you need to be inspired and you just get stuck of course. I do have motivation aplenty a lot of the time. Stuff gets done but not too any particular timetable or order though.

Here are my most recent tracks:

A Jolly Tune

November 19, 2023Diana Stones Songs, Musings, Piano, picturesdiana Stone

Here is an upbeat trance crossover tune for you all. Posted on a dull autumn Sunday.

Diana Stones Glasscage · Dont You Feel It Too Iamfu

OK, so I didn’t sleep so well last night, but mostly alright. A fairly productive day yesterday with music and related doings at home. Bones a bit creaky again so making sure to do my morning exercises routine again. I am doing a short version to get back in to it as I have been slacking and its showing. My body knows the season has changed. Among other activity’s I have indulged in has been a small sightreading mini marathon on the piano, mostly hymns and Victorian an Edwardian parlour songs. Played inaccurately but non stop. The power of prescription reading glasses I guess.

Some days I do feel really, really old and other days not at all. I have just been unloading music kit from the car until its required next week. I used to leave stuff in the car when we were in London as it was always out of sight and often one could not park very near to the car. Also have frequent gigs then would have required taking stuff out on one day and putting it back the next virtually. Now having secure storage at ground level means its not required anymore.
Since we moved though I have still not sorted out a lot of the redundant kit, though I have sold some of it.

I think as I age and time passes the most important things is for me to have fun and do no harm.
I can’t save the world single handed, but sometimes the little things we do can make a difference to the balance of things though sometimes it takes a lot of time to see that change..