Category Archives: Musings

Still rusty and creaking.

Delta Ladies, Diana Stones Songs, glass cage, history, Musings, whatever

Despite my best efforts I am still plagued with aches and pains and its tiring.  
After playing for 2 hours and 2 hours driving yesterday for  a rehearsal and a  recording, I  felt great when I got home yesterday but I am very stiff and aching this morning. I don’t feel so tired though and I slept better without waking up several times. I have added a couple of new moves to the exercise routine from today. So maybe that will help a little. Its irritating as you think there is an improvement and then suddenly it feels like you are back where you started from.  I am sure though this is a familiar experience to so many of us of course.

I note that  many people are doing outdoor gigs at the same local places they used to play at again. I have looked but there still doesn’t’ really  seem to be much locally. its a good sign though of course. Efforts to get some local interested musicians to play live with  are somewhat stalled at present  though which is frustrating.  It is the time of year for people to be  going on holidays and so forth of course. I do hope by late summer there is some possibility of something to get involved in locally at least.

   

 

 

For the first time in about 6 months I actually played with another musician in the same room.  It really felt quite exhilarating and very different from the online virtual though realtime sessions I have been doing via cleen feed and similar.  Also the furthest  I have been from Bedford and its environs for a fair old while too. We  recorded the session and there was a good dynamic and energy.  Even the much driven M1 seemed a place of exoctic adventure and the return rush hour traffic whilst wearisome was not so much of a grind as often it seemed in the past. So a small start but a step in the right direction. Some more  normal or near normal interactions are pretty much essential now for my mental health as much as for my creativity too. Some days are hard work though.  Talking to people helps of course though but its not quite enough.