Category Archives: Musings

Here we are again

Sunshine again. Marvellous.

I have recorded a lot of music particularly over the last 3 years and its been better received than ever really in terms of listeners and followers which is great but it’s got very mournful. Maybe it’s the zeitgeist? But I do want to break the cycle and do something a little more upbeat at least in outlook. Stuff that’s a bit more Van Gogh/Hockney rather than Edvard Munch/Hieronymus Bosch to use an art analogy. I have just working on something that might be a bit lighter Musically. Putting the bare bones together. I have not been out today as I have had a headache.

Next week is a quiet one with a rehearsal with Jons folkies but otherwise free. If the weather’s OK I will get out a bit as well as my musical doings perchance.

Facebook does give a window on the world in so many ways. Another US friend is a trucker, self employed and lives in the truck with his wife. But he doesn’t own the truck it’s rented from the company he gets his jobs from so he is constantly in debt due to maintenance costs and low paying jobs. He cant leave the job until he can find one that pays enough for him and his mrs to have somewhere to live.

My dentist said I got some bone loss in my jaw. Going to have to up vit D dose again I think. No surprise to me to be honest.

My latest music diversions on the links below

  • by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Only Human Now by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • by Diana Stones Glasscage
    A Brief Pause by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • by Diana Stones Glasscage
    pop folk
  • by Diana Stones Glasscage
    A mellow synth and guitar track, in a Santana or Pink Floyd vibe.
  • by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Just a Sunny Day With You by Diana Stones Glasscage
  • by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Old School 70s Instrumental prog rock
  • by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Mellow chill out trance violin vibe
  • by Diana Stones Glasscage
    Better World If Only by Diana Stones Glasscage

I know there are good people out there, but they are very hard to find. Perhaps they are all in hiding now?

Whoops a daisy

A couple of weeks back I fell off a ladder fixing a light in the kitchen just before a run of 5 gigs. I managed to get through those OK. I did bruise my left hand but was able to get through it all, then subsequently I had a lot of bruising on my lower back and bum and later I discovered my right hand had also taken a beating. I seem to be functional and mending but I also did jar my neck a bit too just for added spice. Luckily I didn’t hit my head. A moments lack of concentration and I stepped into the void. Do not recommend. Shortly after this I heard a friend had busted a hip dancing. I do not relish the ‘random stuff happening’ element that seem to increase with the passing of time. For the present I continue bruised and a somewhat battered. So in addition to my usual arthritic grumbles I have a had a few extras. On the plus side I got a higher than l was expecting PPL/PRS royalties payout this quarter that has covered my car insurance for the year so I can still pretend to be a songwriter/composer.

Images are deceptive. What you see and what you get are no guarantee of quality so dear buyer beware of what you find there.
I continue to work away as ever on my musical diversions many and various as presented here above with a recent recording. The absurdity of knowing that there is so much one does not know, whilst listening to others attempt to school us is ever present too.

I am doing a few brief video chats to camera just for fun on some of my social media as an experiment. I am not sure how well that will work but its something different at least.
I think I have slightly fried my brain cells in the last few months. I have been thundering away writing and recording stuff at slightly manic level of output. I need to have a refresh of sorts. I am not too good at chilling out.

Last year apart from all the other music doings I recorded 132 of my own original songs and instrumentals. This year so far its 32. Some are good though a lot are very average. That’s Bi-polar for you, but you get to a point where you cant switch off. I have been deliberately listening to music this last week that I really like for a bit of inspiration and different directions. Not just the harmonic construction, melodys and so forth but also the production and sound. I am starting to chase my tail a little.

Going forward because we cant find reverse

Here is a new song.

Better World If Only

I am having one of those I should be happy but I am not days. I think I need a mental refresh of sorts as I feel things have got a bit stale. It happens to us all of course. Maybe its just one bad day. Things are mostly OK. Mostly things are positive. Even my old car is running again! Lots of good things.Its just whatever is happening in my head at the moment. It happens. I have been using the mood tracking app and patterns are appearing as I expected inevitably.
I have done fairly well. I have 2 bands and a trio and occasional others to play live music with. My own original stuff is doing quite well and is heard a lot more now than it ever was. I have a comfortable home in a fairly nice place with open countryside near by. I won’t starve. A lot is very good. I do miss old friends of course…

@dianastonemusic #music #dianasmusic #lovemymusic #dianastonesglasscage #dianastone #vocal ♬ original sound – Diana Stone

Hopefully I will see you some of you on the flip side 😉