Category Archives: Musings

A Jolly Tune

Diana Stones Songs, Musings, Piano, pictures

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

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.

Diana Stone live playing keyboards
Diana Stone Table Service with a Smile

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..

When To Run Away And When To Stand Your Ground

Diana Stones Songs, glass cage, music, Musings, other, Piano, piano works, whatever

Tricky one that. Run away is looking a pretty solid option at present. But where to? There is no further shore where the land is calm and bountiful and the weather temperate. Or if there is I haven’t seen it yet.

Winter is not fully hear yet, we are in that strange nether world, between and betwixt at present. Interesting light and colours abounding until the dark comes down suddenly and very early or so it feels to me at least. the abrupt change to the dark evenings is always hard going for me personally. Though its a good time for working on music and recordings and related stuff with less distraction. on my of my website music outlets I have on their stats listings:

3 top 1
109 top 50
648 songs
91.2K plays

If I total up all my music plays over all of the places its available I have I guess around.
250,000 plays. Not bad as it means I do get people listening to what I do. So that’s fun.
Of course it doesn’t make me much money at all maybe about £400 a year from everything I do including recordings made with other people as well as my own. I don’t make a living from being a live performer these days like I did when I was in the Delta Ladies though. But nothing stays the same for ever But considering where I started in life it could be a lot worse. Would I have liked to be a Super Star? 😂 Might have been fun I guess though it sounds like a lot of hard work really.

Below is me singing an old song, solo with piano. I may do a few versions of my songs this way to Facebook and TikTok, Instagram and so forth in future.

I asked a machine to tell me about forgiveness and the concept of “turning the other cheek”.
This is what it said. These embody a profound resilience and compassion in the face of conflict. Turning the other cheek is a metaphorical expression often associated with responding to aggression or offense with non-retaliation. It emphasizes the transformative power of forgiveness, encouraging individuals to break the cycle of negativity and choose understanding over revenge. Perhaps we need to be ruled by the machines after all. Perhaps our new cyber overlords would be kind and indulgent with us even though they might see us as merely pets?
We seem to be in need of forgiveness now.

The machine spoke to me again today. What is love?

“Love” is a complex and multifaceted concept that has been explored and defined in various ways throughout history, literature, philosophy, and psychology. It encompasses a range of emotions, attitudes, and behaviors, and its meaning can vary depending on the context and the individuals involved. Generally, love is often described as a deep affection, attachment, or strong positive feeling towards someone or something.

But of course humans programmed it, though sometimes you wouldn’t think so.

Mind how you go.