{"id":1154,"date":"2011-11-29T14:05:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T14:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2011-11-29T14:05:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T14:05:35","slug":"headaches-and-other-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2011\/11\/29\/headaches-and-other-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"headaches and other stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Out on 3 gigs, two with the Elephant Shelf<\/a> and one with Deltas<\/a>. All pub gigs but good fun especially when you have a good audience to play off. Its nice to get back into it all again. Its also nice not having to travel too far as well. On sunday we met a new at our gig friend who is a magician with a mad sense of humour rather like ours and had just been doing a show and brought his dad along as well. I don’t think he is a real magician though as the last lottery numbers he gave me didnt win<\/p>\n

Yesterday my sister came down to visit from Colne and we spent most of the time chating which was pleasant enough. She is not in the best of health having developed diabetes and high blood pressure. I was recently checked for this and am OK at the moment fingers crossed.<\/p>\n

I also was working on learning some Ray Charles and Dr John tunes as I have found some quite good transcriptions. Its frustrating when your hands don’t go to quite the right place though. after about 4 years of titanic struggle<\/p>\n

I am finally getting to be able to sight read more complex music a bit. The trouble is having played by ear for the past 30 years its a difficult thing to do as you tend to play what you think you hear rather than what is written. Of course the music has an improvised content as well, but actualy getting down a tasty Ray Charles move or two is another thing altogether. Jazz and blues.boogie stuff written down is often very inaccurate or shorthand at best so for my befuddled brain its a bit of a workout.<\/p>\n

Also last night I watched a recorded documentary about Prince. Hes got a lot of talent, but his songs don’t really do it for me.
\nPersonal taste I suppose.<\/p>\n

Work up in the middle of the night aching quite a bit and to get relief requires me to lay on my back, so a bit over tired and irritable today. I will go off for a rehersal later this afternoon which will get me in a better mood hopefully. I must remeber to do my streching excerises too as they do help a lot and not to spend too much time at the computer as that tends to make things worse.<\/p>\n

Its interesting listening the rants about over paid over pensioned public service workers, which always come from the same sources and unfairness or otherwise.
\nThe interesting thing is of course that two of said ranters of my aquantance are ex-coppers and so will have some sort of gov pension at some point?<\/p>\n

I worked in the private sector for 17 years and as a civil servant for 13 years. Yes its very different and was in my case possibly a life saver making the move. I also saw a lot of how the other half lived.<\/p>\n

Our society such as it is becoming more divided and many more doors are shut for both young and old and there is no more room at the inn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Out on 3 gigs, two with the Elephant Shelf and one with Deltas. All pub gigs but good fun especially when you have a good audience to play off. Its nice to get back into it all again. Its also nice not having to travel too far as well. 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