{"id":166771,"date":"2020-08-16T14:25:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T13:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=166771"},"modified":"2020-08-16T14:25:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T13:25:39","slug":"what-next-heres-a-bit-of-a-catch-up-blog-post-for-august-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2020\/08\/16\/what-next-heres-a-bit-of-a-catch-up-blog-post-for-august-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"What next? Here&#8217;s a bit of a catch up blog post for August 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">Here&#8217;s a bit of a catch up blog post for August 2020<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Delta Ladies,\n<p>It\u2019s proved very difficult to try and keep the act going. So much of it was created by the personalities of those involved as much as anything else. Whilst I had tried to keep the band going there has not really been anyone that so far was the right fit. Not for peoples lack of trying I hasten to add. Often simply because of we had always been a \u201clet\u2019s see what happens on the night\u201d sort of band with a lot of freedom in what we played. Often Vicky would chuck in a number we had not played for months at random and not always in the same key that we had played it in before. &nbsp;On another occasion Vicky came up with a tune on the dulcimer that was sort of Scottish sounding slow air and we played it at a gig having not heard it before that evening. Sadly we did not even have a demo recording of it so its lost to the world That\u2019s not in everybody\u2019s comfort zone which is quite understandable. Its not just about playing or performing ability, it\u2019s about practical issues. Being in the right place and having the time to be involved without it clashing too much with other commitments. I had hoped to restart this year when of course Covid -19 and lockdown hit.&nbsp; That was a real blow as I had just got myself back up off the floor after Vicky\u2019s death and was beginning to feel a little more confidence again.<\/p>\n<p>I am still plowing on with the other music I make and record in various forms as much as possible, but that\u2019s a rather solitary pursuit in the main at present. I am lucky that I have what I need to create. It\u2019s useful to be able to play the range of instruments that I do. I released two albums of some of my most recent material which you can find here.<\/li>\n<li>2020 Vision<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/2020-Vision-Diana-Stone\/dp\/B084FSKQ9C\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/2020-Vision-Diana-Stone\/dp\/B084FSKQ9C<\/a><br \/>\nand<br \/>\nNot So Sure<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Not-Sure-Explicit-Diana-Stone\/dp\/B08DXLFYZX\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Not-Sure-Explicit-Diana-Stone\/dp\/B08DXLFYZX<\/a><br \/>\nReleased on August 7<br \/>\nThese are also available on Itunes and the other usual suspectsI am doing some remote collaborations from time to time to as fortunately current technology allows this fairly easily. Very different from the old days of posting cassettes to each other for collaborations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"604\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/glass-cage.com\\\/dianas_blog\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/16\\\/what-next-heres-a-bit-of-a-catch-up-blog-post-for-august-2020\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:100542291}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 604px; height: 259px;\" data-original-width=\"604\" data-original-height=\"259\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 457px; height: 259px;\" data-original-width=\"457\" data-original-height=\"259\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2019\/12\/25\/christmas-2019\/20191217_160030\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"453\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"255\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"154001\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G950F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576598430&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20191217_160030\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?fit=604%2C340&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?w=453&#038;h=255&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?w=1208 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/20191217_160030-scaled.jpg?w=1812 1812w\" width=\"453\" height=\"255\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"453\" data-original-height=\"255\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"20191217_160030\" alt=\"20191217_160030\" style=\"width: 453px; 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height: 255px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 604px; height: 305px;\" data-original-width=\"604\" data-original-height=\"305\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 173px; height: 305px;\" data-original-width=\"173\" data-original-height=\"305\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2020\/07\/19\/notes-from-a-lazy-sunday-afternoon\/20200719_170110\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"169\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"301\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"165262\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1440,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G950F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1595178069&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0013698630136986&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20200719_170110\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg?fit=169%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg?fit=576%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg?w=169&#038;h=301&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/20200719_170110-scaled.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" width=\"169\" height=\"301\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"169\" data-original-height=\"301\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"20200719_170110\" alt=\"20200719_170110\" style=\"width: 169px; 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height: 301px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 230px; height: 305px;\" data-original-width=\"230\" data-original-height=\"305\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/diana-hot-in-the-studio\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"226\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"301\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"166662\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-J320FN&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1595162183&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;1.924&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Diana Hot in the Studio\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Trying to keep cool in the studio&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg?fit=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg?fit=604%2C805&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg?w=226&#038;h=301&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg?w=1208 1208w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio-scaled.jpg?w=1812 1812w\" width=\"226\" height=\"301\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"226\" data-original-height=\"301\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Diana Hot in the Studio\" alt=\"Diana-Hot-in-the-Studio.\" style=\"width: 226px; height: 301px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Trying to keep cool in the studio <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li>Health and other stuff.\n<p>I have had a lot of bother with my back and related conditions which I am working on improving but it\u2019s been a bit up hill. I have also got quite depressed primarily because of lack of face to face contact with people I know are quite a distance away from where I live so I don\u2019t tend to be able to meet people casually.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t regret moving from London as the countryside here is wonderful and only a mere 5 minute stroll from my front door. Our next door neighbor even has ducks in his back garden. I haven\u2019t really got properly integrated locally for all sorts of reasons and Covid-19 has not helped much either with that.<br \/>\nBeing a somewhat introvert depressive makes life a bit uphill too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a bit of a catch up blog post for August 2020 &nbsp; Delta Ladies, It\u2019s proved very difficult to try and keep the act going. So much of it was created by the personalities of those involved as much as anything else. Whilst I had tried to keep the band going there has not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2020\/08\/16\/what-next-heres-a-bit-of-a-catch-up-blog-post-for-august-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What next? 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