{"id":176286,"date":"2023-12-23T20:40:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T20:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=176286"},"modified":"2023-12-24T12:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T12:20:46","slug":"addendum-pre-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/12\/23\/addendum-pre-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Addendum Pre Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I had a thought about music. or more specifically I think as an experiment I may try and write\/create\/record songs that are a little more obvious in 2024. I have have tried this on one number recently and it was well received, Also I tried out the vocal effect box on my last track which was a bit weird and not my best effort but the vocals worked in the context of the music in terms of production very well. Working on you own gives freedom but it can also lead to dead ends and a lack of connection to the common experience. have been carrying on as per normal today, mostly music related as you might expect. My energy is a tad depleted to put it mildly. Sometimes in artistic and creative terms you get to a point where you feel like you are just chasing your tail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the End of the Day<br><br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/728299450&#038;color=%23e49864&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/at-the-end-of-the-day\" title=\"At The End Of The Day\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">At The End Of The Day<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its a Violin and Orchestra thing, (fake orchestra as I couldn&#8217;t get a real one in my bijou studio room) or on the staircase like Joe Meek  \ud83d\ude42  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have just been figuring out the sampling function on my new keyboard. Its very basic but I did manage to get it going and it might be useful once in a blue moon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A friend asked about bass as they play a little bit and there were asking for advice. Always dangerous, especially asking me about. I also play bass but not often and hardly ever live.  But despite not being an authority on such matters I proffered the following. Some bass parts are almost a melody. The best ones are often a counter melody. But equally well there is a lot of root and 5th stuff. Motown often was just a root note played very rhythmically and percussively with a pick. Rock bands (60s and 70s)often had a lot of movement in the bass. PM played a lot of bass parts that were &#8220;tunes&#8221; in Beatles songs. Anything goes as long as the phrasing is right with a good feel. So a song mighty have root notes then a walk up or down to the Chorus , and maybe something like a counterpoint thing in the bridge. But double stops should be used with care as should arpeggios generally speaking. As to what is correct? Well that&#8217;s a matter for who ever wrote the tune or is leading the band&#8230;. Jazz bass walks a lot obviously. What&#8217;s correct is what serves the song. Some songs almost have the melody played an octave or two down. Some bands the bass just plays one note in the chord and that&#8217;s that, (usually with the bass drum). Piano often has contrapuntal movement in the left hand. So what maybe just do whatever you think works and hopefully everyone else will think it works too. With no disrespect to bass players generally, for simpler music you don&#8217;t need to be a genius. Just feel the music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-brown-background-color has-background\">We carry on as normal at Christmas pretty much but have a veggie Christmas Dinner of sorts, open a couple of presents. Maybe watch a daft film if there is one that appeals to both of us. So very low key this year. That&#8217;s Ok really though.<br><br>My life is fairly staid these days. Making music at home for online distribution. Playing live a bit and just rolling along with no particular ambition. When I am not depressed its more than enough for me really now. I know I couldn&#8217;t gig the way we used to as I don&#8217;t have the same stamina. That doesn&#8217;t mean I can&#8217;t do things, but a more measured approach seems to work. Enjoying what I can do and not getting too down if I have a bad day. or even week which can happen. I am now the same age <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deltaladies.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.deltaladies.com\/\">Vicky Martin<\/a> was when she had the quadruple bypass op and  I fid I just  cant compete with people in there early 40s anymore in terms of energy, (mental or physical) so a bit of coming to terms is required. The incident with my eye was a real reminder that I am ageing. In 2022 I was trying every possible musical opportunity and it got frustrating in the end. This year I had to an extent given up and its worked out OK mostly. Next year is as ever in the lap of the gods of course, If I am spared&#8230;..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-beige-color has-dark-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5a9e5b65f44ef06b1a133e012490afbc\"><strong><em>I never was good in the mornings<\/em><\/strong><br>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"885\" data-attachment-id=\"176302\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/12\/23\/addendum-pre-christmas\/whoops\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/whoops.jpg?fit=655%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"655,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"whoops\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/whoops.jpg?fit=604%2C885&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/whoops.jpg?resize=604%2C885&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/whoops.jpg?w=655&amp;ssl=1 655w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/whoops.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a thought about music. or more specifically I think as an experiment I may try and write\/create\/record songs that are a little more obvious in 2024. I have have tried this on one number recently and it was well received, Also I tried out the vocal effect box on my last track which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/12\/23\/addendum-pre-christmas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Addendum Pre Christmas<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-JRk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":177979,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/09\/29\/today-its-not-raining\/","url_meta":{"origin":176286,"position":0},"title":"Today It&#8217;s not raining","author":"diana Stone","date":"September 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Hurrah. 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