{"id":176602,"date":"2024-02-12T19:28:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=176602"},"modified":"2024-02-12T19:28:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T19:28:03","slug":"confidence-and-imposter-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/02\/12\/confidence-and-imposter-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidence and Imposter Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-off-white-background-color has-background\">Some days you feel like a fraud. Well I do.  Yes indeed. What&#8217;s to be done about it?  I have got a little lazy recently, not learning things properly. It&#8217;s a mindset that is easy to get into.  I was very anxious when I arrived at the gig yesterday. Much more than the last time I played there. I did relax as it progressed. Just one of those things I guess. If I was doing regular solo stuff I would be OK with it I think. So its all back to doing stuff locally a bit I guess if I want to try and progress that side of things more. I really do find that I cant learn stuff just for the sake of it. I have to apply it somehow for it to stick. Although I can still learn new tricks I need a reason or an external challenge to spur me on and make it stick. Solo is a rare thing for me and to be honest really a last resort unless I turn it in to a piano bar thing with lots of standards (American song book 30s to 50s) and some originals. I just prefer working with others. It&#8217;s a little less intense.My performances are a bit variable at times I feel.  <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-brown-background-color has-background\">The sun is out as I write today.  Another week of rain expected though. I have two rehearsals this week to fit in. But not much else. I looked at a song I have written, and played it. It&#8217;s not quite ripe for recording yet though. So in the meantime I have started working on another idea. <\/p>\n\n\n<h4>So here is a recent one to be getting on with instead:<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1706239617&amp;color=%23e49864&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<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 style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"50 Years Later\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/50-years-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50 Years Later<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I must go now and check how the sunset is proceeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a05fe538658d&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a05fe538658d\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"726\" data-attachment-id=\"176643\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/02\/12\/confidence-and-imposter-syndrome\/studio-dee-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/studio-dee-1.jpg?fit=1511%2C1816&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1511,1816\" 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=\"studio-dee-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/studio-dee-1.jpg?fit=604%2C726&amp;ssl=1\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/studio-dee-1-852x1024.jpg?resize=604%2C726&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Diana Stone playing in the composing studio.\" class=\"wp-image-176643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/studio-dee-1.jpg?resize=852%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 852w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/studio-dee-1.jpg?resize=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/studio-dee-1.jpg?resize=768%2C923&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/studio-dee-1.jpg?resize=1278%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1278w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/studio-dee-1.jpg?w=1511&amp;ssl=1 1511w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/studio-dee-1.jpg?w=1208 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sunset was excellent and I hartly approved of it. 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The overwhelming urge to hibernate is getting really strong at present. A few minor tech problems hit my music making, but I think I have got it licked now. Well almost so we will see. 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