{"id":177172,"date":"2024-04-21T19:50:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T18:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=177172"},"modified":"2024-04-21T19:50:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T18:50:17","slug":"humble-how-is-that-working-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/04\/21\/humble-how-is-that-working-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Humble, How is That Working For You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(228,228,228) 69%,rgb(208,225,252) 100%)\">I don&#8217;t like to push to much, but that&#8217;s hard if you make music and actually want it to be heard by anyone. Also I try to not get pretentious and keep a light touch and a sense of humour, but that is not always to my advantage. We are not judging you&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"177175\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/04\/21\/humble-how-is-that-working-for-you\/vicky-and-di\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Vicky-and-Di.jpg?fit=762%2C631&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"762,631\" 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=\"Vicky-and-Di\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Vicky-and-Di.jpg?fit=604%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Vicky-and-Di.jpg?resize=604%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vicky martin and Diana Stone\" class=\"wp-image-177175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Vicky-and-Di.jpg?w=762&amp;ssl=1 762w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Vicky-and-Di.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(74deg,rgb(246,240,240) 0%,rgb(210,224,202) 100%)\">I have had a week of self doubt about what I am doing, triggered perhaps by as usual to much introspection. I listened to a couple of recent tracks that I though were not so good and after a break from them they actually sounded rather better than I had though at first listen. Ear saturation perhaps? Particularly when listening to the sound of your own voice where over familiarity breeds utter concontempt. But what is there to do but just keep pushing on&#8230;<br><br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1770039768&amp;color=%23bd6f3c&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-off-white-background-color has-background\">I played at an Irish style session last night with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61557297860450\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61557297860450\">Also Rans (a loose Irish collective)<\/a> and it was a fine and pleasant evening of music for a Saturday night. There is something to be said for simplicity at times. I need to relearn that on occasion. Whilst talking casually a couple of people were surprised at my age, (I can&#8217;t recall how it came up in conversation) but I said it&#8217;s all an illusion, slights of hand and deception. I do forget and then my body reminds me  \ud83d\ude42<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t like to push to much, but that&#8217;s hard if you make music and actually want it to be heard by anyone. Also I try to not get pretentious and keep a light touch and a sense of humour, but that is not always to my advantage. We are not judging you&#8230;. 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