{"id":180107,"date":"2026-05-07T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=180107"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:53:12","slug":"mad-may-merry-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2026\/05\/07\/mad-may-merry-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad May, Merry May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mad May I suspect. 3 years now on state pension. That’s gone very quickly. The time not the pension I hasten to add which is still extant. I do keep a diary of sorts of what I am doing each day. I find it helps a little with keeping things together mentally at times.

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I note that several people of my acquaintance either cant get gigs or find people willing to work with them. They range from ex pro players to very good semi-pro players. The primary factor seems to be distance and age. The people you need are just too far away. There is a surprisingly small pool of players of the right demographic that are visible and I seem to know very many of them. Most of those that have a regular thing going on are people that are local to each other. And at present my mojo just seems to have up and gone. So I guess short of divine intervention its just not happening. Age is really the issue when you drill down. Ironically If I were to move to Colne\/Nelson \/Burnley, those places are full of exe London hippy types many of whom play music that I would like. A lot are in a similar situation to me, roof over the head and enough to get by but not 4 holidays a year and fancy cars. So actually more my type than the folk around these parts. I do feel Ok when I am sufficiently occupied to be honest, but my problem is still about being awkward in social situations where its unstructured. I think that’s hard wired into my personality now and rather like you if I have a role to play or a reason to be there I am fine, Just going somewhere to hang out with folks I don’t know is not so easy although when I do go somewhere different on the rare occasion’s I do often end up chatting to people and seemingly they like my company. All very familiar I am sure. This week is hopefully two rehearsals, Jon’s folkies on Wednesday and The Sonic Boomers on Friday then a folk gig in Chesham on Sunday afternoon for charity with tea and cakes as a reward. That’s an Ok week. With a bit of recording\/production as well.

I just put together another proper ‘Album’. Marching in Lines <\/strong> from tracks from the last 6 months. and nearly all songs with only a couple of instrumentals. Hopefully that will be available from end of May at all the usual places, Spotify, YouTube Amazon and so forth. Keeps me off the streets. Its also a handy way to register the songs too.
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