{"id":180117,"date":"2026-05-25T21:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=180117"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:44:01","slug":"a-word-to-the-not-so-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2026\/05\/25\/a-word-to-the-not-so-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"A word to the not so wise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.

Re my musical dilemma and quandary.

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.

As I write we are having a mini-heat wave at 32C which means I wont be doing much. I have just played Chesham Festival with the Invisible Folk Club band<\/a> and it was fun but very, very warm In other news I noticed better than expected results from the streaming services so the music is getting out there even when I think its not.
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