{"id":749,"date":"2010-03-22T14:50:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T14:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=749"},"modified":"2013-11-06T13:02:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T13:02:11","slug":"blessed-are-the-cheese-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2010\/03\/22\/blessed-are-the-cheese-makers\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessed are the Cheese Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you maybe aware that I am in the web business as well as the music one. I built my first website in 1998, it was rubbish but you have to start somewhere I guess, I got in to commercial IT for \u00a0a while and then began \u00a0freelancing.<br \/>\nI currently host about 35 web domains. What is interesting to note is the parallel between web design and development and music. Everybody can buy a computer and get a free web site and put music on the internet. they can do this very cheaply and along with perhaps millions of other songwriters, and they can also try to sell their own product.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The problem with this is everybody wants it for free<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Everybody knows how to click a mouse =&gt; This makes them an expert on the web, E commerce and social networking&#8230;..<\/li>\n<li>Everybody has a friend who is a brilliant singer songwriter=&gt; if you you can only join their fanclub, or vote for them or support the gig they are doing with ten other bands at the Dog &amp; flea pit, its only a fiver to get in and the bands only payed \u00a310 to play there in the first place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Everybody has a friend who builds websites, =&gt; so you don&#8217;t need web developers \u00a0or designers and there is always the free webs too, all of those beautiful \u00a0 templates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One million ways to syndicate pictures of your cat on the internet. \u00a0Imagine that, maybe we have dumbed down just a little too far?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you maybe aware that I am in the web business as well as the music one. I built my first website in 1998, it was rubbish but you have to start somewhere I guess, I got in to commercial IT for \u00a0a while and then began \u00a0freelancing. I currently host about 35 web &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2010\/03\/22\/blessed-are-the-cheese-makers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blessed are the Cheese Makers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-749","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-c5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":963,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2010\/12\/22\/a-christmas-sing-a-long\/","url_meta":{"origin":749,"position":0},"title":"A Christmas sing-a-long","author":"diana Stone","date":"December 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I think its time for the Christmas Message now.\u00c2\u00a0 So OK here we go Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. If you can't be good be careful and if you can't be either then you are probably me. So everybody lets sing along.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":177479,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2024\/06\/17\/the-end\/","url_meta":{"origin":749,"position":1},"title":"The End?","author":"diana Stone","date":"June 17, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"There are three choices:#1 Abandon Ukraine and hope for the best = Russia continues with its territorial ambitions#2 Support Ukraine to keep fighting until they have no will left to do so. A long war many deaths and Ukraine still loses = Russia continues with its territorial ambitions#3 NATO becomes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Diana Stones Songs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Diana Stones Songs","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/diana_stones_songs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/I-dont-bite-much.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/I-dont-bite-much.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/I-dont-bite-much.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/I-dont-bite-much.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/I-dont-bite-much.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/I-dont-bite-much.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":131471,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2018\/11\/09\/everybody-sells-out-eventually\/","url_meta":{"origin":749,"position":2},"title":"Everybody sells out eventually","author":"diana Stone","date":"November 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Well they do don't they? Everything and possibly everybody has a price.I think I have to include myself in that too. So its now November 2018 and its getting damp and cold and dark. Today I was working on a song called \"Everybody sells out eventually\" and of course it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Diana-casual.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":179422,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2025\/10\/25\/just-another-song-for-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":749,"position":3},"title":"Just Another Song For You","author":"diana Stone","date":"October 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"It's a funny old world. Everybody wants to share a little too much information it seems. But that's life I guess. It's yet another achy day and I have been mixing a live recording I did for a friends project. A little bit difficult as its a blend of narration\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/minimeboomers.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/minimeboomers.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/minimeboomers.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/minimeboomers.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/minimeboomers.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":179759,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2026\/01\/29\/the-devil-is-in-the-detail\/","url_meta":{"origin":749,"position":4},"title":"The Devil is In The Detail","author":"diana Stone","date":"January 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Lovely evening at Radbourne Folk Club last night again with the Invisible Folk Club Band Jonathan Bickley Phil Beavis Milo Richard Downs. yea fun. We played 5 songs at Redbourn folk club as a 4 piece. It was good fun... But on the drive back 25 minute delay due to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Musings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/musings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USA1.jpg?fit=1163%2C525&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USA1.jpg?fit=1163%2C525&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USA1.jpg?fit=1163%2C525&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USA1.jpg?fit=1163%2C525&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/USA1.jpg?fit=1163%2C525&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":995,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2011\/01\/17\/interesting-records-on-this-web-site-showandtellmusic-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":749,"position":5},"title":"Interesting records on this web site showandtellmusic.com","author":"diana Stone","date":"January 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Interesting records on this web site showandtellmusic.com http:\/\/www.showandtellmusic.com\/music\/a_few_of_my_favorite_records\/ Check some of these links. Its a whole new world. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. and here they are... http:\/\/www.showandtellmusic.com\/2006\/04\/six_boys_in_trouble.html and how about this >>> http:\/\/www.showandtellmusic.com\/2006\/04\/mistress_mary.html or http:\/\/www.showandtellmusic.com\/2006\/04\/moondog.html Alfred Wolfsohn Vox\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"philosophy of the world  by the Shaggs when it was a dance!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/philosophy.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1910,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/1910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}