About Diana Stone

Diana is a performing composer and musician playing Piano Violin & Guitar, synths and other stuff. She was a founder member of Rock/Roots band Elephant Shelf and also the Delta Ladies. She composes in a variety of styles from pop to rock to Jazz and and classical music .Diana is also expert in multi-media recording and music production.

Glass Cage is the name that Diana's solo projects use.

 have been playing various instruments since I was about 15. I started on Harmonica, because it looked easy and it was cheap. I didn't get on that well with it though. I had always enjoyed the Piano but where I was living it was not possible for the familly to have one frustratingly. We tried to get my Grandmas old piano, but sadly we lived in an upstairs flat and could not get it in. I made do with something called a reed organ, which was a bit like a harmonium with an electric blower. I did learn some basic things on it though. I also had a guitar which I made serious efforts with too. One instrument I had always really liked was the Violin and I started playing that too. It was very difficult to start with and I gave up for a year or so, but for some reason I thought I would have another go at it and started again. 

Fast forward a few years and I had been messing about with second hand tape machines and making recordings by bouncing sound from one tape recorder to another. I had a fairly stable job and at that point the Mk1 Teac Portastudio first appeared. Well I had to have one. By this time I had started to build up an interesting collection of Instruments keyboards guitars and so forth. I had rarely played live though. I was a bit of a techie and when I discovered you could create something called an mp3 file and put it on your website, there was no holding me back. I have a lot of music on the web. Everything from completed tracks to demos. The material spans roughly from about 1995 till the present.It covers a lot of musical genres as I have always been diverse in my musical tastes. I am still exploring musically and trying to learn something new along the way. Time passed and having assumed that I would not be doing anything much live ever, in 2004 I was invited to join a band. I have carried on with my personal musical outpourings till now, but have also played around 2500 odd gigs as well. That's something I never thought would happen. Its funny how life takes you in different directions than you expect.

If you enjoy the music I play and want to encourage and support me then just give it play, Thanks for reading this far. 

Love to you all xxx

Songwriter, and award winning lyricist at Midnight Mama Music. Currently averaging 200 co-written songs a year.

1st album by Charlie and the Fox is out now https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nWWNcrIRv08J_eEbL7MJ_1UTdMo0MjJLM&si=G83ypyLh0nQwYRis Quick note , if someone plays a track of mine I Always return the favour , and if they have no tracks I always say thank you ! But sometimes SC will show me all the listeners , but other times they only show me the last 2 hours and I have no idea of who listened to what , it is so annoying , and I apologise if I miss anyone out , it's not deliberate , I value every single one of my listeners ! Self confessed Music Addict ! I write and play/vocalise everything myself whether it be real or synthetic . Recently teamed up with Charlotte Thornton , and together we are Charlie and the Fox , it's the best thing I have ever done musically . Char has an outstanding voice , writes amazing lyrics and comes up with melodies I would never have dreamed of , it's a partnership that works so well , and long may it continue ! We thank you for listening , liking and commenting . Cheers , Mike and Char .
And new album by me and Dave Cooper is out , give it a whirl !
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mJ55GriuHTHSUxNwNw0svVVZNO3Pu95eY

https://open.spotify.com/album/6CK6Qx1RXViLaBtZ6gEeIj

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/from-the-wear-to-the-tees/1852653044


I'm a songwriter living in The People's Republik of Suburbia on the London/Kent border. 
Can't rock, can roll a little :)
I write purely for the fun of it; some people do crosswords or Sudoku, I write songs for the singer-songwriter I wish I was better equipped to be. 
All my recordings are one voice, one guitar, one mic, one take. 
Enjoy. 

Somewhere in the scruffy green hills around here there must be a shortage of middle-aged musical dreamers - I gap I could help fill.  Generally contented romantic; wanting to to make thoughtful folky/acoustic music with anyone out there I can harmonise with . . .
Haven't learnt how to record very well yet

Psych band from South London. Making weird since 2020.

A well-travelled Englishman, Samuel Michael James Butler uses his interesting and varied past as inspiration for his music. His themes of love, pain and life are influenced by a Country and Americana style which enable him to tell hard-hitting stories with his lyrics. One to not often tell his story, he leaves an audience wanting to know more. After a long military career, Samuel is now focussing on his music and he sings with raw passion and natural ability. An upcoming artist with lots more to offer.

These are the songs I've written. I've played all the instruments and sung all the voices. I hope you like them.

Pete Smith is following