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Diana Armstrong Zook

me and my field recorder

About Me

I started out in a musical family. My Mom is a classical cellist , taught at home, went to alot of her concerts , symphonic, solo and chamber . I started with classical piano lessons at 8 for several years off and on , then flute and finally my true love guitar as a teenager . Studied a bit here and there, some college, private studies ,my favorite teacher being Horace Hatchett, a likable warm fellow with massive knowledge,still have his studies ( some in three clefs which I really did not like, I'm such an intuitive player ), and John Bent , for a short time for my obligatory classical studies . I played around abit in the early 80's, coffee houses, a few bars ,The Troubador, tried to get a band going, was told I could make a living in the music "business" which was not the kind i cared for , nor the people/scene/L.A. etc...and it was extremely sexist at that point in time . And then I tried going the publishing route and was told i was too "Artistic", and i was the easily discouraged type then , and certainly not the type to run thru hoops for anyone . Not too good at performing either, see "GAD "....I just always wanted to and did/do create my own music /songs for spiritual and emotional edification , never could stop that from being. And I really like the challenge of writing/exspresing thoughts in a verbal realm .They can be illuminating, they give me great joy .AS of late i am flooded withoriginal tunes . Sometimes they come thru me from "others ", or the super conscious .They are usually automatic ,. I like to write, need to write, and I love songs .It is a way for my higher self ( i.e. the god within )to exspress and teach , at least to myself ,and share with whomever , i'm thankful for this forum here , and I will continue on as I am...

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/28/2007
Band Members: I fly solo......
Influences: So i have differentiated now the "influences" from the artists I admire and here are the ones that planted the seed of songwriting , music and creative thinking into my psyche and inspired me , then and now to exspress this : Bob Dylan, Beatles, John Lennon,Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Michael Hedges, Peter Townsend, Loudon Wainwright III, Elliott Smith, Neil Young,CSNY, Cat Stevens, Donovan,Leonard Cohen, XTC, Bowie, Cure, Smiths, Siouxie, LOu Reed, Kurt Cobain, Chrissie Hynde, Led Zepplin, Doors, Lisa Germano,Suzanne Vega, Ian Anderson,Rage Against the Machine, The Carpenters, Joan Armatrading , Woody Guthrie, Johnny-June Cash, Old- traditional -protest-folk music ,underground Hip-Hop, cause I like Topical honest songs,good story-lyrics.and beats, ala Jedi Mind, Atmosphere, Flobots , Steve Zook, All the Jazz and Classical Guitar Greats, Julian Bream, John Bent, Charlie Christian, John Mclaughlin, Richard Peikoff,, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Motzart, Aruna Sairam, Miles Davis , Joe Pass, GYpsy, Jazz ,Blues, all the heartfelt music from around the world.from east Indian, Appalachian, Flamenco, be-bop to micro-tonal realms i LOVE it ALL. Hesse ,Vonnegut,Gabriel Garcia, Castenada, Burroughs, Steinbeck , Kate Chopin, J.Campbell, Zukav,Watts, Wilber, Millman , Melodie Beattie ,Jung, Clarissa P-Estes, Rumi ,T.S.Elliot , Dylan Thomas,Yeats, E. E. Cummings, Blake , Emily Dickinson, The Holographic theory,The String Theory ,Comedy,Bill Maher xoox, Monty Python, Dave Chappelle,Astrology , Hindu Gods, Yogi Masters, Weather, Sun-Stars-Moon ,Tides, Planetary patterns, All forms of ART, ( Matisse, Renoir, Van Gough,Monet,Georgia O'Keefe, Kalso,Picasso, Kandinski, Davinci ) All the known and unknown soul searching, gut spilling , naked truthing, self and collective unconscious exspressing Artists of all genres ,Mescalito ,Avatares, Teachers ,Children everywhere, Jesus, The Buddah, Guides, Higher Self ,My Chakras ,Gaia, The OCEAN from where we all came,the entire Plant and Animal kingdom ,Love ,my Family, friends, Druids , Drones, Dharma, All the EMOTIONS I/we endure , the Deep Field , The Prime Mover,.Everything under the sun and beyond........
Sounds Like: me
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Songs

  Summer is alot of work for Moms, its not like the days when I was growing up I barely even knew who the hell my mom was...They had to do very little for us,and liked it that way, comparati...
Posted by Diana Armstrong Zook on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:01:00 PST

Should I

  Should I rant and rave  ? Should i scream about the never ending cycle of fear/hatred /violence that stain man's existence since the beginning ?  Nothing really changes here, and as l...
Posted by Diana Armstrong Zook on Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:34:00 PST

MY MUSIC

   Come BACK SOON !!! My songs will be available for purchase soon on itunes or some other enterprising entity  . SUPPPORT your  interplanetary ARTIST ......    ...
Posted by Diana Armstrong Zook on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:58:00 PST

Venting...

  I am a very creative person, with not alot of time  or money for perfection just a non-stop flood of ideas melodies thoughts and emotions , here now and forever . I write songs, ( hundreds...
Posted by Diana Armstrong Zook on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:28:00 PST

Blue Eyed Baby -Boy

  HaPpY BiRThdAy                J. A. Z.         &nbs p;  &nb...
Posted by Diana Armstrong Zook on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:15:00 PST

the one mind

  In the one mind         &n bsp;         &n bsp;         &n bs...
Posted by Diana Armstrong Zook on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:17:00 PST

bE

     Be Creative Today   
Posted by Diana Armstrong Zook on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:14:00 PST

RIP BOZO

  BOZO BOZO ALWAYS LAUGHS NEVER CRIES ...rest in peace blessed angel we were always afraid of you and drawn to your strange show, where we heard a cuss word or two and witnessed a manic carny rea...
Posted by Diana Armstrong Zook on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:57:00 PST

inalienable rights

  LET FREEDOM       RING...........
Posted by Diana Armstrong Zook on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:39:00 PST

Life In the O.C.

  So i have more to say , all of it true to the best of my knowledge, seven and a half minutes so i'm going to have to re-record "Life" at a shorter kbs  .  sometime this weekend ..foun...
Posted by Diana Armstrong Zook on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:34:00 PST