About Diane |
Diane is a visual artist, musician and songwriter. She writes in a variety of genres: folk/Americana, children's music, gospel/Christian music, and some mostly happy blues.
She learned to play the piano as a child, and became self-taught in recorder, guitar, and metallophone. As a longtime homeschooling mother of 9 children, music was always a part of the household-- whether listening to "Sharon, Lois and Bram" or "Raffi," or sometimes singing self-composed songs. In recent years, she has been studying fine art and graphic design. For Diane, making visual art and making music are equal passions; she is creating a line of greeting cards and art prints, and beginning to learn surface pattern design. Her art website is www.dianehurstart.com. Diane has been writing posts for a music blog called Notes and Notions, about her own findings from music history-- past and present. There is a wide variety of music genres and time periods represented. Diane is a member of NSAI and ASCAP. |
feedback . . .
". . . Your music is a breath of fresh air! It lifts you up, takes you back, and leaves you with a sense that God will carry you through life. The love that backs your songs, well, it's like it's dancing playfully here and there, while picking up flowers and looking in peepholes and sitting down occasionally to shoot a pretty marble or two.
After listening to your songs, I see in my minds eye, your words and musical notes floating gayfully in the air, giving children and adults a happy place to look up to. I was left inspired and sort of spiritually fed. I probably sound off the wall, but I was really moved by not just your songs, but your voice and phrasing and style . . ."
-- Karen Overton, performing musician
After listening to your songs, I see in my minds eye, your words and musical notes floating gayfully in the air, giving children and adults a happy place to look up to. I was left inspired and sort of spiritually fed. I probably sound off the wall, but I was really moved by not just your songs, but your voice and phrasing and style . . ."
-- Karen Overton, performing musician