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Nov 07 2020

TO WHERE I AM NOW

Congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for winning the US election. But 75 million for and 70 million against says so much about America. Congratulations to Joni Mitchell on her 77th birthday, that makes her the same age as Joe Biden (until November 20th). Today was also the birthday of Albert Camus (1913) who sadly died in a car accident on 4th January in 1960 aged 46. I just got a book with one of his famous essays, Reflections On The Guillotine, through the post from Rough Trade with my new Flaming Lips album and Carla Bruni’s latest, I know, I told you before but what’s interesting is that this title was available at the record store. The essay written in 1957 describes his position on the death penalty – “Camus states that he does not base his argument on sympathy for the convicted but on logical grounds and on proven statistics”. It’s a fascinating read. The last use of the guillotine in France was in 1977 but the death penalty wasn’t banned till 1981. In the UK the last hanging was in 1964 and the death penalty abolished in 1965. You can read about Camus’ essay here (or just read the essay). When will the rest of the world catch up? Perhaps with a new president, it’s time for a change at least in the USA.

We were in the studio today working on both Ahad’s project and Tony’s Arctic Lake project. We started at midday with the arrival of Becky McGlade who is a cellist. She was one of those super nice, easy to work with musicians that are an absolute pleasure to have in the studio. Her cello is German and from the 19th century, what a sound! She played on two tracks and was done in about an hour and a half. Thanks, Becky.

At 2PM we started with Arctic Lake and adjusted the mix from the second song we’ve been working on. It’s Tony’s song, he plays guitar on it, DC is on bass (and tech in Sydney) and Taman Shud drummer Nigel is playing drums but I’m singing it and playing the solos and the arpeggios amongst other rhythms. Dare is singing the high backing vocals and is in charge of the technical wizardry here. This is the second song I’m singing and playing on, the first Dare sang and I played guitar. The fourth track is an instrumental – but there will be more for us to work on when Tony writes them.

The sessioneers project, the Songwriting & Guitar Guidance sessions, have covered a lot of areas that have led Dare and me to make records with Jed and Space Summit, where I co-wrote the songs, played the guitar and bass and Jed sang. Ahad wrote the songs on his project, sings them and I play guitar and bass but on Arctic Lake, I play guitar and sing. Other sessions are works in progress, helping people with their songs, their playing, their singing. There’s so many angles to this and with three new sessioneer requests in the last 24 hours, I’m getting busy. Bring it on.

We’ve been getting some more Handwritten & Illustrated Lyrics requests on the Indiegogo campaign for MOAT’s Poison Stream. If you sign up for them now, we can get them to you before Christmas. Anything on the campaign perks list, like Mystery Boxes, prints, and the first MOAT record, we can send out right away because we have them here in Penzance.

Last but not least, wherever you are in the world, be kind.

As it’s her birthday, music today is from the first Joni Mitchell album that I loved, Court And Spark (1974). There’s so many great songs with Help Me, People’s Parties, Free Man In Paris, I could just list all the songs, so rather than do that I suggest you sit down and listen to it, phone off and if you’d like to read an in-depth analysis of the album, I’ve included a review from Rolling Stone.

Review: Joni Mitchell Strikes a Delicate Balance on ‘Court and Spark’

Song Of The Daze

Written by Marty Willson-Piper · Categorized: Blog

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This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there's any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

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TO WHERE I AM NOW A visit in the studio today fro TO WHERE I AM NOW

A visit in the studio today from old mate Mark Burgess from The Chameleons who has been hanging in Texas recently. I was thinking about the two of us growing up in the northwest of England and all these years later finding ourselves in such an unlikely spot together. We fixed a few issues in the universe and I carried on recording some guitars until Mark had to leave. Mark had played at the Galactic Headquarters next to the studio this year as Olivia and I had four years ago and this reminded me to remind myself to remind everyone to remind their friends that we will be playing there with Salim on Saturday, New Year’s Eve, for the ultimate in intimate performance. You can get tickets here (follow link below).

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TO WHERE I AM NOW Sadness manifested in a buildin TO WHERE I AM NOW

Sadness manifested in a building, today we went to visit Paisley Park. Prince built Paisley Park in Chanhassen, about twenty minutes southwest of Minneapolis. It opened in 1987 and he recorded his later albums there. Apart from Prince, REM also recorded and mixed Out Of Time there, recording Kate Pearson’s vocal on Shiny Happy People vocal. Madonna had Prince play guitar on three songs from Like A Prayer and the two co-wrote Love Song, finishing it remotely due to Madonna not being able to stand the cold weather and the rather desolate location of the studio. Of course, there are things around but it’s not in the city and it’s not in the countryside, it’s in a suburb, no distractions, just what Prince wanted.

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"These are awesome sessions that I highly recommend for guitar players of all levels. Very informative, frank discussions on everything related to guitar and music in general. Definitely a must for anyone pursuing songwriting."
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"Marty knows how to bypass scales and get to the heart of feel and timing. His musical knowledge spans multiple cultures and genres. Perhaps most importantly, Marty is a cool dude. I highly recommend his guitar guidance." (Jed B., MN, USA)

"Ok, so you’re sitting in your home and Marty is across the world but is actually right here teaching you how to play guitar and write songs. He is a delight to talk to and he is your teacher, meaning he wants to see you get something out of his lessons. You know he’s paying attention and wants to steer you in the right direction. I am so grateful and humbled that he offers his time in this manner. This is an amazing opportunity for anyone who admires anything from his enormous body of work. How often do you get to learn from somebody that inspired you in the first place? Amazing." (Ann S., CA, USA)

Missing

This is my stolen 1965 Rickenbacker 12-string, serial number EB157. If there’s any chance of this guitar coming back to me before I go to meet my maker, then that would be wonderful. Please contact me if you have any information.

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