• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Bands & Projects
    • Marty Willson-Piper
    • Marty & Olivia
    • Noctorum
    • MOAT
    • Atlantæum Flood
    • Anekdoten
      • How I Joined Anekdoten
    • The Church
      • Sleeve Notes
    • All About Eve
  • Discography
  • Gear
  • Talking
  • Lyrics
    • SOLO ALBUMS
      • In Reflection
      • Art Attack
      • Rhyme
      • Spirit Level
      • Hanging Out In Heaven
      • Nightjar
    • NOCTORUM
      • Sparks Lane
      • Offer The Light
      • Honey Mink Forever
      • The Afterlife
    • MOAT
      • Moat
      • Poison Stream
    • Seeing Stars
  • Sleeve Notes
    • Of Skins And Heart
    • The Blurred Crusade
    • Seance
    • Heyday
    • Starfish
    • Gold Afternoon Fix
    • Priest = Aura
  • Bandcamp

Marty Willson-Piper

The official home of Marty Willson-Piper

  • News
  • Blog
  • Shows
  • Songwriting & Guitar Guidance
  • In Deep Music Archive
  • Contact

Jan 30 2021

TO WHERE I AM NOW

Today Olivia and I played three concerts in various different parts of the world, it’s the miracle of technology. We started with Robert, his wife Chihiro, and friend Larry in two different houses in Kyoto, Japan, followed by Grant in Huntsville, Alabama, his brother Greer in Singapore and friend Scott in New Haven, Connecticut, and last but not least, spearheaded by Daylin Mitchell, The Mitchell Clan in Sequim, Washington. Three concerts, six households, three countries. That’s the last of the MOAT – Poison Stream campaign ‘perk’ concerts that started with Jason, family and friends, near Detroit, Michigan and George in Rhode Island last week. We are intending to continue to do this more should we get requests from the planets either in or outside our solar system.

We played a substantial number of songs from all the different projects I have been involved in. My fingers have lines in them from the double strings of the 12 string – we have been playing almost all day. We‘ve been letting concerteers choose from the vast catalogue of songs and we then see if we can make them work by arranging them for voice, acoustic 12 string and violin – and front room ambience – if we can, we will. It can be any song that I have been involved in for the last 40 years and you’ll be surprised at the songs that work. Without listing them here, we will see what potential concerteers request, but if you want to think about doing this in the coming days, next Friday, January 5th, is a Bandcamp Day where they will waive fees for the artists and that’s where you’ll be able to book from Monday, Feb 1st.

We were wondering about the neighbours. We haven’t heard anything from downstairs, no noise, we hear upstairs but Olivia has met the woman and she’s nice. To our right is an Airbnb, to our left, the stairwell, so looks like we are cool. It’s just that we can’t scream out like wailing banshees, after all, we are in our front room in a block of flats in Porto. It’s really good to be able to play to people though, we have lost all possibility of playing live, we’ve cancelled trips to America, tours of Europe and England and even the tour with the Martian band, Red Creators, was put on hold till the Martians are allowed back on Earth. They are immune to Covid but Earth governments don’t want to take any risks with spread, they could possibly carry the disease on their tentacles.

We were so full with music today that there was no time to make any dinner so we broke out the emergency baked beans and had baked beans on toast with a cup of tea but I can tell you that right now I’m ready for bed, it’s exactly 2 AM here in Portugal and I won’t be getting up tomorrow until after lunch. Only one sesh tomorrow, Arctic Lake Tony is still sorting out material, Space Summit Jed is feeling a little under the weather, so I’ll speak to Wappingers Falls Doug later on Sunday night.

It’s a week of seshes and releases, Wednesday (Feb 3rd) is the release of the next MOAT song, Helpless You, and the following week the new album will be released (Feb12th). One thing, if you ‘like’ the MOAT FB page, make sure you ‘like’ the right one – we can’t close the old one because we don’t have the passwords and because it’s FB, they’re not helping. You’d think an organisation like this would have a team that sorted out these kinds of problems, but no. Imagine how many pages are now irrelevant or defunct just sitting there confusing everyone. So technology is amazing and stoopid. You can see why the Martians don’t really care if they’re allowed back on Earth.

Thank You, Concerteers!

Music today has been the rather unlikely Unifaun. They released their debut in 2008 and are designed to sound like Genesis, so much in fact that singer Nad Sylvan eventually found himself singing for Steve Hackett, possibly his dream job after those other two fellows Collins and Gabriel managed to stay alive and didn’t need him – Hackett though did as he started to revisit the Genesis back catalogue. Unifaun are Swedish and I saw Hackett and Sylvan perform in Stockholm. Since he got the gig, I’m not sure what happened to Sylvan’s partner in Unifaun, Boanamici, aka Christian Thordin? If your plan is to continue the sound of your favourite band and then that band’s guitarist asks you to be your singer, I guess the original idea gets put on hold. If you want to read some opinion about this album from Prog fans, go here. It’s a bit like a counterfeit Rolex but I don’t mind because I’m not using it to tell the time or look good, it’s just a tribute with original songs.

Music Of The Daze

Written by Marty Willson-Piper · Categorized: Blog

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.

11209512_1669022976719710_7288437867089763325_n

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Primary Sidebar

  • spotify
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • youtube

Liking the blog?

Tour Dates

Instagram

Rockin' the MOAT t-shirt next to the real deal! #m Rockin' the MOAT t-shirt next to the real deal! #moatband #poisonstream 🤘🏰

T-Shirt Design by Reid Wilson
Photo by @oliviaelektra 

#schoolkidsrecords #nikoröhlcke #wellscathedral
Peter Walsh and I getting down at the Heron Tower Peter Walsh and I getting down at the Heron Tower disco 🕺🏻 #heyday
Soundchecking at Birmingham Symphony Hall, 10th Fe Soundchecking at Birmingham Symphony Hall, 10th February, 2001. All About Eve supporting Fairport Convention.

📷 by @derektimbrell
Thanks to The Wernickis for a little glimpse into Thanks to The Wernickis for a little glimpse into their new New Mexico listening space 🌵 #nightjar #schoolkidsrecords
Redeyed lad of the lowlands 🎵 📷 @oliviaelek Redeyed lad of the lowlands 🎵

📷 @oliviaelektra 

#danelectro #danelectrobass #redeyerecords #pleasantrylane #pleasantrylanestudio
You usually don’t spend the day in the studio an You usually don’t spend the day in the studio and the night at a gig but if you put the studio next to the gig then there’s a greater chance. So @salimnourallah did just that, he put the gig and the studio next to each other and made it possible for me to spend the day recording and the evening playing live 🎵

📷 @drewliophoto 

#galacticheadquarters #happinessarecordlabel #pleasantrylanestudio #salimnourallah #oliviawillsonpiper
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).

CONTINUE READING: https://martywillson-piper.com/2022/12/to-where-i-am-now-1045

KEEP IN TOUCH: https://linktr.ee/mwillsonpiper

📷 @salimnourallah 

#markburgess #thechameleons #chameleonsvox #pleasantrylanestudio #happinessarecordlabel #martywillsonpiper #oliviawillsonpiper #moatband
📷 @argirgirl 📷 @argirgirl
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.

CONTINUE READING: https://martywillson-piper.com/2022/12/to-where-i-am-now-1032

KEEP IN TOUCH: https://linktr.ee/mwillsonpiper

📷 @argirgirl 

#paisleypark #prince
Load More… Follow on Instagram

Mailing List

In Deep Music Archive

Songwriting & Guitar Guidance with Marty Willson-Piper
ORDER HERE

"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."
(Stephen G., VA, USA)

"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.

11209512_1669022976719710_7288437867089763325_n

MARTY WILLSON-PIPER © 2023 - Front Page Images by Hajo Müller