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Apr 26 2021

TO WHERE I AM NOW

Sesh today with Craig Douglas Miller in Atlanta and this is my chance to direct you towards a track we have worked on together. It’s the first of what we hope to be many and eventually an album in the future, but this is the first song. It’s called Amplify Me and you can hear it across the streaming sites and it’s available for download on Bandcamp. I play both guitars and bass on the track and it was recorded remotely in three different locations with the drums recorded in Los Angeles by Michael Jerome, the vocals and other guitars are by Craig in Atlanta and my parts are recorded in Penzance with Dare. Craig also kindly gave me a songwriting credit on the song. Hope you like it.

Back to the pool today after missing Friday because I forgot my swimming things and had to go to the gym instead. In Penzance I had a checklist because there was always something to forget, I need to do that again – I’ll only start to worry when I need a checklist for going to bed. But today, 80 lengths and great to be back into it although it was a bad case of the Dolly Parton’s – Chlorine, Chlorine, Chlorine, Chloriiiiine. It usually gives me a period of sneezes and nose running after every swim but today it’s bad like a proper allergy. I was surmising that perhaps today was the new chemical batch day or the caretaker tripped (in either sense). I suppose there are plenty of allergy medicines for pollen but for chlorine? It was a lovely walk there and back on a beautiful day. At the end of the day, it was all worth it as later on one of the staff beeped us as we walked in the street, made us really feel like locals.

Full moon tonight, large in the sky, rainbows yesterday, sun today, moons tonight. Imagine what people must have thought about these things before science could explain them. Imagine how freaked out they must have been by thunder and lightning and earthquakes and erupting volcanoes, floods, droughts. But it’s odd that people began to accept the scientific explanations for these physical events whilst still continuing to worship gods. If you worship gods, you don’t need science.

Hawaii is a laugh a minute. It’s been a long time since I had a pet. All the tours and travelling, making records in strange locations made it difficult in recent years and baby-sitting Hawaii is just about as much as we can commit to right now with a probable future of more travelling. It’s already going to be so sad the day he leaves and we’ve only had him since just before the weekend.

A record came through the post today. The doorbell rang at 9 AM. Olivia was at the door and back in bed before you could say Moving Gelatine Plates! Yes, it was the reissue of this French progressive band’s debut album (1971) and anything coming from France or Germany or anywhere in Europe, I have sent here to avoid those insane new duties that have been installed since Brexit.

Music today has been two Gentle Giant albums, Acquiring The Taste (1971) and Free Hand (1975), their second and seventh albums. Never gets old. But as promised to you and me, I also listened to Emitt Rhodes‘ Rainbow Ends (2016), his previous album, Farewell To Paradise, was released in 1973. A great artist screwed by the industry, he sadly died in 2020 at the age of 70. Great music if you like this kind of thing.

Music 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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Bye bye, Oz! Okay, so I’d better go pack, we hav Bye bye, Oz! Okay, so I’d better go pack, we have to be up at 5.30 AM. And oh yes by the way, Olivia remembered at 11.41 PM that today was our six years anniversary together, haha 😍

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In autumn 2018 I went to Nashville, Tennessee, to In autumn 2018 I went to Nashville, Tennessee, to work with Salim Nourallah and his band, Richard on keys, Joe on guitars, Jason on bass and drums, and John on drums and bass and in a co-production role with Salim and as a fifth member of his band. After Nashville we retired to Dallas where all but Joe live (he lives in San Antonio) and worked on overdubs, mixing was next…then the pandemic hit. Finally, the album is now mixed and will be released in early 2023 but before that, we have the See You In Marfa EP from those sessions released yesterday on Bandcamp:

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A CD is also available and streaming will be from August 19th. The lead track on the EP is Hold On To The Night, complete with a video featuring an animated yours truly and co-written (a bit) by me: https://youtu.be/GhUk-MDm1VQ

This whimsical video was done by an Australian videographer/musician, Jordan Thompson.

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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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