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Mar 01 2022

TO WHERE I AM NOW

I woke up and made myself stay in bed, fell asleep, woke up again but refused to move. I had to rest today in the daytime because the gym and pool were closed and it was an opportunity. I finally rose at 2 PM, result. I’ve been hitting responsibilities, seshes, languages, Logic Pro learning and writing hard and I needed a forced rest which the day provided due to carnival season and the closure for one day at the pool. When I went there on Monday, Vera on reception was dressed as Frida Kahlo and when I told her that I had been to her house, La Casa Azul in Mexico City, she said, “Ah, it’s been a while”, playing the role to the end. I didn’t get out to experience ‘Carnaval’, the dressing up and the celebration yesterday but when I looked out of the window this afternoon and saw low clouds, mist and driving rain I was glad that today was the day I got to stay in and dream.

By the time I’d had late breakfast followed by late lunch, it was soon time for my sesh with Chris in New Jersey. Olivia went to the psychedelic psupermarket as it cleared up outside. Chris and I discussed Strats and 12 string acoustics and the possibilities of Logic Pro and exchanging files across the high seas, and the low Cs. Finally, it was time to listen to sessioneer Brian in Indiana’s very polished album that we have been working on, me as a remote producer. I downloaded the record, got it into my player and decided to restart. What could go wrong? My computer wouldn’t boot up. No matter what I did it wouldn’t work, and then it was dinnertime. Over dinner, we watched episode three of Severance.

I downloaded the Brian album again. I have my desktop computer and a laptop but I also have my old (heavy) laptop from 2011, computer years are like dog years. The reason I am still using that old laptop is because I use it to play through my stereo, not through my studio monitors, which is how I wanted to listen to the album. You don’t make albums with floor-standing B&W Hi-Fi speakers but you certainly should be listening to your records through a proper Hi-Fi system, it makes a world of difference. The album sounded great and our discussion is about the running order, which ten of twelve tracks make the album. Album sequencing is a forgotten art.

Music today has been King Crimson’s classic Starless and Bible Black (1974), named from a line in Dylan Thomas’ own classic Under Milk Wood (1954). The album features Robert Fripp, John Wetton, Bill Bruford and David Cross. In the late seventies, I hitchhiked around Europe three times. One time I was somewhere in France, I frankly don’t remember where. In those days whenever you saw a Citroën 2CV, you got your hopes up. It seemed like the kind of person that drove one of those would be more sympathetic to a lonely hitchhiker with long greasy hair and a guitar. I saw a 2CV coming towards me, it stopped and picked me up. It was Martine and her boyfriend whose name was…ahh, something double-barrelled. They invited me to their house where her brother was, I think, or was Philippe driving? Haha, it was 50 years ago. At their house they were set up to play drums and guitars and in that week that I stayed (yes, I stayed a week), we jammed and we learned how to play The Great Receiver from Starless and Bible Black. Maybe that was an early rehearsal for joining Anekdoten, 45 years later. Recently out of nowhere, Martine got in touch.

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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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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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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"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)

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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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