• 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
      • Videos
    • 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
  • Spotify
    • Marty Willson-Piper
    • Noctorum
    • MOAT
    • Atlantaeum Flood
    • Seeing Stars
  • Bandcamp

Marty Willson-Piper

The official home of Marty Willson-Piper

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

Jul 11 2022

TO WHERE I AM NOW

Last day at Oceanic Studios today, waving goodbye to Jim’s Les Paul and the Neve desk. Waving goodbye to the ’61 Gretsch, the Rick 620, the Rick 12 and the ’62 reissue Strat loaned to us by kind guitar owner Mick, whose second name I don’t know but is a generous man. It’s a strange feeling after the end of a project, a mixture of relief and sadness. Plus, there’s still a long way to go, backing vocals, keyboards, mixing, mastering, artwork, and manufacture, the end is in sight but it’s still in the distance, an incomplete shadow on the horizon.

Drummer Nige Macara was in today, we were listening to the tracks, talking about percussion parts, Tamam Shud, the value of the Gooltionites album released in 1970 ($2,000 AUD) and listening to the tracks analytically thinking about dynamics and what the songs need. We also had Gavin in the studio today taking pics of us as we were all together. DC, Nige, Tony, Olivia, me and Seamus who’d been helping out on some rhythm guitar when they did the rhythm tracks before I got here. Not sure where the pics will be used, we have to see them.

After the hoo-hah of photos and having lots of people in the studio (John came over too from Moonlight Studios across the way where they did the backing tracks), I settled down to play the final guitars. I took out the Rickenbacker 620 and doubled a riff in one of the new songs and played a solo which I nailed in the first take. John and Seamus and Olivia, Tony and DC all went well that’s it! Haha. Sometimes it happens like that. I did a few more takes but the first one was the one.

Then all around us, things were getting packed up, Tony was putting his guitars away, the pedal board was disconnected, the injured Ibanez UE 405 effects rack packed away, the capo, the snark, DC’s tuner, all the leads rolled up, Mick’s guitar put back in the cases, the guitar stands naked. Tony took his stuff home and came back and he and I went to get a takeaway for everyone. We ate but we weren’t finished.

The last thing we had to do was comp the guitars on the last track we recorded. An instrumental with some screaming ’61 Gretsch and some controlled arpeggios on Jim’s Les Paul. We worked till 1 AM and then it was all over, we bid farewell to the room, to the guitars, to the Neve desk and DC drove us to Tony’s. Almost six weeks later, I’ve done what I came here to do. I’ve sung, played, commented, directed, listened, laughed and discovered sugar-free biscuits. A few loose ends to tie up before we leave on Saturday but what a trip.

Music today has been Robin Trower’s Bridge of Sighs (1974), I saw him live at the famous Liverpool Stadium, sold-out, touring the album after this one, For Earth Below (1975). The man never gets enough credit.

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

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 😍

📷 @tonyrumble
Triple Marty Triple Marty
OUT NOW 💪 Afridi/Willson-Piper present SISYPHU OUT NOW 💪

Afridi/Willson-Piper present SISYPHUS off their debut album In The End, The Birds Will Sing (2022, tba).

Available to stream via the usuals.

@ahadafridi @afridiwillsonpiper #ahadafridi #martywillsonpiper #intheendthebirdswillsing #thesessioneerseries #songwritingandguitarguidance
We can't decide what colour this Strat is... We can't decide what colour this Strat is...
Ambidextrous Comping 🎸 #arktiklake Ambidextrous Comping 🎸 #arktiklake
Star Tracking 🖖 #arktiklake #oceanicstudiobroo Star Tracking 🖖

#arktiklake #oceanicstudiobrookvale
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:

www.palosantotx.bandcamp.com/album/see-you-in-marfa-ep

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.

#salimnourallah #martywillsonpiper #holdontothenight #seeyouinmarfa #seeyouinmarfaep #anuclearwinter #jordanthompson #rickenbacker
Are we at home here or what? #lardocelar #garagea Are we at home here or what?

#lardocelar #garageandstage #jazzbirthday
Many years from now... ✨ #handymen Many years from now... ✨

#handymen
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 © 2022 - Front Page Images by Hajo Müller