• 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
You are here: Home / Writing

Writing

As a reader, one might wonder: How it is to write? As a teenager I read two dozen science fantasy books by Michael Moorcock. As I got older I became more interested in poetry and literature and read everything by Albert Camus and ‘Existentialist Contemporary’ Jean-Paul Sartre, investigating André Gide, Guy De Maupassant, Gustav Flaubert, Émile Zola, Jean Cocteau, Jean Genet, Françoise Sagan, Alain Fournier, Stendahl, Voltaire and the treasures of French literature.

Later I discovered the Russians: Dostoyevsky, Gogol, Pushkin, Bulgakov, Sologub, Tolstoy, Majakovsky – and the riches of the Spanish language writers, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Octavio Paz, Federico Garcia Lorca, Pablo Neruda and more contemporary writers like Isabel Allende, although one of my favourite books was at the other end of time – Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote.

In Stockholm I was introduced to August Strindberg, Stig Dagerman, Pär Lagerkvist, Hjalmar Söderberg and Edith Södergran. English writers appeared inbetween – I read a lot of books by Graham Greene, I read D.H. Lawrence, Laurie Lee, William Golding, Agatha Christie and back to fantasy with J.R.R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis and Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction. I read Anthony Burgess, H.G. Wells and L.P. Hartley, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell and John Fowles. I found Alain De Botton and even went to a lecture at the Sydney Opera House. Lately I have discovered and read at least ten of Ian McEwan’s novels as well as recently discovering Robert Aickman.

I read the Germans, Thomas Mann, Günter Grass, Hermann Hesse and the more contemporary reclusive Patrick Süskind. I read the American genius of Edgar Allan Poe, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway and the first novel of Allen Kurzweil. From Wales I read Dylan Thomas and from Ireland Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan and Jonathan Swift. I bought an old copy of Ulysses by James Joyce because the font on the front cover was beautiful, but the pages were so old and dry that they disintegrated in my hands as I touched them.

I write lyrics, stories and poetry but never did publish anything on paper and now with the internet it seems less likely. I wrote sleeve notes of 40,000 words (see below) and more than a million words on the In Deep Music Archive website so far. Hopefully there will be more creative writing here as time allows in a life where commerce dominates artistic expression. Let’s see what the future holds.

Browse through the sleeve notes here:

Of Skins And Heart

The Blurred Crusade

Seance

Heyday

Starfish

Gold Afternoon Fix

Priest = Aura

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Primary Sidebar

Marty on Social Media

  • facebook
  • spotify
  • instagram
  • youtube
  • twitter
  • soundcloud

Liking the blog?

Mailing List

In Deep Music Archive

Instagram

Have you heard about the new MOAT album Paws 'n' S Have you heard about the new MOAT album Paws 'n' Stream?

@floridaheel97
@pittsburghguitars

#MOATband #martywillsonpiper #nikoröhlcke #dogsofinstagram
📷 Catharine Jai Orellana 📷 Catharine Jai Orellana
RELEASE DAY! Poison Stream is finally out! You can RELEASE DAY! Poison Stream is finally out! You can (poison) stream the album via your favourite (poison) streaming platforms. @schoolkidsrecords are working hard to get all physical copies out to you asap. There's been a slight pandemic-related delay. Thanks for your support! It means the world!

On the 20th February we will be doing a listening party on discord.com 🎧 Sign up to Discord now, we'll be sharing the party link closer to the event. Niko and Dare are likely to be joining us for a Q&A. Don't miss this unique happening. 

#moatband #martywillsonpiper #nikoröhlcke #poisonstream #schoolkidsrecords
All signed! Can you spot yours? POISON STREAM - 1 All signed! Can you spot yours?

POISON STREAM - 12 Feb 2021

@schoolkidsrecords
#MOATband #poisonstream #martywillsonpiper #nikoröhlcke
Our newest single is out now! 😈 Available to s Our newest single is out now! 😈

Available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music and all your other favourite platforms. Check it out! 

And only a little over a week to go before the new #MOATband album 'Poison Stream' comes out on the 12th of February!

@schoolkidsrecords

#martywillsonpiper #nikoröhlcke #schoolkidsrecords #poisonstream
Look what's on its way to us to be signed! #moatpo Look what's on its way to us to be signed! #moatpoisonstream #schoolkidsrecords #martywillsonpiper #nikoröhlcke

Photo by Aram Delgado
Album Cover Photograph by @januddenfeldt
Celebrating becoming a Portuguese resident today 😎
3 Years 🏹 3 Years 🏹
Follow Marty's daily musings at martywillson-piper Follow Marty's daily musings at martywillson-piper.com/category/blog
Load More… Follow on Instagram
Tour Dates

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)

The Significance Of Collecting Records

MARTY WILLSON-PIPER © 2021 - Front Page Images by Hajo Müller