Hello readers of my blog “The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician”. I finished writing this blog about my career as a studio musician in Los Angeles exactly six months ago to the day. December 4th 2017. I am resurrecting this project because I have just started…
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Jackie Foster needs your vote!
Jackie Foster was amazing on “The Voice” last night but might still need your help to get into the next round! Please click this link and cast 10 votes for Jackie. The voting closes today at noon eastern. https://www.nbc.com/the-voice/exclusives/voice-voteVote for Jackie
A New Blog Issue
Hello blog subscribers. After a lengthy hiatus from writing this I’m publishing this new issue regarding a student that I have at Berklee, Jackie Foster. Jackie is currently appearing on “The Voice”. The show is entering the voting phase and I’m hoping to make people aware of her participation and…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician “Epilogue”
Here is the final installment of my blog, The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician. I posted my first installment on October 31st 2016. For years I have told stories about my career and the musicians that were a big part of it. So many people that…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 47
The Total Plan part 3 In the last episode we looked at the three more songs on my 2014 release. “The Total Plan”. Here are the stories of the last four tunes. If you are interested in the album it can be found here: http://store.cdbaby.com/cd/martywalsh The album is rounded out…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 46
The Total Plan part 2 In the last episode we looked at the first three songs on my 2014 release. “The Total Plan”. Here are the stories of the next three tunes. If you are interested in the album it can be found here: http://store.cdbaby.com/cd/martywalsh Track # 4 is called…
The Life and Times revisit Big Big Sun
Life and Times revisit Big Big Sun Today I am spending the day with my old buddy John Jolliffe who I was in band with years ago. Above is a pic of me and John when I picked him up last night in Boston. Since I don’t have time to…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 45
“The Total Plan” Side A (kind of) 🙂 In 2014 I released my album “The Total Plan”. A real labor of love to be honest. It took 10 years to make. I thought the blog would not be complete without thanking all of the people that worked on this album.…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 44
The Berklee experience is ongoing. I started my 14th year there this Fall ’17 semester. I never thought I would be doing what I am doing and am quite blessed to have this position as it’s a great gig. Growing up in LA and immersed in learning music I had…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 43
Dear blog readers, a disclaimer right off the bat! I had planned on posting the final installment today. The “Epilogue”. As I was working on that, which will wrap up the blog, I thought I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the work I currently do at Berklee, and…