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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 16

February 27, 2017April 3, 2022Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 16

There were some other first call sessions in ’84. The album “Primitive” by Neil Diamond, again getting the call by Denny Diante. From Wiki: Primitive is the sixteenth studio album by Neil Diamond. It was released in 1984 on Columbia Records. The single “Turn Around”, reached number 4 on the…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 18

March 20, 2017January 5, 2020Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 18

The European leg of the Supertramp tour in 1986 ran from January through mid-March. Upon returning home it took a while to get back into the studio scene. That’s the danger of going on the road. When you’re out of town, producers that have called you in the past that…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 24

May 1, 2017January 5, 2020Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 24

So we left off with the last sessions I did for Michael Omartian in 1990. The record was for Raymone Carter. The dates were at Omar’s studio in the valley. At that session I remember having a conversation with Michael about the state of the LA music scene. He was…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 25

May 8, 2017January 5, 2020Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 25

Finishing up 1991 there were three more major label records that I played on. As I have said before I’m still making a living doing jingles, sound alikes for Pioneer, smaller label records and a bit of TV/Film work, but I have not been on a hit since the mid…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 39

September 18, 2017September 24, 2017Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 39

In the year 2000 one more thing happened which was quite interesting. I had been writing/recording/producing “Library Music” cues for a company in LA since the early 90’s, Transition Music. Lots of stuff that was placed in TV primarily. One day my contact there, Jennifer Brown calls me. They need…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 41

October 9, 2017Marty Walsh
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 41

Fast forward to 2002. Fall. As my out of town session world was winding down and while I had somewhat gotten integrated into the Boston music scene, I get a phone call from drummer Tom Major. Tom has a band called “Entrain”. They are musically very unique and quite popular…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 45

November 6, 2017Marty Walsh
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.…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 46

November 20, 2017Marty Walsh
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…

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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 47

November 27, 2017Marty Walsh
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…

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Recent Posts

  • The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 1 October 30, 2016
  • The Life and Times of A Second Call Studio Musician Part 2 November 7, 2016
  • The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 3 November 14, 2016
  • The Life And Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 4 November 21, 2016
  • The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 5 November 28, 2016
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