The Life and Times Part 30! A milestone has been reached. 🙂 For those of you that have subscribed, thank you for the interest in my blog. It is much appreciated. Mid-1994. Besides Roundhouse I am still writing with Billy Sherwood and playing with Michael Ruff. Two really great musical…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 31
So, to finish the “Lucias Tokas” album. Libby and I were hard at work writing these songs, and one day Roby Duke who was producing the album for his new label Iridian Records calls me up. He says “Marty, I have some bad news, my investor has backed out. There…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 32
Here is installment #32 of “The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician”. The light at the end of the tunnel is approaching, I am thinking maybe three more installments total as the “major” studio sessions are just about done. Entering 1995 things are changing pretty dramatically. As…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 33
Its 1996 and we are now living in Massachusetts. Libby has a good new job, the kids, Ian and Eric are in school and things are looking cool. We buy a house and I put up my project studio. There are a few music publications that are distributed in Boston…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 34
It is amazing that once I moved out of LA the biggest sessions of my career appeared. I was in my new “home”, October of ’96, and my phone rings. It’s producer/engineer Greg Hunt. Greg owns Rosewood Studios in Tyler TX and I had worked for him in the past.…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 35
Well folks, we are winding this thing up over the next few weeks. Moving out of LA was a bit of a risk but I saw the whole online thing coming of age very early. As I may have mentioned before, I had a website up before Bank of America…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 36
The Michael Ruff tour took place in 1999 but backing up to 1998 and into 2000 there were some really good sessions, namely LeAnn Rimes and Steve Holy, both Curb Records artists. These were part of many sessions that I was hired for by Greg Hunt/Rosewood Studios in Tyler TX…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 37
It’s the year 2000. Y2K was a dud, Prince had implored us all to party like it was 1999, so I guess the party is over. My mom’s aunt was wrong when she said that the year 2000 would never be written, of course due to the fact that world…
The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 38
Doing sessions in Los Angeles and Tyler TX from the time I left LA in 1996 until my last Tyler session in 2003 was a bit tricky. My studio gear which I left with my cartage guy Jim Williamson in LA was substantial and had to be trucked back and…
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…