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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician part 9

January 2, 2017Marty Walsh

First of all I want to say Happy New Year! 🙂 Here’s the ninth installment of my blog, “The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician”. Moving into 1981 my name started appearing on multiple albums, mostly produced by Michael Omartian and Steve Barri. Because of this I…

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 12

January 23, 2017Marty Walsh

So in this installment I’m going to backtrack a little bit. While I was doing a lot of sessions and that was going really well, the goal was still to try to get a recording contract for my band The Campaign. Toto had hit big and there were other session…

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 13

January 30, 2017Marty Walsh

We left off last week with the Paul Anka record “Walk A Fine Line” and my band The Campaign trying to secure a recording contract. We got close but the negotiations fell apart with Morocco Records. Oh well, back to the drawing board. I was still doing sessions to pay…

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 14

February 13, 2017Marty Walsh

Continuing into ’83 there were more sessions for the Donna summer album “She Works Hard For The Money”. Many more obscure sessions on albums that didn’t do much, lots of TV work for 20th Century Fox for my buddy David Fisher. Years before I honed my skills playing on his…

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

February 27, 2017Marty Walsh

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 9

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 12

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 13

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 14

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