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The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 29

June 19, 2017Marty Walsh

It’s mid 1994 and at this point though, I am really considering what the next step would be. In this biz you must always be looking to the future. You never know when whatever gig you are on may be ending. It could be a producer you work for that…

The Life and Times of a Second Call Studio Musician Part 30

June 26, 2017Marty Walsh

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 32

July 17, 2017Marty Walsh

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

July 24, 2017Marty Walsh

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

July 31, 2017Marty Walsh

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

August 14, 2017Marty Walsh

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 45

November 6, 2017Marty Walsh

“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 47

November 27, 2017Marty Walsh

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 goes “Label” :)

June 4, 2018Marty Walsh

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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