Here is a list of David Garrett’s “Rock Symphonies” tour dates…

Also where you can pick up my new CD “Mirror”,

featuring David on “Little Wing” (Hendrix) At the merchandise tables. Cheers!

The drums and bass were set up in the studio and I was in the control room singing and playing…

my view while tracking

setting up in Studio 4

guitar amps in the lounge… We recorded  to 2″ Studer tape machine thru a fat vintage Neve. It was so nice to hear music off of tape again! No new technology has surpassed the warmth and depth of tape…

Studer 2" tape deck

Vintage Neve console

All overdubs were done at o1studio, my own production office where I recorded any guitar and vocal overubs. I had some great friends help out as well! The beautiful Ann Marie Milazzo sang on 3 songs. Cello and Piano virtuoso Dave Eggar helped arrange the strings and piano for the title track “Mirror”. He also played a beautiful solo cello on “Island Time”. Keyboardist Ben Stivers filled in a few holes on two tunes, playing all the right notes in the right places as usual!

random overdub guitar set up

David Garrett Marshalls & Satradivarius

Decca Records artist David Garrett was kind enough to support the idea of this project from the start and lent his talent on a track that we’ve been playing on his tours for the past year. “Little WIng” by Jimi Hendrix features David and it’s the first recording of him using his recently acquired Stradivarius. David’s part was overdubbed at Electric Lady Studios at the end of the day when I was recording guitars for David’s “Rock Symphonies” album. It was pretty cool to be hearing David with this violin built in 1717 playing a classic Hendrix tune in the studio that Jimi built!

Little Wing will only be available with the physical CD purchase and is being sold at the merchandise tables on David’s upcoming German tour. When I return from the fall tour the physical CD will be available from Amazon in December.

I went back to Conshohocken for the final mixes with Phil Nicolo engineering. His mix room has Pro Tools HD and a vintage E series SSL console. We used all outboard gear and console eq/compression for the mix. No plugins really needed, thank you! We printed to a half inch tape machine. Once again I love that tape sound! All the recent audio technology has not made things sound better as far as I’m concerned… Though the fact that recording can be done practically anywhere these days proves the convenience factor can’t be ignored! The art of engineering is still the key to a pro sounding record and I was so grateful to have the chance to work with a master industry veteran like Phil.

Marcus & Phil in Studio 4 mix room, Conshohocken PA

Many of the songs chosen were written by my good friend and music cohort Michael Katz of my side project M2B. We had made demos of Mike’s favorite songs and I always wanted to take some of the tracks I fell in love with and make proper versions of them. One of the tunes “For All” was written in response to the untimely death of Mike’s Rabbi who passed away with his wife in a tragic fire and is dedicated to Jacob & Debbie Rubenstein.

The album is dedicated to my Mom & Dad. Dad passed away while I was on tour with David in Ocober 2009.

Mirror photo Shoot

Mirror photo shoot with Kim Kennedy

My good friend Kim Kennedy took the photos for the record. He worked on a few projects that I produced in the last few years. He is a well know fashion photographer based in Boston and New York. Kim has been recently dealing with some tough times…. Lymphatic cancer. He has a passionate love for life and hunger to celebrate  life’s joy with everyone he connects with. A vibrant soul, this brother is a light on the planet and an inspiration to all who get to know him. If you are in a position to help please check out this website http://www.everybodysbrother.com and help out! Kim’s situtation is curable.

Kim Kennedy and Marcus Wolf at Beth Israel 8.28.10

Thanks for reading and enjoy the music beginning on 10.10.10!!

Big Love,

Marcus

Credits:

All There Is To Say, Better Than You, For All (dedicated to rabbi Jacob & Debbie Rubenstein), Island Time, Pretend, Signs, Smile Where You Stand, Where It Takes Us written by Michael Katz (BMI)

Seconds written by Michael Katz & Marcus Wolf

Higher, Give Back To You, Mirror written by Marcus Wolf  (o1music ASCAP)

Little Wing written by Jimi Hendrix (Experience Hendrix LLC)

Jonathan Maron – bass

Adrian Harpham – drums, shaker on “Where It Takes Us”

Ben Stivers – piano on “Give Back To You”, keys on “Pretend”

Ann Marie Milazzo – female vocals

Dave Eggar – cellos & piano on “Mirror”, solo cello on “Island Time”

David Garrett – violin on “Little Wing”

Marcus Wolf – vocals & guitars, percussion

Produced by Marcus Wolf

Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Phil Nicolo at Studio 4, Conshohocken, PA

Assistant engineer for basic sessions – Steven LaFashia

Overdubs recorded & engineered by Marcus at o1studio

Photos and concept – Kim Kennedy www.ksquaredstudios.com

Styling – Sheryl Murakami

Grooming – Mariolga Pantazopoulos (Mariposa)

Design – David Quattrini

Jewelry – Stephen Kris www.stephenkris.com

other pages:

http://www.myspace.com/jonathanmaron

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adrian-Harpham/153635597408

http://www.myspace.com/benstiverskeys

http://www.daveeggarmusic.com/

http://broadwayworld.com/people/AnnMarie_Milazzo/

http://www.david-garrett.com/

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Phil+Nicolo

Blankenship Carry On

This little amp has the sound I’ve been looking for and the size is fantastic for traveling! It’s old school point to point wiring etc and is as simple as it gets. Turn up volume to get great vintage Marshall style tone. Turn it up more for rich overtones and high gain! Turn down guitar volume for a clean sound. I’m in heaven!

This track is called “Signs”, one of my favorite tracks on the record! Enjoy.

The digital release date for “Mirror” has been set for 10.10.10.

The album will be available on Amazon and iTunes as well as other reputable digital distributors.

The track “Little Wing” featuring David Garrett will only be available with the physical CD purchase.The first run of CD’s will be sold at the merchandise tables during the David Garrett October/November tour in Germany…

If you like the free track please forward to all your Facebook & Twitter friends!
Help me get heard… Thanks so much!!

Marcus

Here is a little more info on the GibsonGA5 amp. It was originally designed with Les Paul and released in the 50′s. Gibson decided to reissue and upgraded version of the amp in 2003.

I was sent one of the early models from the head of production at Gibson Amps in 2004. Why they changed the design from this is a mystery to me… Why they stopped making these amazing amps is even more of a question in my mind…. I use this amp on just about every record I make.

GA5 with Rode Classic set omni, and Sure SM57

Gibson GA5 from 2004. simple and great

Gibson Les Paul “08′ Standard”

Rick Kelly of Carmine Street Guitars, NYC – Kelly Tele, Strat

Augustino LoPrinzi – Steel String acoustics…

Jim Holler Bent Top Classical Guitar cedar top (2006),

Amp – Custom made WOLFTONE Trem 20′ by James Price omegaamps.com

Pedals - Xotic BB Preamp, AC Boost, AC Boost, MXR Analog Delay, HBE Psilocybe, Area 51 Wah, Analog Man AB Tuner switches….

The Holy grail of my rig…. Tape Echos, Used all over my record as well as David Garrett’s

My analogman Custom pedal for switching the tape echo on and off as well as a tuner bypass switch.

My tape echo rig in a setup used for recording my album “Mirror”…

Fender Twin – fully hand built and customized by James Price of Omega Amplification in North Carolina. This is a players amp. I had the Normal channel wired with a Dumble circuit and Mid alteration switch. The Vibrato channel is a standard Fender Twin pre CBS Blackface build. Mojotone Reverb Tank. Tremolo and Verb are bridged across Both channels and with an AB switch player can have standard and solo channels.

This amp is built to show some Plexi inspired teeth at around 7 or 8 with a Les Paul. Sozo capacitors and other high end parts. Local pickup only in NYC….

$1000

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/Violinist-David-Garrett-20100802

Marcus