steve norman sometimes plays pedal steel.
holly merrill sometimes sings.
i'm looking for occasional accompaniment, violin, cello
back up vocals (for harmonies mostly), banjo, light percussion (small kit)
Influences
They said, "You have a blue guitar,
You do not play things as they are."
The man replied, "Things as they are
Are changed upon the blue guitar."
- Wallace Stevens
"Lost Diamond" ...this particular song is epic, mysterious and very very cool. The narcotic melody and good singing lead the soft charge here. Touches of strings make it even heavier, and the reckless use of reverb somehow manages to avoid cheesiness entirely. Right on!"
- Michael Zapruder , Pandora
"With guitars, vocals, percussion, violins and electronics, electro-acoustic ambientician Gregory Paul creates a texturally all-over-the-place patchwork which encompasses many things.. oddly-entrancing folk-ethereal pieces where six-strings twang and sparkle in acoustic and electric varieties."
- ambeintrance
"Paul's music transcends its' earthly limitations. "This Side Of The Ground," is bleak and haunting and stripped of any superfluous arrangements or production."
- Frank DeBlase, City Newspaper
"This is his fourth LP of making an acoustic guitar expand and shimmer into multicolor soundscape, to back and bolster his confident voice. An expert picker he is equally adept at banjo, saw, and anything to create a neo-symphonic climate for his soft-croon to swan dive into. Very transporting!"
- Jack Rabid, Big Takeover
"Delicate electronic atmospheres float over plucking banjo and rusty guitar like mist over Appalachian slopes, while Paul's restrained wail seems to carry all the history and sorrow that one imagines is soaked into the ground of that fabled setting."
- Saby Reyes Kulkarni, City Newspaper
"Gregory Paul entranced the entire audience with slow, acoustic indie pop songs. After a short break, Paul brought out a good old electric six-string, complete with bow, and began what can only be called a duet with his violinist."
- John Rodsvilla, Skidmore College A&E
"Paintings of musical tapestries and pin-ups of melodic pop arm the album with a soundscape unlike any other, proving that we as humans have only begun to experience our musical potential. Experimental pop-rock with psychedelic undertones that coast through melodies and harmonies like a speed boat."
- J. Sin, Smother
"In the mid-'90s, Paul played guitar in Stillmotion, a fine band specializing in British shoegazer rock. Over the years, he morphed into ambient music, featuring unstructured compositions that encourage improvisation. More recently, he's explored American roots." - Jeff Spevak, Democrat and Chronicle
"Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Gregory Paul has never been the type of artist easily pigeonholed into a particular sound. His various projects have run the gambit from college acoustic rock to shoegaze and experimental soundscapes to indie-rock and Americana."
- Jeff Marsh, Delusions of Adequacy
"A hybrid of atmospheric ambience and powerful acoustics."
- Billboard
Gregory Paul lures listeners through a beautifully haunted acoustic soundscape of folk-noir sounds. ..along miles of ethereal banjo, guitar, bow, slide, and musical saw. Following his popular success with the Rochester, NY based Autumdivers, Paul released his highly applauded 2005 solo album "Awake From the Flash", which contains recordings that span twenty years of GP's musical experiences. More recently, Paul's diverse musical accomplishments include fronting the experimental ensemble Inward Becomes an Anthem, and as guitarist for the old-time string band, The Varnish Cooks. He is also noted for his unique banjo picking presence in Rochester's Indie-Americana band Hinkley. Paul generously collaborates with local poets, visual artists, and musicians-- and his music has been featured in a variety of multi-media projects. Gregory Paul has toured extensively throughout the US, and is currently promoting a new album "This Side of the Ground."
music (including with Autumdivers) has been featured by NBC (2004 summer Olympics) BBC (Animal Camera) PBS (Roadtrip Nation) MTV (Made)
music in these forthcoming films: mandarin maze
http://www.mandarinmask.com/ mismo
http://www.mismothemovie.com/
Hey my brother on the West coast. Just a quick how is ya and hope all is welll. Loving the country livin out in Wolcott. Hunkering down for the winter a coming. I'll be a calling ya sometime soon just cause I can.. Peace, Daryl
******* newness ******* hey, how was your summer? We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsyGWtW5xQY
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Thank you for being our friend. Uncle DooDad would like to invite you to a couple of exciting shows that we have coming up.
Saturday October 31st we will be playing an all-nighter at the Dubliner Pub in Fremont. Friday November 6th we will be playing at the Comet Tavern with Daniel G. Harmann & The Trouble Starts.
You can stop by http://www.uncledoodad.com/ and check out the live recordings we’ve posted from recent shows in Seattle, Portland and Bellingham. Lots more streaming audio for free on the site too. Cheers! http://www.uncledoodad.com/ http://twitter.com/UncleDooDad
The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, as we get ready for our monthlong tour of the Great Northwest! Check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Look for us in Washington, Oregon and California between October 15 and November 15, when our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
Koldbrand Festival 2009 løber af stablen d. 14.-17.oktober og byder et overflod af nordiske topnavne. Skynd dig at få fat i billet på www.billetnet.dk. Frost i skægget, ild i røven! Håber at se dig :)
TORSDAG: Spælimenninir (FO), ORKA (FO) FREDAG: Kraja (SE), Suna (DK), Jansberg band (DK) LØRDAG: Afenginn (DK), Hanus G. Johansen (FO), Alamaailman Vasarat (FIN)
My new songs are done and up on my page!! Let me know what you think .I'm in chicago right now on my way to Australia! Can't wait to see you again some time down the road.
Hiya friend- Just dropping a message to ask for our MySpace friends & fans' help-
We are in the final round of a contest to determine the opening band for the Blink 182 show in Utah next month! This is very exciting for us, but we need your help to make this happen! If we could ask you to surf to http://blinkvoting.x96.com and just click the 'vote' button next to our photo- we would truly appreciate it. The contest only records 1 vote per IP address, so we'll only ask you to vote this once. 10 seconds of your time could REALLY help us out.
